Three members of the Kutztown University faculty have been recognized for their exceptional work.
Dr. Sarah Tindall and Dr. Glenn D. Walters were awarded the Chambliss Faculty Research Award. Dr. Keith Massie has been awarded the John P. Schellenberg Award.
The Chambliss award, inaugurated in 2004 through a gift from Dr. Carlson R. Chambliss, professor emeriti, is meant to recognize the very highest achievement in research and scholarship and can be awarded only once in a person’s career.
Tindall, of Lowhill Township, Lehigh County, a professor of geology at KU, has served on the university’s Committee on Curriculum and Program for the Department of Geology Department, has been a campus representative for the Geological Society of America, a reviewer for the Journal of Structural Geology, Journal of Geoscience Education, Nature Communications and other prominent geological journals, served as a mentor and even given geology-based presentations at Middlebury College, Pennsylvania State University and Rutgers University.
Tindall holds a bachelor’s degree in geology from the College of William and Mary and a doctorate in structural geology and tectonics from The University of Arizona.
Walters, an associate professor of criminal justice, has taught at KU for five years and has served as an advisor to the Criminal Justice Association, a member of various committees, assisted in planning Criminal Justice Career Day and participated in the Criminal Justice Summer Institute hosted at KU.
Prior to coming to Kutztown, Walters spent more than a decade as a clinical psychologist and drug abuse coordinator for the Federal Correctional Institution, Minersville.
Walters, a resident of Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh County, has conducted research that has allowed him to present to the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s Recidivism Roundtable, the Connecticut Department of Corrections and Probation, as well as published journal articles extensively since the beginning of his career.
Walters holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Lebanon Valley College, a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate in counseling psychology from Texas Tech University.
Dr. Keith Massie, Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County, has been awarded the John P. Schellenberg Award. Massie is an assistant professor of communication studies at KU, where he has assisted in developing and expanding departments relating to the digital humanities. During his career at the university, he has also released a book, Communication Connections, been published by the Journal of Radio Studies, Rocky Mountain Communication Review and Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies and has lectured about academic success.
Massie holds bachelor’s degrees in speech communication and philosophy from Southern Illinois University, a master’s degree in communication from Illinois State University and a doctorate in communication from The University of Utah.
The John P. Schellenberg award was established by John P. Schellenberg, emeriti professor of physical science, faculty, alumni, and friends to recognize an early career faculty member who has demonstrated outstanding work.
