Notable Women of ETSU Awards

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

2025 Notable Women

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Previous Notable Women

2024 Recipients Dr. Dottie Greene Department of Social Work Watch Speech Professor Melissa Shafer Department of Theatre and Dance Watch Speech	2023 Recipients Dr. Fereshteh Gerayli Department of Family Medicine Watch Speech Dr. Amber Kinser Department of Communication Studies & Storytelling Watch Speech	2022 Recipients Dr. Cerrone Foster Department of Biological Sciences Dr. Mary Mullins Department of Social Work	2021 Recipients Dr. Aruna Kilaru Department of Biological Sciences Watch Speech Dr. Vanessa Mayoraz Department of Art & Design Watch Speech	2020 Recipients Dr. Martha Michieka Department of Literature and Language Watch Speech Dr. Judy McCook College of Nursing Watch Speech
2019 Recipients Dr. Sarah Melton Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy Watch Speech Dr. Lynn Williams College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences Watch Speech	2018 Recipients Dr. Jodi Polaha Department of Family Medicine Watch Speech Dr. Kelly Atkins Department of Management & Marketing Watch Speech	2017 Recipients Dr. Stacey Willliams Department of Psychology Professor Karen Brewster Department of Theater and Dance	2016 Recipients Dr. Katie Baker College of Public Health Watch Speech Dr. Patricia Vanhook College of Nursing Watch Speech	2015 Recipients Dr. Cecilia McIntosh Department of Biological Sciences Dr. Mary Langenbrunner Department of Counseling and Human Services Watch Speeches
2014 Recipients Dr. Karen Schetzina Department of Pediatrics Watch Speech Dr. Beth Bailey Department of Family Medicine Watch Speech	2013 Recipients Dr. Amal Khoury Department of Philosophy and Humanities Watch Speech Dr. Rosalind Gann Department of Curriculum and Instruction Watch Speech	2012 Recipients Dr. Leslie MacAvoy Department of Philosophy and Humanities Watch Speech Dr. Edith Seier Department of Mathematics and Statistics Watch Speech	2011 Recipients Professor Kathleen Higginson Grover Department of Literature and Language Watch Speech Dr. Marie Tedesco Master of Arts and Liberal Studies Program Watch Speech	2010 Recipients Dr. Ardis Nelson Language and Cultural Resource Center In Memory (1942-2017) Dr. Martha Copp Department of Sociology and Anthropology
2009 Recipients Dr. Dorothy Dobbins Department of Social Work Dr. Priscilla Wyrick Quillen College of Medicine	2008 Recipients Dr. Judith Slagle Department of Literature and Language Dr. Joellen Edwards College of Nursing	2007 Recipients Dr. Maria Niederberger Department of Music Dr. Peggy Cantrell Department of Psychology	2006 Recipients Dr. Theresa Lura Quillen College of Medicine Dr. Mary Hooks Quillen College of Medicine	2005 Recipients Dr. Teresa Haynes Department of Mathematics and Statistics Dr. Rebecca Pyles Department of Biological Sciences
2004 Recipients Dr. Patricia Robertson Human Development and Learning Dr. Roberta Herrin Department of Appalachian Studies	2003 Recipients Dr. Wilsie Bishop Department of Health Affairs Dr. Elizabeth McCord Department of Family Medicine	2002 Recipients Dr. Joyce Duncan Department of Counseling and Human Services Dr. Susan Grover College of Nursing