Faculty and staff recognition, 2024-2025

April 15, 2025

Awardees
Faculty and staff awardees

Congratulations to these faculty and staff on their achievements during the 2024-2025 academic year! They will be celebrated at our fall awards event.

Details about awards are available on our Recognition webpage.

University

Professorships

  • Christian Binek, Paula and D.B. Varner Professor
  • Christine Kelley, Aaron Douglas Professor
  • Daizaburo Shizuka, Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor
  • Alexander Sinitskii, Charles Bessey Professor
  • Wendy Smith, Willa Cather Professor

Dr. Charles Riedesel Outstanding Academic Advising Award

  • Kristin Plath, Academic Advising

College

Distinguished Teaching Awards

  • James Checco, Chemistry
  • Keith Foreman, Physics
  • Michelle Homp, Mathematics
  • Eric Malina, Chemistry
  • Gabrielle (Brie) Owen, English
  • Chelsea Witt, Psychology

Professorships

  • Thomas Marley, Dale M. Jensen Chair in Mathematics
  • Alexandra Seceleanu, Milton E. Mohr Distinguished Associate Professor of Mathematics
  • Alexander Zupan, Milton E. Mohr Distinguished Associate Professor of Mathematics

Outstanding Research and Creative Activity (ORCA)

  • Peter Capuano, Humanities/English
  • Alice Kang, Social Sciences/Political Science
  • Qingshen Li, Sciences/Biological Sciences

McClymont Award

  • Laura White, English

Harold and Esther Junior Faculty Award

  • Liang Chen, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

College Mentoring Award

  • Kathleen Lacey, English

The university previously announced professorships, awards, and promotion and tenure.