2022-23 Drexel Research, Scholarship and Creativity Awards & Provost Awards for Teaching, Scholarship, and Professional Service

May 12, 2023

The Office of Research & Innovation and the Office of Faculty Advancement are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022-2023 Research, Scholarship and Creativity Awards and the Provost Awards for Teaching, Scholarship and Professional Service. This year, we are pleased to recognize leadership and distinctive impact through excellence in teaching with two new awards. Awardees of the Provost Award for Pedagogical Innovation and the Provost Award for Undergraduate Teaching Impact have demonstrated success engaging students in and out of the classroom with creative implementation of effective, inclusive, and student-centered teaching.

Provost Awards for Outstanding Scholarly Productivity

Early Career

Ahmad Najafi, PhD, PC Chou Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics, College of Engineering

Mid-Career

Jessica Barson, PhD, Associate Professor, Neurobiology & Anatomy, College of Medicine
Girija Kaimal, EdD, Associate Professor, Creative Arts Therapies, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Matthew Stamm, PhD, Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering

Career

Masoud Soroush, PhD, Professor, Chemical & Biological Engineering, College of Engineering

Provost Award for Pedagogical Innovation – New

June He, MFA, Assistant Professor, Product Design, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Christopher Laincz, PhD, Associate Professor, Economics, LeBow College of Business
Amanda McMillan Lequieu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
P. Mohana Shankar, PhD, Allen Rothwarf Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering

Provost Award for Undergraduate Teaching Impact – New

Dana D’Angelo, MBA, Clinical Professor, General Business Studies, LeBow College of Business
Lisa DiMaio, EdD, Teaching Professor, English & Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences
Dimitrios Papadopolous, EdD, Assistant Teaching Professor, Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences
Joshua Weiss, MFA, Teaching Professor, Art & Art History, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design

Adjunct Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence

Elizabeth Kaminsky, Adjunct Professor, Communication, College of Arts and Sciences
Melinda Lewis, PhD, Director of Strategy and Adjunct Professor, Pennoni Honors College
Heather Moqtaderi, Adjunct Professor, Art & Art History, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Alexander Stadel, Adjunct Associate Professor, Architecture, Design, & Urbanism, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design

Allen Rothwarf Award for Teaching Excellence

Shannon Jacobsen, PhD, Assistant Professor, Criminology & Justice Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Andrew Magenau, PhD, Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, College of Engineering

Barbara G. Hornum Teaching Award for Teaching Excellence

Stacey Ake, PhD, Teaching Professor, English & Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences

Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching

Joseph Hancock, PhD, Professor, Design & Merchandising, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Jed Shumsky, PhD, Professor, Neurobiology & Anatomy, College of Medicine
Jennifer Stanford, PhD, Associate Professor, Biology, College of Arts and Sciences

Harold M. Myers Award for Distinguished Service

Kevin Scoles, PhD, Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering

Bridge Funding Support for Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty

Leslie McClure, PhD, Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Dornsife School of Public Health

Freddie Reisman Faculty Scholarly & Creative Activity Awards

Jennifer Blazina, MFA, Professor, Art & Art History, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
James McKinney, Assistant Professor, Music Industry & Music, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Karen Nulton, PhD, Teaching Professor, English & Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences
Tom Quinn, MFA, Assistant Professor, Film & Television, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Chloe Silverman, PhD, Associate Professor, Politics, College of Arts and Sciences

Outstanding New Advisor Award

Rachel Benjamin, MSW, Academic Advisor, Dornsife School of Public Health

Outstanding Professional Advisor Award

Devon Thomas, Associate Director of Strategic Operations, Advising & Student Success, College of Arts and Sciences

Scholarly Materials & Research Equipment Awards for Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty

Joshua Agar, PhD, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics, College of Engineering & Jane Greenberg, PhD, Alice B. Kroeger Professor, Information Sciences, College of Computing & Informatics
Aaron Kucyi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences & Evangelia Chrysikou, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Christopher Li, PhD, Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, College of Engineering & Kathleen Vanderburgh, PhD, Manager, Materials Characterization Core, Research Core Facilities

Summer Research Awards for Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty

Daniel Coslett, PhD, Assistant Professor, Architecture, Design & Urbanism, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Bill Fennelly, MFA, Associate Professor, Performing Arts, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Allison Groves, PhD, Assistant Professor, Community Health & Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health
Kristy Kelly, PhD, Associate Clinical Professor, Policy, Organization, & Leadership, School of Education
Joseph Larnerd, PhD, Assistant Professor, Art & Art History, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Brandy-Joe Milliron, PhD, Associate Professor, Nutrition Sciences, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Rikki Patton, PhD, Research Professor, Counseling and Family Therapy, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Afsaneh Razi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Information Science, College of Computing & Informatics