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Please join me in congratulating the 2023 University Faculty Award recipients. The individuals listed below have contributed immeasurably to the AU community, to their disciplines, and to the lives of their students and colleagues. They have demonstrated excellence in their teaching, scholarship, and service, as well as in their efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. Many thanks to the Faculty Senate’s University Faculty Awards Committee for their conscientious review of this year’s nominations, with special thanks to Tom Merrill for serving as chair.

I am also pleased to announce the faculty members who have reached milestone anniversaries ranging from 25 to 55 years of service, as well as recent and upcoming retirees. I know you join me in honoring these dedicated colleagues, who have shaped °ÄÃŻʹÚÌåÓý-¹ÙÍø in so many significant ways.

University Faculty Awards

Faculty Award for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Priya Lothe Doshi, °ÄÃŻʹÚof Communication

Morton Bender Prize
Brian L. McGowan, °ÄÃŻʹÚof Education

Outstanding Community Engagement Award
Nina Yamanis, °ÄÃŻʹÚof International Service

Outstanding Contribution to Fostering Collaborative Scholarship Award
Ignacio González and Juan Antonio Montecino, Economics, College of Arts and Sciences

Outstanding Scholarship, Research, Creative Activity, and Other Professional Contributions Award
Maria De Jesus, °ÄÃŻʹÚof International Service
Ronald Hill, Marketing, Kogod °ÄÃŻʹÚof Business

Outstanding Service to the University Community in a Tenure-Line Appointment Award
Richard R. Bennett, Justice, Law and Criminology, °ÄÃŻʹÚof Public Affairs
Binny Miller, °ÄÃŻʹÚÌåÓý College of Law

Outstanding Service to the University Community in a Term-Line Appointment Award
Sarah Mady, Marketing, Kogod °ÄÃŻʹÚof Business

Outstanding Teaching in a Full-Time, Tenure-Line Appointment Award
Nathaniel Herr, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences

Outstanding Teaching in a Full-Time, Term-Line Appointment Award
Pallavi Damani Kumar, °ÄÃŻʹÚof Communication

Outstanding Teaching in an Adjunct Appointment Award
Thomas Kahn, Government, °ÄÃŻʹÚof Public Affairs

Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award
Jon D. Wisman, Economics, College of Arts and Sciences

Years of Service Honorees

Adjunct Faculty – 25+ Years of Service
Gretchen E. Schafft, Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences

25 Years of Service
John Calabrese, Office of Global and Immersive Studies
Ed Comstock, Literature, College of Arts and Sciences
Ellen K. Feder, Philosophy and Religion, College of Arts and Sciences
Carole Gallaher, °ÄÃŻʹÚof International Service
Jane Hall, °ÄÃŻʹÚof Communication
Jeffrey Lubbers, °ÄÃŻʹÚÌåÓý College of Law
David Lublin, Government, °ÄÃŻʹÚof Public Affairs
Gwendolyn Reece, University Library
Brenda V. Smith, °ÄÃŻʹÚÌåÓý College of Law
John C. Watson, °ÄÃŻʹÚof Communication
Stephen Wermiel, °ÄÃŻʹÚÌåÓý College of Law

30 Years of Service
Marianne Noble, Literature, College of Arts and Sciences
Catherine Schaeff, Biology, College of Arts and Sciences

35 Years of Service
Patricia Aufderheide, °ÄÃŻʹÚof Communication
Stephen D. Casey, Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences
Frank L. DuBois, Information Technology and Analytics, Kogod °ÄÃŻʹÚof Business
Daniel Wu Fong, Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Don Kimes, Art, College of Arts and Sciences
Binny Miller, °ÄÃŻʹÚÌåÓý College of Law
Zehra Peynircioglu, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences

40 Years of Service
Claudio Grossman, °ÄÃŻʹÚÌåÓý College of Law
Ann C. Shalleck, °ÄÃŻʹÚÌåÓý College of Law

45 Years of Service
William M. LeoGrande, Government, °ÄÃŻʹÚof Public Affairs
Andrew F. Popper, °ÄÃŻʹÚÌåÓý College of Law

50 Years of Service
Gershon Greenberg, Philosophy and Religion, College of Arts and Sciences
Allan J. Lichtman, History, College of Arts and Sciences

55 Years of Service
Mary W. Gray, Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences

Retiring Faculty
Jonathan B. Baker, °ÄÃŻʹÚÌåÓý College of Law
Richard R. Bennett, Justice, Law and Criminology, °ÄÃŻʹÚof Public Affairs
Robin Broad, °ÄÃŻʹÚof International Service
W. Joseph Campbell, °ÄÃŻʹÚof Communication
Robert Dinerstein, °ÄÃŻʹÚÌåÓý College of Law
Daniel Wu Fong, Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Jolynn Gardner, Health Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Eric Hershberg, Government, °ÄÃŻʹÚof Public Affairs & Center for Latin American and Latino Studies
Miles Kahler, °ÄÃŻʹÚof International Service
Laura Langbein, Public Administration and Policy, °ÄÃŻʹÚof Public Affairs
Sherburne Laughlin, Performing Arts, College of Arts and Sciences
Charles Lewis, °ÄÃŻʹÚof Communication
Stacey Marien, University Library
Howard E. McCurdy, Public Administration and Policy, °ÄÃŻʹÚof Public Affairs
John P. Nolan, Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences
Celine-Marie Pascale, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
Randolph B. Persaud, °ÄÃŻʹÚof International Service
Barbara S. Romzek, Public Administration and Policy, °ÄÃŻʹÚof Public Affairs
Larry Sawers, Economics, College of Arts and Sciences
Ann C. Shalleck, °ÄÃŻʹÚÌåÓý College of Law
April G. Shelford, History, College of Arts and Sciences
Gay Young, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences

Congratulations and thanks to all of our 2023 honorees for their exceptional contributions!