Chancellor and Provost Awards for Faculty Excellence

The 2024-2025 Chancellor and Provost Awards for Faculty Excellence recognized 11 outstanding faculty members, across all career stages, whose work has been recognized by their peers.

Chancellor Award for Excellence in Mentoring

• Lenna Nepomnyaschy, Professor, School of Social Work

Chancellor Award for Excellence in Service

• Patricia Morton, Associate Teaching Professor, Cell Biology and Neuroscience, School of Arts and Sciences

Chancellor Award for Excellence in STEM Diversity

• Alyson Brooks, Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences

Chancellor Award for Global Impact

• Radha Jagannathan, Professor, Urban Planning & Policy Development, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

Provost Award for Excellence in Community and Publicly Engaged Scholarship

• Germán Cadenas, Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology

Provost Award for Excellence in Cross-Disciplinary Research

• Onur Bilgen, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering

Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching

• DuWayne Battle, Professor of Teaching, School of Social Work

Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Lecturer

• John Hulme, Lecturer 2, Writers House, School of Arts and Sciences

Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching Innovations

• Brian Daniels, Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Neuroscience, School of Arts and Sciences

Provost Award for Pioneering Research

• Ki-Bum Lee, Distinguished Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, School of Arts and Sciences

Provost Community and Publicly Engaged Scholarship Lifetime Achievement Award

• Joseph Blasi, Distinguished Professor, Human Resource Management, School of Management and Labor Relations

The 2023-2024 Chancellor-Provost Faculty Excellence Awards recognized 13 outstanding faculty members, across all career stages, whose work has been recognized by their peers.

Chancellor Award for Excellence in Mentoring

• Marie Radford, Professor, Library and Information Science, School of Communication and Information

Chancellor Award for Excellence in Service

• Laura Ramírez Polo, Assistant Teaching Professor, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Arts and Sciences

Chancellor Award for Excellence in STEM Diversity

• Sheila Tabanli, Assistant Teaching Professor, Mathematics, School of Arts and Sciences

Chancellor Award for Global Impact

• Cymie Payne, Associate Professor, Human Ecology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

Provost Award for Excellence in Community/Publicly Engaged Scholarship

• Khadijah Costley White, Associate Professor, Journalism and Media Studies, School of Communication & Information

Provost Award for Excellence in Community/Publicly Engaged Scholarship

• Alexandra Figueras-Daniel, Assistant Research Professor, Bilingual Early Childhood Education, National Institute for Early Education Research, Graduate School of Education

Provost Award for Excellence in Cross-Disciplinary Research

• Jacqueline Thaw, Associate Professor, Design, Mason Gross School of the Arts

Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching

• Maryam Borjian, Teaching Professor, African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Literatures, School of Arts and Sciences

Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Lecturer

• Katharine Woodhouse-Beyer, Lecturer 3, Art History, School of Arts ad Sciences

Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching Innovations

• Christine Altinis-Kiraz, Associate Teaching Professor, Chemistry & Chemical Biology, School of Arts and Sciences

Provost Award for Pioneering Research

• Yingying Chen, Professor, Electrical and Computer, School of Engineering

Provost Community/Publicly Engaged Scholarship Lifetime Achievement Award

• Maurice Elias, Professor, Psychology, School of Arts & Sciences

Provost Community/Publicly Engaged Scholarship Lifetime Achievement Award

• Lisa Schur, Professor, Labor Studies and Employment Relations, School of Management & Labor Relations

The 2022-2023 Chancellor-Provost Faculty Excellence Awards recognized 13 outstanding faculty members, across all career stages, whose work has been recognized by their peers.

Teaching Awards

Chancellor-Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching

This award honors a faculty member (Professor or Distinguished Professor, tenure-track or non-tenure-track) whose teaching contributions resulted in an extraordinary impact on the institution, students’ experiences, and public engagement.

Steven Miller, Professor of Professional Practice, Department of Journalism and Media Studies, School of Communication and Information

Geeta Govindarajoo, Teaching Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, School of Arts and Sciences

Karin Stromswold, Professor, Department of Psychology, Center for Cognitive Science, School of Arts and Sciences

Chancellor-Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching Innovations

This award honors a faculty member (Assistant or Associate Professor, tenure-track or non-tenure-track) whose teaching practices involve innovative approaches to enhance learning outcomes, new forms of pedagogy, experiential practices, instructional technologies, or innovative multimedia.

Charles Ruggieri, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences

Elisa Shernoff, Associate Professor, School Psychology, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology

Chancellor-Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Part-Time Lecturer

This award celebrates the valuable contributions of a part-time faculty member to the university’s teaching mission.

Randy Stamm, Part-Time Lecturer, School of Social Work

Scholarly Inquiry Awards:

Chancellor-Provost Award for Pioneering Scholarship

This award honors a faculty member (Professor or Distinguished Professor, tenure-track) whose scholarly contributions have transformed the field, including highly cited research, practiced patents, and/or artistic accomplishments.

Jing Li, Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, School of Arts and Sciences

Chancellor-Provost Award for Excellence in Cross-Disciplinary Scholarship

This award honors a faculty member (Assistant or Associate Professor, tenure-track or non-tenure track) whose scholarly area disrupts or transforms the interface of two disparate fields of research, inquiry, or artistic expression.

Scott Ordway, Assistant Professor of Music, Mason Gross School of the Arts

Chancellor-Provost Award for Excellence in Community-Engaged Scholarship

This award honors a faculty member (all ranks, tenure-track or non-tenure-track) whose scholarship integrates community engagement as a vital component of their research, inquiry, or artistic expression. This work centers community collaboration, benefits the external community, has significant public and scholarly impact, is disseminated through both traditional and non-traditional outlets, and reflects the mission of Rutgers–New Brunswick.

Shawnika Hull, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, School of Communication and Information

Service Awards:

Chancellor-Provost Award for Excellence in Service

This award honors a faculty member (all ranks, tenure-track or non-tenure track) whose outstanding service to their school or the campus advances the university’s mission to perform public service to support the needs of the greater Rutgers–New Brunswick community or residents of the state.

Joanna Burger, Distinguished Professor of Biology, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, School of Arts and Sciences

Chancellor-Provost Award for Excellence in Mentoring

This award honors a faculty member (Associate Professor, Professor, or Distinguished Professor, tenure-track or non-tenure-track) for their exceptional contributions toward mentoring post-doctoral researchers or early or mid-career faculty and advancing the next generation of scholars.

Anjali Nerlekar, Associate Professor, African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures, School of Arts and Sciences

Impact Awards:

Chancellor-Provost Award for Excellence in STEM Diversity

This award honors a faculty member (Assistant or Associate Professor, tenure-track or non-tenure-track) whose work aims to increase diversity and inclusion in STEM fields through innovative approaches in pedagogy and teaching practices; research, inquiry, or artistic expression; and community engagement.

Brian Daniels, Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, School of Arts and Sciences

Chancellor-Provost Award for Global Impact

This award honors a faculty member (all ranks, tenure-track or non-tenure-track) whose scholarship, teaching, or service has catalyzed global partnerships or generated global impacts and exceptional public engagement.

Ousseina Alidou, Professor, African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures, School of Arts and Sciences

Eight outstanding faculty members were recipients of the 2021-2022 Chancellor-Provost's Awards for Faculty Excellence. They represent faculty at all stages of their careers whose outstanding work has been recognized by their peers.

Chancellor-Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching

The award honors a faculty member (Professor or Distinguished Professor, tenure-track or non-tenure track) whose teaching contributions resulted in an extraordinary impact on the institution, students’ experiences, and public engagement.

Richard Miller, Professor, English, School of Arts and Sciences

Chancellor-Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching Innovations

An award extended to a faculty member (Assistant or Associate Professor, tenure-track or non-tenure track) whose teaching practices involve innovative approaches to enhance learning outcomes, new forms of pedagogy, instructional technologies, or innovative multimedia.

Annalisa Scacchioli, Assistant Teaching Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering

Chancellor-Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Part-Time Lecturer

The award honors a part-time lecturer whose work has made valuable contributions to the teaching mission of Rutgers–New Brunswick.

Anuja Kabra, Part-Time Lecturer 2, African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures, School of Arts and Sciences

Chancellor-Provost Award for Pioneering Research

The award honors a faculty member (Professor or Distinguished Professor, tenure-track) whose research contributions have transformed the field, including highly cited scholarship or practiced patents.

Victoria Banyard, Professor, School of Social Work

Chancellor-Provost Award for Excellence in Cross-Disciplinary Research

The award honors a faculty member (Assistant or Associate Professor, tenure-track or non-tenure track) whose research area disrupts or transforms the interface of two disparate fields of scholarship or inquiry.

Carlos Decena, Associate Professor, Latino and Caribbean Studies, School of Arts and Sciences

Chancellor-Provost Award for Excellence in Service

The award honors a faculty member (all ranks, tenure-track or non-tenure track) whose outstanding service to their school or the campus advances the university’s mission to perform public service to support the needs of the greater Rutgers–New Brunswick community or residents of the state.

Jeffrey Friedman, Associate Professor, Dance, Mason Gross School of the Arts

Chancellor-Provost Award for Excellence in STEM Diversity

The award honors a faculty member (Assistant or Associate Professor, tenure-track or non-tenure track) whose work aims to increase diversity and inclusion in STEM fields through innovative approaches in pedagogy and teaching practices, research, and community engagement.

Geraldine Cochran, Associate Professor of Professional Practice, Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences

Chancellor-Provost Award for Global Impact

The award honors a faculty member (all ranks, tenure-track or non-tenure track) whose research, teaching, or service has catalyzed global partnerships or generated global impacts and exceptional public engagement. 

Ethel Brooks, Associate Professor, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Sociology, School of Arts and Sciences

Thirteen faculty members were honored on May 24, 2021 as recipients of the 2020-2021 Chancellor's and Provost's Awards for Faculty Excellence. They represent faculty at all stages of their careers whose outstanding work has been recognized by their peers.

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching

The award honors a faculty member (Professor or Distinguished Professor, tenure-track or non-tenure track) whose teaching contributions resulted in an extraordinary impact on the institution, students’ experiences, and public engagement.

Ross Baker, Distinguished Professor, Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences

Chancellor's Award for Pioneering Research

The award honors a faculty member (Professor or Distinguished Professor, tenure-track) whose research contributions have transformed the field, including highly cited scholarship or practiced patents.

Charles Dismukes, Distinguished Professor, Waksman Institute, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, SAS, and Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS

Chancellor's Award for Global Impact

The award honors a faculty member (all ranks) whose research, teaching, or service has catalyzed global partnerships or generated global impacts and exceptional public engagement.

Mona Lena Krook, Professor, Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences

Brooke Maslo, Assistant Professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

Provost's Award for Excellence in Cross-Disciplinary Research

The award honors a faculty member (Assistant or Associate Professor, tenure-track or non-tenure track) whose research area disrupts or transforms the interface of two disparate fields of scholarship or inquiry.

Jinchuan Xing, Associate Professor, Genetics, School of Arts and Sciences

Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching Innovations

An award extended to a faculty member (Assistant or Associate Professor, tenure-track or non-tenure track) whose teaching practices involve innovative approaches to enhance learning outcomes, new forms of pedagogy, instructional technologies, or innovative multimedia.

Mason Ameri, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, Management & Global Business, Rutgers Business School–Newark and New Brunswick

Laurent Burlion, Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering

Jenevieve DeLosSantos, Assistant Teaching Professor, Art History and Director of Special Pedagogical Projects, Office of Undergraduate Education, School of Arts and Sciences

Christopher Ellison, Assistant Professor, Genetics, School of Arts and Sciences

Kristen Labazzo, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering

Brandon Williams, Assistant Professor, Music, Mason Gross School of the Arts

Provost's Award for Excellence in STEM Diversity

The award honors a faculty member (Assistant or Associate Professor, tenure-track or non-tenure track) whose work aims to increase diversity and inclusion in STEM fields through innovative approaches in pedagogy and teaching practices, research, and community engagement.

Ana Paula Centeno, Associate Teaching Professor, Computer Science, School of Arts and Sciences

Provost’s Award for Excellence in Service

The award honors a faculty member (all ranks) whose outstanding service to the school or campus advances the university’s mission to perform public service to support the needs of the greater Rutgers–New Brunswick community or residents of the state.

Carlos Decena, Associate Professor, Latino and Caribbean Studies, School of Arts and Sciences

The recipients of the 2019-2020 Chancellor's and Provost's Awards for Faculty Excellence were honored on March 24, 2020, and represent faculty members at all stages of their careers whose outstanding work has been recognized by their peers.

Chancellor's Award for Impacts in Teaching

This award honors individual faculty whose teaching contributions have resulted in exceptional impacts on the institutional student experience and public engagement.

Julien Musolino, Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences

Chancellor's Award for Pioneering Research

This award honors individual faculty whose research contributions have transformed the field of research, including highly cited scholarship or practiced patents that have reshaped the impacts of the academe.

Eddy Arnold, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, School of Arts and Sciences

Chancellor's Award for Global Impacts

This award honors individual faculty whose research or teaching or service has catalyzed global partnerships or generated international impacts and exceptional public engagement.

Alan Robock, Environmental Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

Provost's Award for Excellence in Innovative Teaching

This award honors individual faculty whose teaching practices involve non-traditional approaches to enhance learning outcomes, including new forms of pedagogy, instructional technologies, and multimedia.

Nirav Patel, Honors College, Rutgers–New Brunswick

Jonathan Singer, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering

Provost's Award for Excellence in Cross-Disciplinary Research

This award honors individual faculty whose research area aims to achieve disruptive or transformative impacts at the interface of two disparate fields of scholarship or inquiry.

Rebecca Cypess, Music, Mason Gross School of the Arts

Laleh Najafizadeh, Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering

Provost's Award for Excellence in STEM Diversity

This award honors individual faculty whose work aims to increase diversity and inclusion in STEM fields through innovative approaches in pedagogy and teaching practices, research, and community building.

Kimberly Cook-Chennault, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering

Excellence in Teaching Awards

Yolanda Martinez-San Miguel, Latino and Caribbean Studies, School of Arts and Sciences

Can Uslay, Marketing, Rutgers Business School

Excellence in Research Awards

Abhishek Bhattacharjee, Computer Science, School of Arts and Sciences

Richard Ebright, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, School of Arts and Sciences

Erin Vogel, Anthropology, School of Arts and Sciences

Excellence in Service Awards

Lea Stewart, Communication, School of Communication and Information

International Impact Award

James Simon, Plant Biology and Pathology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

Excellence in Teaching Awards

Siobain Duffy, Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

Camilla Stevens, Latino and Caribbean Studies, School of Arts and Sciences

Excellence in Research Awards

Henryk Iwaniec, Mathematics, School of Arts and Sciences

Shantenu Jha, Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering

Excellence in Service Awards

Emily Allen-Hornblower, Classics, School of Arts and Sciences

Kathleen Scott, Cell Biology and Neuroscience, School of Arts and Sciences

International Impact Award

Mark Gregory Robson, Plant Biology and Pathology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences