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Portrait of Steve Wilson

Steve Wilson

  • Professor at English, College of Liberal Arts

Awards

2020

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Texas State Alumni Association Teaching Award of Honor, Texas State Alumni Association. May 2020

2017

  • Award / Honor Recipient: College of Liberal Arts Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University, College of Liberal Arts. August 2017

2015

  • Award / Honor Recipient: "Golden Apple" Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University. November 2015 - August 2016
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University. November 2015 - August 2016
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi National Honor Society Favorite Professor, Texas State University Chapter, Alpha Chi National Honor Society. 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Service, Texas State University. College of Liberal Arts. 2015

2014

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Everette Swinney Faculty Senate Award for Teaching, Texas State. 2014
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society Favorite Professor, Texas State University Chapter, Alpha Chi National Honor Society. 2014

2013

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Quarterly Team Award, Common Experience Team, Texas State. 2013

2012

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Quarterly Team Award, Commencement Committee, Texas State. 2012

2011

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Faculty Award for Outstanding Achievement in International Education, Texas State. 2011

2010

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Honorary Professor of International Studies, Texas State. 2010 - Present

2009

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Everette Swinney Faculty Senate Award for Teaching, Texas State. 2009
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Pushcart Prize for "Evening", Beloit Poetry Journal. 2009

2008

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Inductee, Texas Institute of Letters. 2008
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Minnie Stevens Piper Professorship Nominee, Texas State University. 2008

2007

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Everette Swinney Faculty Senate Award for Teaching, Texas State. 2007
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Minnie Stevens Piper Professorship Nominee, Dept. of English. 2007
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Pushcart Prize for "Extravagance", Beloit Poetry Journal. 2007
  • Award / Honor Recipient: San Marcos Chamber of Commerce Teaching Award. 2007

2006

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Texas State Alumni Association Teaching Award of Honor. 2006
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Minnie Stevens Piper Professorship Nominee, Dept. of English. 2006
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Sigma Tau Delta Outstanding Professor of the Year. 2006
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Multicultural Curriculum Transformation Institute, Texas State. May 2006

2005

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Emerson Society Community Project Award, The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society. 2005
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Everette Swinney Faculty Senate Award for Teaching, Texas State. 2005

2004

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Biographical entry in Who's Who in American Education. 2004
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College of Liberal Arts "Golden Apple" Award for Excellence in Teaching. 2004
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Fulbright Senior Specialist in U.S. Cultural Studies, Slovenia. 2004
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Minnie Stevens Piper Professorship Nominee, Dept. of English. 2004
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Nominated by the English Dept. for the Texas State Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching. 2004

2003

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Fulbright Senior Specialist Roster. 2003 - 2008
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi National Honor Society, Texas State Chapter. 2003
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Nominated by the English Dept. for the SWT Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching. 2003

2002

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Senior Fulbright Lecturer in Creative Writing, Slovenia. 2002
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Fulbright Follow-up Grant, US Embassy – Slovenia. 2002 - 2003
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Nominated for the SWT Alumni Association Teaching Award of Honor. 2002

2001

  • Award / Honor Nominee: Nominated for the SWT Alumni Association Teaching Award of Honor. 2001

2000

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Sigma Tau Delta Outstanding Professor of the Year, SWT. 2000 - 2001
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Nominated for the SWT Alumni Association Teaching Award of Honor. 2000

1999

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Biographical entry in Who's Who in America. 1999 - Present
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Nominated by the SWT Honors Student Association for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching. 1999
  • Award / Honor Recipient: SWT Research Enhancement Grant. 1999

1998

  • Award / Honor Recipient: SWT Honors Professor of the Year. 1998 - 1999
  • Award / Honor Recipient: SWT University Lectures Committee. 1998

1997

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Listing, International Who's Who in Poetry and Poet's Encyclopaedia. Cambridge, England: International Biographical Centre. 1997 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Project Grant, Texas Commission on the Arts / Austin Writer's League. 1997 - 1998

1994

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Senior Fulbright Lecturer in Creative Writing, Romania. 1994 - 1995
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Program Support Grant, The Burdine Johnson Foundation. 1994

1993

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Library Research Grant, Southwest Texas State Univ. 1993
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Texas Commission on the Arts Program Assistance Grant. 1993

1992

  • Award / Honor Recipient: National Endowment for the Arts’ Residencies for Writers and Reading Series Grant. 1992 - 1993

1988

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Library Research Grant, Southwest Texas State Univ. 1988

1987

  • Award / Honor Recipient: First Prize, Boswell Poetry Contest, Dallas. 1987
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Graduated with Special Distinction, Wichita State Univ. 1987
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, Wichita State University. 1987

1986

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Runner-Up, American Academy of Poets' T. Reese Marsh Award. 1986
  • Award / Honor Recipient: English Graduate Student Travel-Study Grant, Wichita State Univ. 1986

1984

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Ball Prize for a Writing Portfolio, Ft. Worth. 1984

1982

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Graduated with honors, University of Oklahoma. 1982