Nineteen Auburn University faculty members were recognized with Auburn Author Awards in a pre-recorded ceremony due to ongoing Covid-19 precautions during the spring 2021 semester.

The Auburn Author Awards program, co-sponsored by Auburn University Libraries and the Graduate School, recognizes faculty and library staff members who published a book-length scholarly work during the previous calendar year.

The 2021 Auburn Author Award recipients are:

• Jonathan Bolton, English
• Mitchell Brown, Political Science
• Julia Charles, English
• Michael P. Cook, English Education
• Muralikrishnan Dhanakekaran, Drug Discovery and Development
• Stephen Ditchkoff, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
• Margaret Fletcher, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture
• Ellen Hahn Reames, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology
• Kathleen Hale, Political Science
• Matthew Hoch, Music
• Maria Kuznetsova, English
• Alejandro Lazarte, Department of Psychological Sciences
• Chris Lepczyk, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
• W. Gary Martin, Curriculum & Teaching
• M. Soledad Peresin, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
• Sunny Stalter-Pace, English
• Kamden Strunk, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology
• Stephen Szedlmayer, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences
• Debra Worthington, School of Communication & Journalism

The Auburn Author Awards program was resumed in 2011 after a hiatus of several years. The pre-recorded 2021 Auburn Author Awards ceremony can be viewed on the Graduate School’s YouTube channel.