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News and Event Releases > Hendrixson Receives Outstanding Young Faculty Award

Hendrixson Receives Outstanding Young Faculty Award

Brent Hendrixson, assistant professor of biology, is this year's Outstanding Young Faculty Award recipient at Millsaps College.

The award is given each year to recognize an untenured faculty member for his or her contributions to the life of the college and to give time for the individual to develop teaching, scholarship or artistic accomplishments. Hendrixson will receive a one semester release from teaching during the 2012-13 academic year and up to $1,000 for support of his research project.

Hendrixson earned a bachelor of arts at the University of Northern Colorado, a master's of science from West Texas A & M and a Ph.D. from East Carolina University, where he was also a postdoctoral research associate. He joined the Millsaps faculty in 2008.

"Since joining Millsaps, Brent has excelled as a teacher, a scholar and a community leader," said Keith Dunn, senior vice president and dean of the college. "He has engaged students in collaborative research and honors projects and has received a National Science Foundation research grant. He has also been a great ambassador for science in the public schools and the greater Jackson region."

With the release from teaching duties, Hendrixson plans to spend several weeks in the southwestern United States collecting time-sensitive samples of tarantulas that he has been unable to obtain during previous summer field seasons. These new specimens will enable him to finish his research on these amazing "little" animals so he can begin writing a book that deals with the taxonomy, evolution, biogeography and conservation of North American tarantulas.

Past recipients of the Outstanding Young Faculty Award are: Darby Ray, Elizabeth Moak, Eric Griffin, Mike Galaty, Bill Storey, Kristen Tegtmeier Oertel, Amy Forbes, Holly Sypniewski, Harvey Fiser, Rachel Heard, Zachary Musselman and Sarah Bares. All full-time, untenured faculty members in their third, fourth or fifth year at Millsaps are eligible for consideration. A winner must show evidence of noteworthy teaching, exceptional promise for scholarly or artistic accomplishments and serious attention to the duties and responsibilities of a faculty member.