Dr. Andrea Rusnock, professor of art history, has been honored with the 2024 IU South Bend Distinguished Research Award. The award recognizes distinguished scholarly and creative activity by IU South Bend faculty.
Dr. Rusnock has published a book and more than a dozen peer-reviewed and invited articles and is now under contract to publish another book about Soviet women in World War II. She has guest-edited “Experiment,” the premier English language journal on Russian and Soviet art, as well as academic book and textbook reviews.
Since coming to IU South Bend, she has presented her research at numerous academic conferences, at national and international universities, museums and in her local community.
Her research has been supported by campus, IU wide and national grants.
“I am deeply honored that my colleagues hold my research in such high regard,” Dr. Rusnock said. “I believe my research has broadened the understanding of Russian and Soviet art and material culture both within my discipline and academia writ large. Expanding what is considered acceptable art to research allows a broader swath of the public to take an interest in this scholarship.”
Past recipients of the Distinguished Research Award have gone to:
2023 | Mohammad Merhi | Business and Economics
2022 | Dora Natella | Fine Arts
2019 | Jorge Muniz | Music
2015 | Micheline Nilsen | History
2014 | Kevin Ladd | Psychology
2012 | Lesley Walker | World Language Studies
2011 | Monika Lynker/Rolf Schimmrigk | Physics and Astronomy
2009 | Mark Fox | Business and Economics
2008 | Ilan Levine | Physics and Astronomy
2007 | Michael Lasater | Arts
2006 | Jerry Hinnefeld | Physics and Astronomy
2005 | Andrew Schnabel | Biological Sciences
2004 | Fred Naffziger | Business and Economics
2003 | Peter Bushnell | Biology
2003 | Daniel Olson | Sociology and Anthropology
2002 | Monle Lee | Business and Economics
2001 | Michael Darnel | Mathematics
2001 | Margaret Scanlan | English
2000 | John McIntosh | Psychology
1999 | Steven Shore | Physics and Astronomy
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