faculty & academics
FACULTY CAPTURE TOP AWARDS
Stephanie Bardwell
Denise Gillman
Quentin Kidd
Dr. Stephanie Bardwell, Associate Professor of Law and Management in the Joseph W. Luter, III School of Business, was named a fellow by the National Small Business Institute (SBI). This award represents the highest honor SBI bestows upon a member and recognizes Bardwell’s commitment to service for the small businesses of America.
Associate Professor Denise Gillman received the 2014 Prize for Teaching Innovation for Region IV, given by the Association for Theatre in Higher Education and the Kennedy Center/American College Theater Festival (KCACTF).
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia has named Dr. Quentin Kidd as a 2014 Outstanding Faculty Award winner. Given for superior accomplishments in teaching, research and public service, the award represents the commonwealth’s highest honor for faculty at Virginia’s public and private colleges and universities. A vice provost and director of CNU’s Wason Center for Public Policy, he previously chaired the Department of Government.
Previous honors garnered by Bardwell from the National SBI include the Homer L. Saunders Mentor Award for outstanding contribution as an SBI director in 2010 and a Showcase Award in 2005 for her contributions to a true small business client success story. In addition, Bardwell is a Sam Walton Fellow and was president of the national SBI organization in 2011-12. Bardwell joined the Luter School in 1995 and teaches business law, nonprofits, ethics and a course titled Legal Voice in CNU’s Honors Program. She served as director of CNU’s SBI from 1998 to 2009.
A prize is awarded to one faculty member in each of the eight KCACTF regions in recognition of innovation in teaching theater. Region IV includes Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and southern Virginia. Gillman joined Christopher Newport’s Department of Theater and Dance in 2002 and has built interdisciplinary bridges between the sciences, arts and humanities through teaching a Science on the Stage course. She has also directed numerous science plays at Christopher Newport and other professional venues.
Having joined Christopher Newport’s faculty in 1997, Kidd is an eminent scholar of politics and sought-after commentator, appearing frequently in newspapers and on regional and national radio and television programs. He has authored five books, including The Rational Southerner: Black Mobilization, Republican Growth, and Partisan Transformation of the American South. Kidd was one of 12 Outstanding Faculty Award recipients this year who each received a $5,000 cash award funded by a grant from the Dominion Foundation, a philanthropic unit of the Richmond-based energy company. d
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