This award was created in honor of Joe Saupe, Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Missouri, Columbia. Joe was one of the founding members of both AIR and MidAIR and has been a role model for many institutional researchers. Among his many publications, he authored one of the seminal documents of the field, The Functions of Institutional Research. The Joe Saupe Award is an honorary award initially given to Joe in recognition of his years of participation in and contributions to MidAIR. Subsequently, it has been awarded to first-time presenters at MidAIR to acknowledge the quality of their presentation, and as an encouragement to other newcomers to the field of IR to present at future MidAIR conferences.
Year: Recipient
2023: Brandon Wolak, University of Missouri
2022: Tyler Tapps, Northwest Missouri State University
2021: Frederick Burrack, Kansas State University
2020: Calie Holden, Ozarks Technical Community College
2019: Michael Mcbride, Northwest Missouri State University
2018: Benjamin Wood, Columbia College
2017: Fiorella Penaloza, Cleveland University - Kansas City
2016: Brian Pattiz, University of Central Missouri
2015: Egon Heidendal, Northwest Missouri State University
2014: Stephanie Kauv, University of Northern Iowa
2013: Kelly Burns, St. Louis Community College
Larry Westermeyer, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Kristy Bishop, Metropolitan Community College
2012: Matt Simpson, Ozarks Technical Community College
John Clayton, Ozarks Technical Community College
2011: Sheri Barrett, Benedictine College
2010: Evelyn Eubank, University of Kansas
Kelli Schutte, William Jewel College
2009: Patrick Rossol, National Higher Education Benchmarking Institute at Johnson County Community College
2008: Derek Wesley, Mount Marty College
2007: Hong Gao, Loras College
2006: Karen Cunningham, University of Northern Iowa
Kristin Moser, University of Northern Iowa
Anthony Smothers, University of Northern Iowa
2005: Mark Hamner, Texas Women’s University
2004: Larry Westermeyer, University of Missouri – St. Louis
Jennifer Spielvogel, University of Missouri – Kansas City
2003: Ralph Juhnke, Johnson County Community College
Larry Bunce, Johnson County Community College
2002: Rosemary Hayes, University of Oklahoma
Thulasi Kumar, University of Northern Iowa
2001: Cheryl Carpenter, Metropolitan Community College
Maura McCool, Metropolitan Community College
2000: Cindy Wehmeyer, St. Louis University
1999: Debra McClure, Washburn University
1998: Alisha Rychnovsky, University of Missouri System
1997: Ron Pennington, Webster University
1996: Barbara Alpern, Walsh College
1995: Carla Reichard, Oklahoma State University
1994: Ryan Cherland, University of Kansas
1993: William McCully, Iowa State University
1992: Brian Nedwek, St. Louis University
1991: Joint Conference with SAIR/SCUP–no award given
1990: Larry Kelly, Johnson County Community College
1989: John Bush, Oklahoma State University
1988: Joe Saupe, University of Missouri – Columbia