Prestigious Faculty Awards

2005 Daniel Elazar Distinguished Scholar Award, American Political Science Association, Section on Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations, for contributions in intergovernmental relations and federalism, Washington, D.C.

2003 Louis Brownlow Book Award (with Mike McGuire), National Academy of Public Administration, Outstanding Book in Public Administration of 2003, Collaborative Public Management (Georgetown University Press, 2003), Washington, D.C.

2000 Donald Stone Scholar Award, American Society of Public Administration, for scholarly contributions in intergovernmental management, San Diego, CA.

2007-2008. Fellow, Academic Leadership Program, Committee on Institutional Cooperation (Big Ten Universities). “…designed to develop the leadership and managerial skills of faculty on CIC campuses who have demonstrated exceptional ability and administrative promise.”

2006. Appointee, IU LeaD. IU LeaD “provides a formal system for identifying…the next generation of both academic and administrative leaders at Indiana University.”

2005 President's Award for Excellence in Teaching. Indiana University Office of the President's award for distinguished teaching.

2005 Trustee Teaching Award, Indiana University. "...awarded to six percent of the tenured and tenure-track faculty members (of each department and professional school) who have demonstrated that they are the best teachers."

2004 Outstanding Instructor, Undergraduate Program, School of Public and Environmental Affairs. In recognition of outstanding instruction in the non-core undergraduate curriculum of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University.

2002 Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching Award. A competitive honor awarded by Indiana University in recognition of special distinction in teaching and demonstrated commitment to student learning.

2002 Trustee Teaching Award, Indiana University.

2001 Myres McDougal Prize, Society for the Policy Sciences. For exemplary policy sciences research published in 2000 (awarded for "Who Participates in Global Environmental Governance? Partial Answers from International Relations Theory," Policy Sciences 33(2): 155-180).

2001 Trustee Teaching Award, Indiana University.

2001 Outstanding Instructor, Undergraduate Program, School of Public and Environmental Affairs. In recognition of outstanding instruction in the core undergraduate curriculum of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University.

2000 Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, Indiana University "...given to junior faculty members who show promise of achieving great distinction as scholars or artists."

1999 Teaching Excellence Recognition Award. For exemplary contributions to the teaching mission of SPEA and Indiana University.

1998 Teaching Excellence Recognition Award.

1998 Outstanding Instructor, Undergraduate Program.

1997 Teaching Excellence Recognition Award.

2005 Distinguished Professor. Awarded for “Outstanding theoretical and practical achievements in the field of social science and administration” by New Bulgarian University, Sofia.

2002 Distinguished Professorship. Awarded for Developing Graduate Education by Western University.

2002 Doctor (Honoris Causa). Awarded for Contributions to Graduate Education and Scholarship by Western University, Baku.

2000 Fulbright Senior Scholar. Awarded by the Fulbright Commission, DC.

1999 Distinguished Professor. Awarded for Contributions to Scholarship by NIDA, Bangkok.

1996 Doctor (Honoris Causa). Awarded for Distinguished Research and Contribution to Higher Education by New Bulgarian University.

1990 Honorary Graduate. Awarded for Professional Merit by Moscow State University.

Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA). 2007, NAPA is an independent, nonpartisan organization chartered by Congress to assist federal, state, and local governments in improving their effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability.  NAPA Fellows are selected based on their sustained contributions to the field of public administration through public service or scholarship. These Fellows serve as the cornerstone of the academy and provide insight and experience as they oversee Academy projects and provide general guidance to the organization.

Jeffrey Z. Rubin Theory-to-Practice Award 2006, sponsored by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School and the International Association for Conflict Management given to unique individuals whose professional contributions emphasize their ability to move effectively and skillfully between theory and practice in their professional activities.

Best Book Award 2005, American Society for Public Administration Section on Environmental and Natural Resource Administration for The Promise and Performance of Environmental Conflict Resolution, co-edited with Rosemary O’Leary.

Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs 2004 Graduate Teaching Award

Best Empirical Paper Award 2004, International Association for Conflict Management Conference for Disputants’ Perceptions of Interactional Justice: Mediation at the USPS, Pittsburgh, PA.

Best Original Conference Materials Award 2004, American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution Conference for Mediating in the Shadow of Different Law: Dispute Resolution and Dispute System Design Across Four Anglophone National Court Systems (with Profs. Margaret Ross-UK, Julie MacFarlane-Canada, and Nadja Alexander-Australia), New York, NY.

Willoughby Abner Award, Association for Conflict Resolution, awarded Aug. 24, 2002 at ACR Conference in San Diego, CA, for excellence in research on dispute resolution in labor and employment in the public sector.

Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs 2001 Graduate Teaching Award.

Industrial Relations Research Association Refereed Paper Competition for 1998 Conference in Chicago, Illinois. Paper was selected in peer-reviewed competition, for presentation at conference and publication in 50th Proceedings.

Indiana University Teaching Excellence Recognition Award 1997

Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs 1997 Undergraduate Core Course Teaching Award

FACET, IU Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching, May 1996.

Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, Indiana University, awarded November 1996 for funding during 1997-1998 academic year. Included 1997 summer faculty fellowship and grant in aid.

Industrial Relations Research Association Refereed Papers Competition for 1997 Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. Paper was selected in peer-reviewed competition, for presentation at conference and publication in the 49th Proceedings.

2006 NASF Burney Fischer Current Achievement Award in Urban Forestry

2004 Indiana Arborist Association Distinguished Service Award

2003–2004 President, National Association of State Foresters (NASF)

2003 Purdue University Distinguished Agricultural Alumni

1998 Elected Fellow, Society of American Foresters

1997­present Society of American Foresters Certified Forester

1996 Indiana Society of American Foresters Meritorious Service Award

2007 Trustee Teaching Award, Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

2006 Academy of Management Public and Nonprofit Division Nominee for the William H. Newman Award for Best Paper Based on a Dissertation.

2005 Finalist for the Gabriel Rudney Dissertation Award, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)

2003.  Doctoral Student of the Year Award, Department of Public Administration and Policy, School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia. 

2002 Emerging Scholar Award, ARNOVA.

2005 Award for Distinguished Achievement and Leadership in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research. Awarded by ARNOVA, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Washington, D.C., November 18.

2004 Honorable Mention: Mayor's Award for Civic Engagement. Bloomington, IN.

2001 Outstanding Article Award, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, for "Philanthropic Funding of Human Services: Solving Ambiguity Through the Two-Stage Competitive Process" Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 29 (No. 1, Supplement 2000): 9-40. By Kirsten A. Grønbjerg and Laura Martell, with Laurie Paarlberg. Awarded by ARNOVA, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Washington, D.C.

1999 Honorary Mention for the Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Prize for article "Mapping Small Religious Nonprofit Organizations: An Illinois Profile" by Kirsten A. Grønbjerg and Sheila Nelson" in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 27 (No. 1, March 1998): 13-31.

1997 Honorable Mention: Outstanding Article published in 1997 in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly for "The United Way at the Crossroads: Community Planning and Allocation," by Kirsten A. Grønbjerg, Lori Harmon, Aida Olkkonen, and Asif Raza.

1996 "Architect, Advocate, Advisor" Tribute, United Way/Crusade of Mercy, for work as Chair of the 1988 Environmental Analysis Committee, the 1989 Human Capital Development Needs Assessment Committee, and the first chair of the Needs Assessment Coordinating Committee, December 10.

1995 Award for Distinguished Book in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research, for Understanding Nonprofit Funding: Managing Revenues in Social Service and Community Development Organizations (Jossey-Bass, 1993). Awarded by ARNOVA.

1995 Distinguished Service Award, Past-President, ARNOVA, November 3.

1995 Chairman's Award, United Way of Chicago, July.

1994 Honorable Mention in the 1994 Competition for the Staley-Robeson-Ryan-St.Lawrence Prize for Research on Fund-Raising and Philanthropy, for "Understanding Nonprofit Funding: Managing Revenues in Social Service and Community Development Organizations," March 8.

2005 SPEA Graduate Teaching Award

1998 SPEA Graduate Teaching Award

1998 Teaching Excellence Recognition Award (TERA)

2005 Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs Teaching Award.

2005, 1996, 1993 Indiana University Summer Faculty Fellowship.

2003 Outstanding Service Award of Appreciation, and 1996 Exceptional Service Award. Awarded by the American Society for Testing and Materials - Committee E47 on Biological Effects and Environmental Fate, for work as chair of sub-committees, task group chair and participant, Vice-President, symposium Chair (1998), co-chair(1995), co-organizer (1998), and editor or co-editor of the resulting "Special Technical Publications."

1997 Indiana University Outstanding Junior Professor Award.

2007 SPEA Teaching Award, Undergraduate Instruction

Institute of Scientific Information, A Highly Cited Author in Engineering (Prof. Hites was one of only 96 highly cited authors out of a total of about 500,000 in the field of engineering.)

1997-2000 Board of Directors, Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

1997, August. Chairman, 17th International Conference on Compounds, Indianapolis, Indiana.

1996-present Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

2000 Secchi Disk Award. Awarded by the North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) for Outstanding Service (this is the most prestigious annual award by NALMS to the person who has done the most to further the goals of the Society).

2004 Trustee Teaching Award. Awarded by Indiana University for outstanding teaching.

2007 Trustees Teaching Award. Awarded by Indiana University for outstanding teaching.

2003 Louis Brownlow Book Award, for the book titled Collaborative Public Management: New Strategies for Local Governments (co-authored with Robert Agranoff of IU; published by Georgetown University Press), from the National Academy of Public Administration.

2007 Trustee Teaching Award. Awarded by Indiana University for outstanding teaching.

2002 Wildavsky Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement in the Field of Public Budgeting and Finance. Awarded for Public Finance Research by the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management.

2001-2002 Fulbright Senior Scholar, US State Department

The International City/County Management Association (ICMA) Academic Award

2003 SPEA Undergraduate Teaching Award

2001 SPEA Graduate Teaching Award

2007 SPEA Teaching Award, Graduate Instruction

2005 Honorary Degree: South Dakota State University, LL.D.

2004 The John W. Ryan Fellowship in International Education, State University of New York

1998 Ellis Island Medal of Honor

1999 State University of Management (Moscow), Academy of Administration and Marketing: Professor, Honoris Causa

1999 Moscow State University: Professor, Honoris Causa

1996 Distinguished Public Service Award from the Government of Korea, for Research Contributions to Korean Environmental Policy

1997 Senior Fulbright Research Scholar Award, for An Impact Study of Foreign Direct Investment in China.

2006 Trustees Teaching Award

2000-2005 National Science Foundation CAREER Award

1997, 2000, 2003 Graduate Teaching Awards, School of Public and Environmental Affairs

1997, 1998, 2000 Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, Indiana University

2007 Trustee Teaching Award. Awarded by Indiana University for outstanding teaching.

2007 SPEA Teaching Award, Undergraduate Instruction

2007 SPEA Teaching Award, Graduate Instruction

Fellow of the US Committee on Institutional Cooperation’s Academic Leadership Program, 2005-2006

Indiana University Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, 1998

Trustees Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, 1997, 1998

Indiana University, The Trustee Teaching Award, April 2, 2006.

Inaugural Fellow, Randall L. Tobias Center for Leadership 2005

Swedish Institute, Jubilee Prize for International Scholarship, presented by King Carl XVI Gustaf, 1995

2002-2003 Gordon Faculty Award, Indiana University Division of Student Affairs.

1997 School of Continuing Studies Teaching Excellence Award.