The highest honor for research at Mississippi State University, the Ralph E. Powe Research Excellence Award is reserved for outstanding, nationally recognized and competitive researchers. The recipient of the Ralph E. Powe Award is a mentor who is an influence on students towards scholarly work, graduate study, and professional activities; a scholar who has made a significant contribution in research to the economic welfare or cultural growth of the University, the State, or the Nation, and a leader in local, sectional, and national professional societies.
Ralph E. Powe Research Excellence Award
2020 Ralph E. Powe Award Winner
David May and Dr. Mark Keenum in front of the Mississippi State shield logo
David May
David C. May is a professor in the Department of Sociology at Mississippi State University. David received his Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology at Mississippi State in 1997. After working…
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David May and Dr. Mark Keenum in front of the Mississippi State shield logo
David May
David C. May is a professor in the Department of Sociology at Mississippi State University. David received his Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology at Mississippi State in 1997. After working…
Past Winners
2019 | Steve Demarais |
2018 | Wes Schilling |
2017 | Henry Wan |
2016 | Wes Burger |
2015 | Brent Funderburk |
2014 | Nicholas Herrmann |
2013 | Daniel G. Peterson |
2012 | Kambham “Raja” Reddy |
2011 | James C. Newman Jr. |
2010 | Stanislaw Grzybowski |
2009 | Shane Burgess |
2008 | Mark Horstemeyer |
2007 | Louis D’Abramo |
2006 | Jung P. Shim |
2005 | Janice Chambers |
2005 | H. Michael Barnes |
2004 | Domenico Parisi |
2003 | Thomas E. Nebeker |
2002 | Douglas L. Marshall |
2001 | Roger L. King |
2000 | David R. Shaw |
1999 | Robert W. Rogers |
1998 | Charles U. Pittman Jr. |
1997 | Lewis R. Brown |