Faculty Awards
State University of New York Chancellor’s Awards
2012-2013
Excellence in Teaching
Rita Biswas, Finance
Ryan King, Sociology
Marcia Sutherland, Africana Studies
Excellence in Faculty Service
Susanna Fessler, East Asian Studies
Richard Fogarty, History
Excellence in Professional Service
Diana Mancini, School of Criminal Justice
Excellence in Librarianship
Gregory Bobish, University Libraries
Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
Graham Barker-Benfield, History
Peter Johnston, Reading
Giri Tayi, Information Technology Management
Excellence in Classified Service
Bernadette Socha, Music
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
University at Albany's President’s Award for Excellence
2013-2014
Excellence in Research and Creative Activities
Charles Hartman, East Asian Studies
Igor Lednev, Chemistry
Michael Sattinger, Economics
Excellence in Academic Service
Anthony DeBlasi, East Asian Studies
Virginia Goatley, Reading
Excellence in Teaching
Jeannine Chandler, History
Michelle Moshier, Accounting and Law
David Strait, Anthropology
Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students
Kristen Hourigan, Sociology
David Jones, History
Excellence in Professional Service
Paul Berger, University Police
Kathleen Gersowitz, Arts and Sciences
Karen Chico Hurst, Registrar
Mary Ellen Mallia, Environmental Sustainability
Cynthia Riggi, Student Success
Excellence in Librarianship
Yu-Hui Chen, University Libraries
2012-2013
Excellence in Research
Shawn Bushway, Criminal Justice
Cristian Lenart, Mathematics
Marina Petrukhina, Chemistry
Excellence in Academic Service
Susanna Fessler, East Asian Studies
Richard Fogarty, History
Excellence in Teaching
Rita Biswas, Finance
Ryan King, Sociology
Marcia Sutherland, Africana Studies
Excellence in Teaching by Adjuncts and Lecturers
Shu-Han Yeh, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Katherine Van Acker, English
Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students
Mohammad Qneibi, Chemistry
Steve Sin, Political Science
Excellence in Professional Service
Diana Mancini, Criminal Justice
Excellence in Librarianship
Gregory Bobish, University Libraries
Excellence in Classified Service
Bernadette Socha, Music
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
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:
2014
Stephen North, English
Kevin J. Williams, Psychology
2013
John W. Delano, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
Teresa M. Harrison, Communication
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
