REDE Trendsetter Award Winners

Trendsetters lead the way. They are knowledgeable, consistent, willing to share their expertise, and enthusiastic about their work. They influence others to follow the paths they forge. REDE established this new award in 2022 to shine a light on trendsetters in research and creative activities at ECU. The goal is to recognize faculty from all career stages who we hope will inspire their peers.

Each year, we will identify noteworthy scholars in three categories, with the goal of recognizing early-career, mid-career, and eminent or “late career” faculty:

EARLY CAREER AWARDS
Tenure track or fixed term faculty with six or fewer years of service and at least two years of appointment at ECU.

MID-CAREER AWARDS
Tenured faculty or fixed term faculty with 5-9 years of service and at least three years of appointment at ECU.

EMINENT CAREER AWARDS
Tenured faculty or fixed term faculty with 10 or more years of service and at least five years of appointment at ECU.

2023 Trendsetter Award Winners

Early Career Award Winners

Siddharth Narayan
Coastal Studies

Ryan Schacht
Anthropology

Alex Vadati
Engineering

Mid-Career Award Winners

Leigh Atherton
Addictions & Rehabilitation Studies

Jacquelyn Mallette
Human Development and Family Science

Rukiyah Van Dross-Anderson
Pharmacology and Toxicology

Eminent Career Award Winners

Matthew Militello
Educational Leadership

Lisa Beth Robinson
School of Art and Design

Stacy Warner
Kinesiology

Trendsetter Series

The 2023 Trendsetter awardees will hold workshops to provide participants at all levels of service with the ideas and inspiration for being the next Trendsetter:

Workshop 1 – October 11, 2023, 2-3:30 p.m., Joyner 2409 and Microsoft Teams
Workshop 2 – October 17, 2023, 2-3:30 p.m., Joyner 2409
Workshop 3 – February 16, 2024, 2-3:30 p.m., Microsoft Teams