2023 Hardin professor at MSU Texas named

Wichita Falls Times Record News
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MSU Texas names Dr. Kirsten Lodge, left, to be 2023 Hardin professor during graduation ceremonies Saturday May 13, 2023. Dr. Keith Lamb, interim university president, is on the right.
MSU Texas names Dr. Kirsten Lodge, left, to be 2023 Hardin professor during graduation ceremonies Saturday May 13, 2023. Dr. Keith Lamb, interim university president, is on the right.

Dr. Kirsten Lodge was named Hardin Professor for 2023 during Midwestern State University’s commencement ceremony May 13.

Lodge is a professor of English and humanities in the Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities & Social Sciences. Hardin Professor is the highest honor bestowed upon a faculty member at the university each year.

Lodge joined the MSU Texas faculty in 2011. She holds two doctorate degrees with distinction from Columbia University. One is in Russian language and literature and the other is in Czech language and literature.

She also holds a master of art in history and philosophy of art and architecture from the Central European University in Prague, as well as a bachelor of art (summa cum laude) with double majors in Russian and Soviet studies and Russian language and literature from Cornell University.

Lodge is fluent in Russian, Czech and French, proficient in Ukrainian, German, and Spanish, and also knows some Italian.

As a literary translator, her considerable research and scholarly activities focus on translations of significant works in Russian and Czech literature.

Colleagues value her wealth of knowledge about humanities and experience with the world she brings to bear in every class she teaches.

The Hardin Foundation for Wichita County established the annual award in 1962 for a member of the MSU faculty whose teaching and research during the preceding 12 months has brought distinction to the faculty member and the institution.

The award carries with it a stipend of $5,000. Lodge is the 63rd professor to receive the honor.Individual college faculty awards also were announced at commencement. These awards were decided by a committee of their peers within their respective colleges.

Dillard College of Business Administration

  • Excellence in Scholarship: Dr. Sanchari Choudhury

  • Excellence in Teaching: Dr. Kris Tilker

Gordon T. & Ellen West College of Education

  • Excellence in Scholarship: Dr. Emily Reaves

  • Excellence in Teaching: Dr. Timothy Hinchman

Lamar D. Fain College of Fine Arts

  • Excellence in Scholarship: Steve Hilton

  • Excellence in Teaching: Jonathon Quam

Robert D. & Carol Gunn College of Health Sciences & Human Services

  • Excellence in Scholarship: Dr. Beth Veale

  • Excellence in Teaching: Catherine Earley

Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities & Social Sciences

  • Excellence in Scholarship: Dr. John Schulze

  • Excellence in Teaching: Dr. K. Lee Gagum

McCoy College of Science, Mathematics & Engineering

  • Excellence in Scholarship: Dr. Michelle Knox

  • Excellence in Teaching: Candice Fulton

This article originally appeared on Wichita Falls Times Record News: Lodge named Hardin professor, MSU faculty award recipients named