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Portrait of Dr. Joseph Kotarba

Dr. Joseph Kotarba

  • Professor at Sociology, College of Liberal Arts

Awards

2024

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Plenary Session Presentation, European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. June 2024 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Keynote Address, European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. June 2024 - Present

2023

  • Award / Honor Recipient: “Local Authors Celebration” Wimberley, Texas Village Library (multi-media display), Wimberley Village Library Board of Directors. October 14, 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: The Presidential Distinction Award for Teaching, Texas State University, College of Liberal Arts. August 18, 2023

2020

  • Award / Honor Recipient: "Teaching and Learning through a Pandemic", "From The Hill" Texas State University publication. December 14, 2020

2019

  • Award / Honor Recipient: The oH Project: Oral Histories of HIV/AIDS in Houston..., The Woodson Research Center at Rice University. May 2019

2017

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Honorary Professor of International Studies, Center for International Studies. September 2017
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Keynote Address, European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. July 2017

2016

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Visiting Faculty Distinguished Lecture, Department of Sociology, Uppsala University, Sweden. September 14, 2016
  • Award / Honor Recipient: The 2016 Distinguished Lecture, The Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. August 20, 2016
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Keynote Address, The European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. July 6, 2016

2015

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Achievement Award for Excellence in Scholarly / Creative Activity, College of Liberal Arts. 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, The Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society, Texas State University. 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: The Annual Peter Hall Lecture, The Midwest Sociological Society. March 2015

2014

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Fulbright Specialist Fellowship, Fulbright. January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Keynote Address, Forging an International Interactionism through Theory and Music, The European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. August 1, 2014
  • Award / Honor Recipient: The Charles Horton Cooley Award for Best Book, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. August 1, 2014

2013

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, The Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society, Texas State University. 2013

2012

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Service Appreciation Award, Texas Council of Faculty Senates. 2012

2010

  • Award / Honor Recipient: The Mentor’s Excellence Award, The Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. 2010