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May 17, 2004 Volume 28, Issue 35 |
MSU honors rural sociologist with Ralph Powe award
A nationally recognized authority in rural sociology is the 2004 winner of the Ralph E. Powe Research Excellence Award.
Dr. Domenico Parisi was among 24 faculty and staff members and graduate students honored May 4 during the university's annual research awards banquet. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work.
A memorial to the vice president for research who died in 1996, the Powe Award is given to a faculty member whose investigations have made significant contributions to the economic welfare or cultural growth of the university, state and nation.
"He is an outstanding researcher who has developed an important program of research in the areas of community issues, economic development and environmental justice," President Charles Lee said of Parisi, whose travel to Italy prevented attendance at the ceremony.
"He has been responsible for securing the resources to develop a research infrastructure that enables him, his colleagues and his students to carry out state-of-the-art community research," Lee added.
Other faculty and staff members were presented awards. They include (by academic or research unit):
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station
- Faculty Research Award-Assistant Professor Scott T. Willard of the Animal and Dairy Science Department.
- Research Support Staff Award-Research Associate Herbert W. Philley of the Plant and Soil Sciences Department.
College of Architecture
- Faculty Research Award-Professor Michael W. Fazio.
- Research Support Staff Award-David J. Pressgrove, an intern at the Carl Small Town Center.
College of Arts and Sciences
- Faculty Research Award-Assistant Professor Justin C. Courcelle of the Biological Sciences Department.
- Research Support Staff Award-Staff Assistant Gloria B. Blankenship of the Biological Sciences Department.
College of Business and Industry
- Faculty Research Award-Professor Kirk P. Arnett of the Department of Management and Information Systems.
Bagley College of Engineering
- Faculty Research Award-Mark E. Zappi, Texas Olefins Professor of Chemical Engineering.
- Research Support Staff Award-Laboratory operations Supervisor Carl Brown of the Industrial Engineering Department.
College of Forest Resources
- Faculty Research Award-Professor Wes Burger Jr. of the Wildlife and Fisheries Department.
- Research Support Staff Award-Research Associate Janet C. Dewey of the Forestry Department.
College of Veterinary Medicine
- Faculty Research Award-Assistant Professor Mark L. Lawrence of the Basic Science Department.
- Research Support Staff Award-Postdoctoral Associate Dongyou Liu of the Basic Science Department.
Centers and Institutes
- Faculty Research Award-Associate Professor Giselle Thibaudeau Munn of the Center for Science, Mathematics and Technology.
- Research Support Staff Award-Research Associate Lori H. Kerley of the Center for Science, Mathematics and Technology.
Office of Research/Sponsored Programs Administration
- Research Support Staff Award-Research Associate Tan H. Tsai of the Janos Radvanyi Chair in International Securities Studies.