Faculty Awards

Excellence in Professional Service
Janice Bogan, Office of the Vice President for Research
Beth Quackenbush, Sponsored Programs
Winifred Kutchukian, University Libraries
Corinna Ripps Schaming, Art Museum

2007-2008

Excellence in Teaching
Dr. Sharon Danoff-Burg, Psychology

Excellence in Faculty Service
Dr. Randall Craig, English
Dr. Reed Hoyt, Music

Excellence in Professional Service
Ms. Candace Merbler, University Libraries
Mr. Ronald Thomas, Telecommunications

Excellence in Librarianship
Ms. Karen E. K. Brown, Preservation

2006-2007

Excellence in Teaching
Dr. Lotfi Sayahi, Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Dr. Kevin Williams, Psychology
Dr. Alissa Pollitz Worden, Criminal Justice

Excellence in Faculty Service
Dr. Diane Dewar, Health Policy, Management, & Behavior
Dr. Jeryl Mumpower, Public Administration and Policy

Excellence in Professional Service
Dr. Christopher Fernando, Student Support Services
Mr. Thomas Gebhardt, University Police Department
Ms. JoAnne Malatesta, Criminal Justice

Excellence in Librarianship
Ms. Sharona Wachs, University Libraries

University at Albany President’s Awards

2008-2009 Excellence Award Recipients:

Excellence in Teaching
Mitchell Earleywine, Psychology
Ingrid Fisher, Accounting and Law
Mary Corrigan, Social Welfare
C. Aida Torres-Horwitt, Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Elise Bouhet, Languages, Literatures, & Cultures (teaching assistant)
Kristy Thacker, Psychology (teaching assistant)

Excellence in Academic Service
Kwadwo Sarfoh, Africana Studies

Excellence in Support Service
Julie Deden, Registrar
Suzanne Peplowski, Human Resources Management
Rebecca Salinas, Communications and Marketing

Excellence in Research
Laurie Feldman, Psychology
Alan Lizotte, Criminal Justice
Phillip McCallion, Center for Excellence in Aging Services, Social Welfare
Serge Oktyabrsky, Nanoscale Science and Engineering

2007-2008

Excellence in Teaching
Dr. Sharon Danoff-Burg, Psychology
Mr. Michael Landin, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Dr. Theresa Pardo, Public Administration and Policy Studies

Excellence in Academic Service
Dr. Randall Craig, English
Dr. Reed Hoyt, Music

Excellence in Support Service
Ms. Dawn Guinan, Rockefeller College
Ms. Linda Papa, Reading
Ms. Mary Lou Weseman, Social Welfare

Excellence in Professional Service
Ms. Linda Krzykowski, School of Business
Ms. Candace Merbler, University Libraries
Mr. Ronald Thomas, Telecommunications

Excellence in Research
Dr. Pradeep Haldar, Nanoscale Science & Engineering
Dr. Lawrence Schell, Anthropology
Dr. Carolyn Smith, Social Welfare
Dr. Dan Willard, Computer Science

Excellence in Librarianship
Ms. Karen E. K. Brown, Preservation

Excellence in Teaching by Teaching Assistants
Dana Basnight-Brown
Alice Krause

2006-2007

Excellence in Teaching by Full-time Faculty
Dr. Lotfi Sayahi, Languages, Literatures & Cultures
Dr. Kevin Williams, Psychology
Dr. Alissa Pollitz Worden, Criminal Justice

Excellence in Academic Service
Dr. Diane Dewar, Health Policy, Management, & Behavior
Dr. Jeryl Mumpower, Public Administration and Policy
Dr. David Wagner, Sociology

Excellence in Support Service
Ms. Mary Campney, Professional Development Program
Ms. Barbara Ritter, Office for Research Compliance
Mr. Matthew VanDeusen, Maintenance, Downtown Campus

Excellence in Professional Service
Dr. Christopher Fernando, Student Support Services
Mr. Thomas Gebhardt, University Police Department
Ms. JoAnne Malatesta, Criminal Justice
Ms. Wren Panzella, University Art Museum (part-time)

Excellence in Research
Dr. Cheryl Frye, Psychology
Dr. David Wills, Languages, Literatures, & Cultures/English
Dr. Jonathan Wolpaw, Biomedical Sciences
Dr. Kehe Zhu, Mathematics & Statistics

Excellence in Librarianship
Ms. Sharona Wachs, University Libraries

Excellence in Teaching by Part-time Faculty and Teaching Assistant
Ms. Jannette Swanson, Sociology (teaching assistant)
Mr. Robert McEvoy, Public Administration and Policy
Dr. Dan White, Anthropology

Collins Fellows

The Collins Award recognizes faculty members who, over a sustained period of time, have exhibited extraordinary devotion to the University and the people in it. In carrying out their responsibilities a number of faculty have given of themselves to a singular degree to the life of the institution. The award bears the name of Evan Revere Collins, who was president of the institution from 1949-69 and led the campus’s evolution from a college to a university.

Collins Fellows Recipients

2008
Hasssaram Bakhru, College of Nanoscale Sciences and Engineering

2007
Daniel Levy, Educational Administration and Policy
Steven Messner, Sociology