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Faculty Excellence Award Winners

2024-2025

  • Dr. Brenda Wynder, Associate Professor, Department of Education – Faculty Excellence Award in Advising
  • Dr. Rachel Juergensen, Assistant Professor, Department of Education – Faculty Excellence Award in Research/Creative Activity
  • Dr. Amy Habeger, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work – Faculty Excellence Award in Service
  • Dr. Michelle Ratcliff, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work – Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching

2023-2024

  • Dr. Yanfeng Yue, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry – Faculty Excellence Award in Advising
  • Dr. Pietro Sasso, Associate Professor, Department of Education – Faculty Excellence Award in Research
  • Dr. Cara Gomez, Associate Professor, Department of Public & Allied Health Sciences – Faculty Excellence Award in Service
  • Dr. Erin Perchiniak, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences – Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching

2022-2023

  • Dr. Alexa Silver, Professor, Department of History, Political Science and Philosophy – Faculty Excellence Award in Service
  • Dr. Brody Bluemel, Associate Professor, Department of Languages & Literatures – Faculty Excellence Award in Advising
  • Dr. Samuel Besong, Professor, Department of Human Ecology – Faculty Excellence Award in Research
  • Dr. Tina Mitchell, Assistant Professor, Department of Education – Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching

2021-2022

  • Dr. Kalpalatha Melmaiee, Associate Professor, Agriculture & Natural Resources – Faculty Excellence Award in Advising
  • Dr. Cara Gomez, Associate Professor, Public & Allied Health Sciences – Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching
  • Dr. Yanfeng Yue, Associate Professor, Chemistry – Faculty Excellence Award in Research
  • No award for Service

2020-2021

  • Dr. Mukta Rana, Professor of PEMaCS – Faculty Excellence Award in Advising 
  • Dr. Eleanor Kiesel, Associate Professor of Social Work – Faculty Excellence Award in Service
  • Dr. Derrick Scott, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences – Faculty Excellence Award in Research
  • Dr. Joseph Fees, Assistant Professor of Languages and Literature – Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching

2019-2020 

  • Dr. Anthea A. Aikins, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences – Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching
  • Dr. Alberta N.A. Aryee, Assistant Professor of Human Ecology – Faculty Excellence Award in Research/Creative Activity
  • Dr. Nicole Bell Rogers, Assistant Professor of Nursing – Faculty Excellence Award in Service
  • Dr. Gulnihal Ozbay, Professor of Natural Resources – Faculty Excellence Award in Advising 

2018-2019

  • Dr. Carla Becker, Assistant Professor of Music – Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching
  • Dr. Kalpalatha Melmaiee, Assistant Professor (now Associate) of Plant Science – Faculty Excellence Award in Research/Creative Activity
  • Dr. Kwame Matthews, Assistant Research Professor of Agriculture – Faculty Excellence Award in Service
  • Dr. Faith Newton, Professor of Education – Faculty Excellence Award in Advising

2017-2018

  • Dr. Kylie Parotta, Associate Professor of Sociology & Criminal Justice – Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching
  • Dr. Daniela R. Radu, Associate Professor of Chemistry – Faculty Excellence Award in Research/Creative Activity
  • Dr. Gulnihal Ozbay, Professor of Natural Resources – Faculty Excellence Award in Community Service.

2016-2017

  • Dr. Andrew D. Lloyd, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences – Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching
  • Dr. Mukti Rana, Associate Professor and chair of the Department of Physics and Engineering – Faculty Excellence Award for Research 
  • Dr. Mazen Shahin, Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Alliance for Minority Participation at DSU – Faculty Excellence Award for Service 

2012-2013

  • Dr. Dorothy L. Dillard, Associate Professor of Sociology – Faculty Excellence in Teaching
  • Dr. Mingxin Guo, Associate Professor of Soil and Water Sciences – Faculty Excellence in Research and Creative Activities
  • Dr. Anuradha Dujari, pPofessor of Education, Science Education – Faculty Excellence in University and Community Service
  • Dr. Dawn Lott, Professor of Mathematics – Faculty Excellence in Advising