Faculty and Staff Recognition 2019-2020

System

Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award (OTICA)

  • Jody Koenig Kellas, communication studies

Campus

Harold and Esther Edgerton Junior Faculty Award

  • Kathryn Holland, psychology and women's and gender studies

James O’Hanlon Academic Leader Award

  • Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, political science

Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award

  • Angela Palmer-Wackerly, communication studies

Professorships

  • Marco Abel, Willa Cather Professor of English
  • Eric Dodds, Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor of Chemistry
  • Brian Harbourne, Willa Cather Professor of Mathematics
  • Eileen Hebets, Charles Bessey Professor of Biological Sciences
  • Jeffrey Stevens, Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor of Psychology
  • Stacey Waite, Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor of English

College

CAS Engagement Award

  • Saravanan Raju, computer science and engineering

CAS Inclusive Excellence and Diversity Award

  • Allura Ralston (graduate student), psychology
  • Initialize (student organization), computer science and engineering
  • Bureau of Sociological Research (academic unit), sociology

CAS Mentoring Award

  • Drashti Bhatt, Dean’s Office
  • Amelia Montes, English and ethnic studies

College Distinguished Teaching Award

  • David Hage, chemistry
  • Nganga Muchiri, English
  • Angela Palmer-Wackerly, communication studies
  • Heather Richards-Rissetto, anthropology
  • Alexandra Seceleanu, mathematics
  • Alexander Zupan, mathematics

College Outstanding Research and Creative Activity (ORCA) Award

  • Rebecca Lai, chemistry
  • Philip Schwadel, sociology
  • Jay Storz, biological sciences
  • Adrian Wisnicki, English

Hazel R. McClymont Distinguished Teaching Fellow Award

  • Joy Castro, English

Professorships

  • George Avalos, Milton E. Mohr Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
  • Stephen Burnett, Hymen Rosenberg Professor in Judaic Studies
  • Yvonne Lai, Milton E. Mohr Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
  • Bedross Der Matossian, Hymen Rosenberg Associate Professor in Judaic Studies
  • Chigozie Obioma, James E. Ryan Associate Professor of English
  • Sophia Perdikaris, Carl A. Happold Professor in Anthropology
  • Richard Rebarber, Milton E. Mohr Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
  • Jordan Soliz, Leland J. and Dorothy H. Olson Chair in Arts and Sciences