Professional Development

Faculty Honors and Awards 2021

The 91tvӰԺ is proud to be the home to an immensely talented and dedicated group of distinguished scholars and faculty. Congratulations to our 2021 awardees. 

Maureen Groer

Distinguished University Professor
Maureen Groer
Nursing Dean's Office

William Haley

Distinguished University Professor
William E. Haley
School of Aging Studies

Sudeep Sarkar

Distinguished University Professor
Sudeep Sarkar
Computer Science and Engineering

Hadi Charkhgard

Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award
Hadi Charkhgard
Industrial and Management Systems

Sandra Jones

Outstanding Undergraduate Advising Award
Sandra Jones
Criminology

Kevin Lee

Outstanding Undergraduate Advising Award
Kevin Lee
Judy Genshaft Honors College

Sharon Loschiavo

Outstanding Undergraduate Advising Award
Sharon Loschiavo
Criminology

Kasandrea Sereno

Outstanding Undergraduate Advising Award
Kasandrea Sereno
Communication

Ashley Sowell

Outstanding Undergraduate Advising Award
Ashley Sowell
Chemistry

Megan Stowe

Outstanding Undergraduate Advising Award
Megan Stowe
Engineering and Pre-Health

Jennifer Cainas

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Jennifer Cainas
Lynn Pippenger School of Accountancy

Douglas Hall

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Douglas Hall
School of Theatre & Dance

Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan
School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies

Ajit Mujumdar

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Ajit Mujumdar
Mechanical Engineering

Ulluminair Salim

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Ulluminair Salim
Judy Genshaft Honors College

Tangela Serls

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Tangela Serls
Women's & Gender Studies

Sarah Sheffield

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Sarah Sheffield
School of Geosciences

Michelle Taylor

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Michelle Taylor
English

Jennifer Jacobs

Outstanding Community-Engaged Teaching Award
Jennifer Jacobs
Curriculum, Instruction, and Learning

Lorena Madrigal

Kosove Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Service Award
Lorena Madrigal
Anthropology

Kamal Alsharif

Kosove Distinguished Graduate Teaching and Service Award
Kamal Alsharif
School of Geosciences

Jennifer Collins

Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teacher Award
Jennifer Collins
School of Geosciences

Kyaien Conner

2020-2021 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Civic & Community Engagement
Kyaien Conner
Mental Health Law & Policy

LeEtta Schmidt

Outstanding Library Faculty Award
LeEtta Schmidt
Special Collections

Paula Cate

Retirement
Paula Cate
Education & Psychological Studies

Cathy Gugerty

Retirement
Cathy Gugerty
Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications

Charles (Coby) O'Brien

Retirement
Charles (Coby) O'Brien
Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications

David Chiriboga

Retirement & Emeritus
David Chiriboga
Child and Family Studies

Abdelwahab Hechiche

Retirement & Emeritus
Abdelwahab Hechiche
School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies

John Tsibris

Retirement & Emeritus
John Tsibris
Obstetrics & Gynecology and Department of Molecular Medicine


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Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award

John Adams, Center for Global Health and Infectious Diseases Research
Ryan Carney, Integrative Biology
George Davis, Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology
Richard Heller, Medical Engineering
Mark Jaroszeski, Medical Engineering
Autar Kaw, Mechanical Engineering
Mehran Mozaffari Kermani, Computer Science and Engineering
Lynn Martin, Center for Global Health and Infectious Diseases Research
Sunil Mithas, School of Information Systems and Management
Ivan Oleynik, Physics
Matthew Pasek, School of Geosciences
Christopher Passaglia, Medical Engineering
Manh-Huong Phan, Physics
Lindsey Rodriguez, Psychology
Brad Seibel, Comparative Environmental Physiology
Patriann Smith, Curriculum, Instruction, & Learning
Robert Tykot, Anthropology
Edelyn Verona, Psychology
Christian Wells, Anthropology
Henry Woodcock, Chemistry
Sarah Yuan, Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology


Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award

Jerome Breslin, Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology
Yu Chen, Molecular Medicine
Aisha Durham, Communication


Outstanding Undergraduate Advising Award (Honorable Mention)

Adam Clum, Health Sciences Program


Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award

Jeanette Abrahamsen, Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications
Chantale Begin, Integrative Biology
Laurel Friedman, Communication
Alessio Gaspar, Computer Science & Engineering


2019-20 Excellence in Innovation Award

Sriram Chellappan, Computer Science and Engineering
Summer Decker, Radiology
Jonathan Ford, Radiology
Sara Smith, Language, Literacy, Ed.D., Exceptional Education, and Physical Education


Excellence in Research, Pre-Tenure Award

Hadi Charkhgard, Industrial and Management Systems


Excellence in Research, Tenured Award

Sarah Yuan, Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology


Retirement

Marilyn Bertch, School of Theatre and Dance
Karen Bryan, School of Music
Patricia Carr, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Wei Chen, Physics
Maritza Chinea-Thornberry, World Languages
Karen Colucci ,Language, Literacy, Ed.D., Exceptional Education, and Physical Education
Antoinette Criss, Economics
Reba Garth, Student Support Services
Richard Gilbert, Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering
Jim Gray, Administrative Services
Mark Hafen, School of Public Affairs
Frances Hopf, Mathematics and Statistics
Melvin James, Graduate & Undergraduate Studies
Steven Jones, English
Michael T. Kleiman, Sociology
Sao-kang (Scott) Liu, Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications
Cathy Marquez, Academic Advising
John (Brian) Moorhead, School of Music
Lawrence Morehouse, School of Interdisciplinary & Global Studies
Salvatore Morgera, Electrical Engineering
Suzanne Murray, History
Nancy Muscato, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Victoria Panzer, School of Marketing & Innovation
Cheryl Paul, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Frederick Pearce ,Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications
Scott Rimbey, Mathematics and Statistics
Susan Silver, Library Student Success
Antone (Tony) Silvia, Journalism & Digital Communication
Teri Simpson, School of Social Work
Debra Smith, Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications
Noel Smith, University Galleries
Philip Smith, Language, Literacy, Ed.D., Exceptional Education, and Physical Education
James Unnever, Criminology


Retirement & Emeritus

Raymond Arsenault, History
John Belohlavek, History
Robert Benford, Sociology
Michael T. Brannick, Psychology
Thomas Carter, Economics
Rita Ciresi, English
Thomas Crisman, School of Geosciences
Christopher Davis, School of Information Systems and Management
Donna Davis, School of Information Systems and Management
Mark Goldman, Psychology
Jorge Lockhart, Urology
Carol MacKinnon-Lewis, Child and Family Studies
Manoug Manougian, Mathematics and Statistics
Earl McCoy, Integrative Biology
Gerry Meisels, Chemistry
Barbara Langland, Orban College of Public Health
Charles (Chuck) Owen, School of Music
Judith Ponticell, Office of the Dean
Audrey Powers, Library Student Success
Marc Powers, School of Theatre and Dance
Richard Roetzheim, Family Medicine
Lori Roscoe, Communication
Paul Solomon, School of Marketing & Innovation
Barbara Spector, Curriculum, Instruction, & Learning
Frederick Steier, Communication
Stephen Thornton, Curriculum, Instruction, & Learning
Laurie Woodard, Family Medicine


Emeritus

James A. Duplass,  Curriculum, Instruction, & Learning