Overview
One of two awards honoring the founders of Walden University, the Rita Turner Award is bestowed annually upon the faculty chair of the doctoral study committee of the recipient of the Frank Dilley Award for Outstanding Doctoral Study.
This award honors the total commitment to the founding and sustaining of Walden by Rita Turner, co-founder of the university. Mrs. Turner’s shared vision of the university, careful attention to major organizational issues, supervision of complex operational details, and concern for fiscal accountability made it possible not only for the university to flourish during its first two decades, but for it to also grow into the unique global institution it is today.
Recipients
- Richard Palmer, PhD
College of Health Professions
2021
Summer
- Dr. Carole Pearce
- Dr. Jeanne Sorrell
- Dr. Floralba Marrero
Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership
Winter
- Glenn Penny, PhD
- Charles Bindig, EdD
- Paul Englesberg, EdD
Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership
2020
Summer
- Vicki L. Underwood, PhD (Chair)
- Sydney Parent, PhD
- Michelle S. Brown, EdD
Winter
- Krista Laursen, DBA (Chair)
- Janet Booker, EdD
- Robert Banasik, DBA
College of Management and Technology
2019
Summer
- Peter Anthony, EdD (Chair)
- Judith Fisher-Blando, DM
- Brandon D. Simmons, PhD, EdD, MBA
College of Management and Technology
Winter
- Vicki L. Underwood, PhD (Chair)
- Beate Baltes, EdD
- Caroline M. Crawford, EdD
The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership
2018
Summer
- Peter Ross, PhD (Chair)
- Karen E Slonski, PhD
- Steve Wells, EdD
School of Education and Professional Licensure
The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership
Winter
- Douglas G. Campbell (Chair)
- Yvonne Doll, DM
- James Savard, PhD
School of Management – College of Management and Technology
2017
Summer
- Marilyn K. Simon, PhD (Chair)
- William B. Stokes, DBA
- Patricia I. Fusch, PhD
School of Management – College of Management and Technology
Winter
- Anne Davis, PhD (Chair)
- Rocky J. Dwyer, PhD
- James Savard, PhD
School of Management – College of Management and Technology
2016
Summer: none
Winter: none
2015
Summer: none
Winter: none
2014
Summer: none
Winter: none
2013
2012
Dr. Marlene Munn-Joseph
2011
2010
- Dr. Joe Ann Hinrichs
2009
- Dr. Amie Beckett
- Dr. Marie-Anne Mundy*
2007
Dr. Kimberly Ross
2006
Dr. Raghu Korrapati
2005
Dr. Robert Aubey
2004
Dr. Augustine Barón
*Winners of what was formerly called the Outstanding Doctoral Study Committee Chair Award.
Note: Winners prior to summer 2011 were faculty members of PhD students who received the award for their outstanding dissertation work.