CBSS Awards

Award of Distinction: Research

Dr. Jennifer Sweeney-Tookes

• Qualitative research focuses on food, food producers, human health, and fishing communities
• Five articles since 2020
  • Including Human Organization 
• $1.05 million received while at Georgia Southern

Award of Distinction: Teaching

Dr. Candice Bodkin

• Class activities that provides experiential learning and contribute to the community 
  • Students conduct diversity audits for Departments in CBSS
  • “Students created and  maintained a list of local, state, and federal resources for residents … which was shared with local governments and nonprofit organizations”

Award of Distinction: Service

Dr. Alice Hall

• Chaired the CBSS Faculty Executive Committee (FEC)
• Child and Family Development (CHFD) Program Coordinator
• Faculty advisor for the CHFD Club
• Board of Directors for the Teal House

• Georgia Professional Standards Commission Montessori Certification Task Force
• Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning Workforce Knowledge and Competencies Work  Group

• Interim Director of the Child Development Center 
  • October 2018 to February 2019 
  • February 2020 to May 2020

Award of Excellence

Dr. Nalanda Roy

• 24 articles and four books published
  • Bitter Moments- The Story of Indonesian Fragmentation
  • The South China Sea Dispute: Past, Present, and Future
  • Exploring the Tripod: Immigration, Security, and Economy in the Post 9/11 United States
  • Navigating Uncertainty in the South China Sea Disputes: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
• A fifth book under contract with Routledge
• 2020-2021 Visiting Research Scholar for the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights (CGHR), at Rutgers University 

• Office of Inclusive Excellence Faculty Fellow
• Coordinator of the Asian Studies minor program 
• Associate editor for the Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs
• Numerous Editorial Boards
• Board of Directors, Greater Savannah International Alliance,
• Has taught 17 distinct courses

Career Award

Dr. Amy Hackney

• Faculty member at Georgia Southern since 2003
• 25 articles and book chapters contributing to the literature on social psychology, psychopathology, and the law.
  • including Journal of the American Medical Association and Law and Human Behavior.
• Over $60,000 in support in grants and contracts over the past several years

• Director of M.S. Program in Experimental Psychology
• Psychology Honors Coordinator for University Honors Program (2010-May, 2020)
• Supervised 18 Undergraduate Honors Theses,  19 MA Theses, and three Doctoral Dissertations, nine student co-authors
  •  MA students placed at Duke University, the University of Delaware, and IUPUI, University of Florida, Virginia Commonwealth University 
• “has a keen ability to shape her mentees’ critical thinking skills, writing, and oral communication skills.  Her students, who often enter the program shy and inexperienced, graduate our program with astounding public speaking skills and curriculum vitas that are comparable to an early career faculty member’s vita.” 

CBSS Staff Award of Excellence

Rebecca Badgett

• Administrative support for faculty and students
• Liaison between Department and other University Units
• Manages graduate assistants and part time employees
• Manages departmental resources, travel and operations budget, departmental events, and Banner
• Advises and registers graduate students, assists graduate applicants 

• “is a valued member of our department who routinely goes above and beyond for  all of us. This has been especially true during AY 2020-2021 where [she] is the point  person for our department with faculty working remotely and online.”