Faculty and Staff Awards
Listed below is recognition for the Natural Resource Ecology & Management faculty and staff awards from 2025 to 2017. View the complete list dating back to 2008.
| Last Name | First Name | Award Type | Honor / Award Received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joshi | Omkar | University | Graduate Student Advising and Mentoring Award, Ferguson College, OSU |
| Last Name | First Name | Award Type | Honor / Award Received |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeSantis | Ryan | Regional | Forestry Educator Award, Ouachita Society of American Foresters |
| Murray | Bryan | Regional | Young Forester Leadership Award, Ouachita Society of American Foresters |
| Murray | Bryan | Regional | Ted Silker Award, Oklahoma Division of the Ouachita Society of American Foresters |
| Goodman | Laura | Regional | Lead Ignitor Award, Great Plains Fire Summit |
| Goodman | Laura | National | Publication and Creativity Award, The Wildlife Society |
| Davis | Craig | Regional | Oklahoma Award, Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society |
| Last Name | First Name | Award Type | Honor / Award Received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuhlendorf | Sam | International | W.R. Chapline Award for Research, International Society for Range Management |
| Fairbanks | Sue | University | Advising Excellence Award, Oklahoma State University |
| Joshi | Omkar | University | Distinguished Early Career Faculty Award, Oklahoma State University |
| Joshi | Omkar | Regional | Youth Leadership Award, Ouachita Society of American Foresters |
| Joshi | Omkar | Regional | Nat Walker Award for Contribution to Oklahoma Forestry, Ouachita Society of American Foresters |
| Will | Rod | University | Regents Distinguished Research Award, Oklahoma State University |
| Last Name | First Name | Award Type | Honor / Award Received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairbanks | Sue | University | Graduate Student Advising and Mentoring Award, Ferguson College, DASNR, OSU |
| Fuhlendorf | Sam | Regional | Technical Writing Award, Texas Section Society for Range Management |
| Goodman | Laura | Regional | Technical Writing Award, Texas Section Society for Range Management |
| Goodman | Laura | Regional | First Place Poster, Graduate Student Katherine Haile, Great Plains Fire Summit, North Platte, NE |
| Joshi | Omkar | University | First Place, 3MT Contest, Graduate Student Aspen Lenning, Ferguson College |
| Murray | Bryan | Regional | Forestry Educator Award, Ouachita Society of American Foresters |
| O'Connell | Tim | National | Fellow, American Ornithological Society |
| O'Connell | Tim | Regional | Scissortail Award for meritorious contributions to ornithology in Oklahoma, Oklahoma Ornithological Society |
| Weir | John | National | Water’s Edge Award for Community Natural Resources Sustainability, Chickasaw Nation |
| Weir | John | Regional | Communicator Award, Great Plains Fire Science Exchange |
| Weir | John | Regional | Lead Ignitor Award (for work to promote prescribed fire in Nebraska), Nebraska Fire Council |
| Will | Rodney | National | Fellow, Society of American Foresters |
| Wilson | Gail | National | Travel Award, Graduate student Elizabeth Haymaker, Farm Foundation Round Table Meeting, Boise, ID |
| Wilson | Gail | National | Selected as Student Presenter, Graduate Student Aisha Sams, 27th NSF EPSCoR National Conference, Portland, Maine |
| Last Name | First Name | Award Type | Honor / Award Received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson | Gail | University | Regents Distinguished Research Award |
| Joshi | Omkar | University | Early Career Teaching Award, Ferguson College, DASNR, OSU |
| Loss | Scott | University | Graduate Student Advising and Mentoring Award, Ferguson College, DASNR, OSU |
| Will | Rod | University | Sarkeys Distinguished Professor, DASNR, OSU |
| Last Name | First Name | Award Type | Honor / Award Received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joshi | Omkar | Regional | Forestry Educator Award, Ouachita Society of American Foresters |
| Joshi | Omkar | Regional | Forestry Science Research Award, Ouachita Society of American Foresters |
| Allen | Kevin | National | 25 Years of Service Award; National Assoc of Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals |
| Goodman | Laura | International | Outstanding Young Range Professional, International Society for Range Management |
| Wilson | Gail | National | Career Achievement Award, Ecological Society of America |
| Wilson | Gail | University | Regents Professor, Oklahoma State University |
| Last Name | First Name | Award Type | Honor / Award Received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmore | R. Dwayne | Regional | Publication and Creativity Award – Peer-Reviewed Scientific Article, Oklahoma Chapter of the Wildlife Society |
| Fairbanks | Sue | Regional | Best Student Poster Presentation, OK NRC, Tulsa, OK (Natasha Prentiss, UG research advisee) |
| Fuhlendorf | Sam | Regional | Publication and Creativity Award – Peer-Reviewed Scientific Article, Oklahoma Chapter of the Wildlife Society |
| Joshi | Omkar | Regional | 2nd Place, oral presentation, invasive species category, ONR Conf., Tulsa (Paulina Herron,Graduate student mentee) |
| Joshi | Omkar | Regional | Best student presentation, Wildlife category, Oklahoma Natural Resource Conf., Tulsa (Matty Cleary, Graduate student mentee) |
| Loss | Scott | National | Student Presentation Award, American Ornithological Society Conference (Sirena Lao, Graduate student mentee) |
| Loss | Scott | Regional | Undergraduate Poster Contest, MANRRS Conference (Seraiah Coe, UG research advisee) |
| Loss | Scott | University | Distinguished Early Career Faculty Award, Oklahoma State University |
| Weir | John | Regional | Publication and Creativity Award – Peer-Reviewed Scientific Article, Oklahoma Chapter of the Wildlife Society |
| Weir | John | Regional | Extension Publication Award for Prescribed Burning, Southern Regional Extension Forestry |
| Weir | John | Regional | Extension Publication Award, Southern Regional Extension Forestry |
| Will | Rod | National | Best poster, 20th Biennial Southern Silviculture Research Conference, Shreveport, LA (Katie Schmidt, Graduate student mentee) |
| Will | Rod | Regional | 2nd place in the poster competition, Ouach SAF SAF meeting, Mt Magazine, AR (Noah Shephard, Graduate student mentee) |
| Wilson | Gail | University | Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor, College of Agriculture and Natural Resource CASNR ASNR), DASNR, OSU |
| Wilson | Gail | University | 1st place, Student Research Award, OSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (Bailey Baskin, UG research advisee) |
| Wilson | Gail | University | 1st place, Student Oral Presentation Award, OSU Integrative Biology Student Symposium (Eric Duell, Graduate student mentee) |
| Zou | Chris | University | Student Presentation Award, SACNAS (Rainee DeRoin, UG research advisee) |
| Last Name | First Name | Award Type | Honor / Award Received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmore | R. Dwayne | National | Scientific Publication Award – Edited Book, Ecology and Conservation of Lesser Prairie-Chickens, The Wildlife Society |
| Elmore | R. Dwayne | Regional | Southern Region Excellence in Extension Award, National Cooperative Extension Section/ECOP and USDA-NIFA |
| Elmore | R. Dwayne | Regional | Publication and Creativity Award – Peer-Reviewed Scientific Article, Oklahoma Chapter of the Wildlife Society |
| Elmore | R. Dwayne | Regional | Best Student Paper, Oklahoma Natural Resources Conference. Tulsa, OK Rakowskiwski, Graduate student mentee) |
| Elmore | R. Dwayne | University | James A. Whatley Award for Meritorious Service in Agricultural Sciences. DASNR, OSU |
| Fuhlendorf | Sam | International | Sustained Lifetime Achievement Award, International Society for Range Management |
| Hickman | Karen | International | John McQuaig (Undergraduate Advisee) elected Student Conclave President, International Society for Range Management |
| Hickman | Karen | Regional | Trail Boss Award, Oklahoma Section of the Society for Range Management |
| Kuzmic | Tom | University | OSU Award for Excellence in Advising (CASNR) |
| Loss | Scott | Regional | Publication and Creativity Award– Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society (Dillon Fogarty, Graduate student mentee) |
| O'Connell | Tim | University | Phoenix Award for outstanding graduate research from GPSGA (Samantha Cady, Graduate student mentee) |
| Shoup | Dan | Regional | Outstanding Fisheries Worker of the Year Award, Oklahoma Chapter of the American Fisheries Society |
| Wilson | Gail | University | Workshop Completion Certificate, Invited Participant: Alan Alda Center for Communication Science Workshop |
| Wilson | Gail | University | RIATA Outstanding Faculty Award |
| Last Name | First Name | Award Type | Honor / Award Received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beem | Marley | University | OK Cooperative Extension Service Outstanding Individual Award |
| Davis | Craig | Regional | Publication Award, Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society (Co-author with Tanner & Papes) |
| Davis | Craig | Regional | Publication & Creativity Award, Peer-reviewed Scientific Article, Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society |
| Elmore | R. Dwayne | Regional | Publication Award, Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society (Co-author with Tanner & Papes) |
| Elmore | R. Dwayne | Regional | Publication & Creativity Award, Peer-reviewed Scientific Article, Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society |
| Fuhlendorf | Sam | Regional | Publication Award, Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society (Co-author with Tanner & Papes) |
| Fuhlendorf | Sam | Regional | Publication & Creativity Award, Peer-reviewed Scientific Article, Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society |
| Fuhlendorf | Sam | Regional | Oklahoma Award for Outstanding Contribution to Wildlife Management, Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society |
| Kuzmic | Tom | Regional | Volunteer Service Award, Ouachita Society of American Foresters |
| Lynch | Tom | Regional | Southern Mensurationists Achievement Award |
| O'Connell | Tim | Regional | 2nd Place Oral Presentation, Oklahoma Ornithological Society (Co-author with Saman Cady, Graduate student mentee) |
| Wilson | Gail | University | Phoenix Outstanding Faculty Award, OSU Graduate College |
| Wilson | Gail | University | RIATA Center for Entrepreneurship Fellow (Co-PI with Cobb) |