James F. Lubker Research Award
The Lubker Award was created to honor Dr. Jim Lubker, Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders (1995 - 2009), Dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts (1995 - 2005), and Interim Executive Vice President and Provost (2005 - 2009) at UNI. This award is an annual cash prize recognizing a UNI faculty member for excellence in their area of research and scholarship, including creative and performing arts.
Nominees must be a tenured member of the University of Northern Iowa faculty with at least five years of full-time service at the time of nomination. Faculty are limited to receiving the award every ten years.
Instructions
Required Action | Due Date |
Department Head may nominate one faculty member to the Dean (include faculty CV). | October 17, 2025 @ 4:30 PM |
Deans consult with college senate to select nominees. Note: There are a maximum of two nominees from COE, CSBS, and CBA, and four from CHAS. Deans should email the name(s) of the selected nominee(s) to Graduate Studies (gradcollege@uni.edu). | November 3, 2025 @ 4:30 PM |
Graduate Studies informs the nominees of selection and requests materials. | November 21, 2025 @ 4:30 PM |
Nominees submit materials | February 6, 2026 @ 4:30 PM |
Submissions of Materials
- Submit documents as PDF files ONLY to gradcollege@uni.edu
- Include your full last name, first name initial and the award title in the folder (Example: DOE, J. Outstanding Teaching Award)
- Include cover sheet with signatures, CV, and narrative
- "Support letter" on letter head and signed by the nominator must be sent directly to gradcollege@uni.edu
Previous Recipients - Lubker Research Award
- Jolene Zigarovich (2024-2025)
- Timm Kidd (2023-2024)
- Kenneth Atkinson (2022-2023)
- Aleksander Poleksic (2021-2022)
- Christopher W. Larimer (2020-2021)
- Deborah Gallagher (2019-2020)
- Martha Reineke (2018-2019)
- Michael D. Waggoner (2017-2018)
- Tammy Gregersen (2016-2017)
- David G. Surdam (2015-2016)
- Mohammed Rawwas (2014-2015)
- Carl Thurman (2013-2014)
- Angeleita Floyd (2012-2013)
- Kent Sandstrom (2010-2011)
- William Downs (2009-2010)
- Harry Brod (2008-2009)