Research and Publication Award: Tony W. Cawthon
This award recognizes an individual who is or is not directly related to ACUHO-I, but who has made a significant contribution to the body of research and publications related to the housing profession. Nominations may be submitted by a housing professional from a currently active ACUHO-I member institution. See a list of previous winners here.
The 2010 winner of the Research and Publication Award is Tony W. Cawthon, department chair of Leadership, Counselor Education, Human and Organizational Development at Clemson University in South Carolina. Cawthon’s teaching, research, association and administrative work make him very deserving of this award.
Prior to his faculty career, Cawthon served as a student affairs administrator at Clemson University, Mississippi State University and the University of Tennessee Knoxville, in the area of student housing. He has written and presented scholarly work on student affairs in higher education, including work on careers and professional development and administrative issues. He has contributed to ACUHO-I’s Journal of College and University Student Housing, NASPA Journal, College Student Affairs Journal and the Journal of College Orientation and Transition.
Cawthon is ACUHO-I’s current Director of Knowledge Enhancement on the Executive Board. He is a past editor of the Journal of College and University Student Housing and served as a program chair as well. Within ACPA, he serves as a Senior Scholar and was recently a reviewer on The Journal of College Student Development. He is the former editor of the College Student Affairs Journal from SACSA. He is serving n the editorial board as a reviewer for the Journal of the Professoriate and Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory and Practice.
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