Faculty Awards
State University of New York Chancellor’s Awards
2011-2012
Excellence in Teaching
Glenn Deane, Sociology
Susan Gauss, History
Martin Hildebrand, Mathematics and Statistics
Excellence in Faculty Service
Karyn Loscocco
Excellence in Professional Service
Odette Fug, Information Technology Services
Michael Jaromin, Student Success
Melissa Samuels, Alumni Relations
Excellence in Librarianship
Gerald Burke, University Libraries
Jane Kessler, University Libraries
Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
Iris Berger, History
JoAnne Carson, Art
Istvan Kecskes, Educational Theory and Practice
2010-2011
Excellence in Teaching
Joanne Kaufman, Sociology
Christine Wagner, Psychology
Excellence in Faculty Service
Alan Wagner, Educational Administration and Policy Studies
Excellence in Professional Service
Holly Barker-Flynn, Residential Life
Suzanne Lance, NYS Writers Institute
2009-2010
Excellence in Teaching
George Berg, Computer Science
Eloise Brière, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Cheryl Dozier, Reading
Ingrid Fisher, Accounting and Law
Excellence in Faculty Service
Gwen Moore, Sociology and Women’s Studies
George Richardson, Public Administration and Policy Studies
Excellence in Professional Service
Steven Galime, Arts and Sciences
Mary McCarthy, Social Welfare
Excellence in Librarianship
Mary Van Ullen, University Libraries
2008-2009
Excellence in Teaching
Mitchell Earleywine, Psychology
Mary Corrigan, Social Welfare
Excellence in Faculty Service
Kwadwo Sarfoh, Africana Studies
Excellence in Professional Service
Janice Bogan, Office of the Vice President for Research
Beth Quackenbush, Sponsored Programs
2007-2008
Excellence in Teaching
Sharon Danoff-Burg, Psychology
Excellence in Faculty Service
Randall Craig, English
Reed Hoyt, Music
Excellence in Professional Service
Candace Merbler, University Libraries
Ronald Thomas, Telecommunications
Excellence in Librarianship
Karen E. K. Brown, Preservation
University at Albany's Excellence Awards
2011-2012
Excellence in Research and Creative Activities
Graham Barker-Benfield, History
Peter Johnston, Reading
Giri Kumar Tayi, Information Technology Management
Excellence in Academic Service
Karyn Loscocco
Excellence in Teaching
Glenn Deane, Sociology
Susan Gauss, History
Martin Hildebrand, Mathematics and Statistics
Excellence in Teaching by Part-Time Faculty
Laura Wittern-Keller, History
Janice Pata, Biomedical Science
Excellence in Teaching by a Teaching Assistant
Nabila El Guennouni, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Allen Wong, Sociology
Excellence in Professional Service
Odette Fug, Information Technology Services
Michael Jaromin, Student Success
Melissa Samuels, Alumni Relations
Excellence in Librarianship
Gerald Burke, University Libraries
Jane Kessler, University Libraries
2010-2011
Excellence in Research
Iris Berger, History, Women’s Studies, Africana Studies
JoAnne Carson, Art
Istvan Kecskes, Educational Theory & Practice
Fatemeh Shahedipour-Sandvik, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Excellence in Academic Service
Alan Wagner, Educational Administration and Policy Studies
Excellence in Teaching
Joanne Kaufman, Sociology
Christine Wagner, Psychology
Excellence in Teaching by Part-Time Faculty
Craig Hancock, Educational Opportunities Program
Barbara Rio, Social Welfare
Excellence in Teaching by a Teaching Assistant
Dawit Demisse, Information Studies
Matt Vogel, Sociology
Excellence in Professional Service
Holly Barker-Flynn, Residential Life
Suzanne Lance, NYS Writers Institute
2009-2010
Excellence in Research
Guthrie Birkhead, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Sanjay Goel, Information Technology Management
R. Hamilton Lankford, Educational Administration and Policy Studies
Scott Tenenbaum, Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Excellence in Academic Service
Gwen Moore, Sociology and Women's Studies
George Richardson, Public Administration and Policy Studies
Excellence in Teaching
George Berg, Computer Science
Eloise Brière, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Cheryl Dozier, Reading
Excellence in Teaching by Part-Time Faculty
Rocco Ferraro, Geography and Planning
Excellence in Teaching by a Teaching Assistant
Kelly Socia, Criminal Justice
Excellence in Professional Service
Steven Galime, Arts and Sciences
Thomas Kilcullen, University Police Department
Mary McCarthy, Social Welfare
Excellence in Librarianship
Mary Van Ullen, University Libraries
2008-2009
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
Excellence in Academic Service
Dr. Kwadwo Sarfoh, Africana Studies
Excellence in Teaching
Mitchell Earleywine, Psychology
Ingrid Fisher, Accounting and Law
Mary Corrigan, Social Welfare
Excellence in Teaching by Part-Time Faculty
C. Aida Torres-Horwitt, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Excellence in Teaching by a Teaching Assistant
Elise Bouhet, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Kristy Thacker, Psychology
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 Research
Pradeep Haldar, Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Lawrence Schell, Anthropology
Carolyn Smith, Social Welfare
Dan Willard, Computer Science
Excellence in Academic Service
Randall Craig, English
Reed Hoyt, Music
Excellence in Teaching
Sharon Danoff-Burg, Psychology
Excellence in Teaching by Part-Time Faculty
Michael Landin, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Theresa Pardo, Public Administration and Policy Studies
Excellence in Teaching by a Teaching Assistant
Dana Basnight-Brown, Psychology
Alice Krause, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Excellence in Professional Service
Linda Krzykowski, School of Business
Candace Merbler, University Libraries
Ronald Thomas, Telecommunications
Excellence in Librarianship
Karen E. K. Brown, Preservation
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:
2010
James Acker, School of Criminal Justice
Iris Berger, History, Women’s Studies, Africana Studies
2009
Lindsey Childs, Mathematics and Statistics
2008
Hasssaram Bakhru, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
2007
Daniel Levy, Educational Administration and Policy
Steven Messner, Sociology
