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.
Distinguished University Professor
Maureen Groer
Nursing Dean's Office
Outstanding Community-Engaged Teaching Award
Jennifer Jacobs
Curriculum, Instruction, and Learning
Kosove Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Service Award
Lorena Madrigal
Anthropology
Kosove Distinguished Graduate Teaching and Service Award
Kamal Alsharif
School of Geosciences
Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teacher Award
Jennifer Collins
School of Geosciences
2020-2021 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Civic & Community Engagement
Kyaien Conner
Mental Health Law & Policy
Outstanding Library Faculty Award
LeEtta Schmidt
Special Collections
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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