2021-2022 Faculty Awards
Drexel Research, Scholarship and Creativity Awards & Provost Awards for Teaching, Scholarship, and Professional Service
May 23, 2022
This announcement was sent to faculty and staff by the Office of Faculty Advancement and the Office of Research & Innovation on May 23, 2022.
As a means of supporting the ongoing development of our research, scholarship, and creative activities, as well as recognizing excellence in teaching and professional service, the Office of Research & Innovation and the Office of Faculty Advancement and Undergraduate Affairs are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021-2022 Research, Scholarship and Creativity Awards and the 2021-2022 Provost Awards for Teaching, Scholarship and Professional Service.
Provost Awards for Outstanding Scholarly Productivity
Early Career
- Jacqueline Barker, PhD, Associate Professor, Pharmacology & Physiology, College of Medicine
- John Medaglia, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Mid-Career
- Rebecca Clothey, PhD, Associate Professor, Global Studies and Modern Languages, College of Arts and Sciences
- Lin Han, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering
Career
- Peter Lewin, PhD, Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering
Outstanding Professional Advisor Award
- Anna-Kay Thomas, Executive Director, Academic Advising, College of Medicine
- Katie Walbert, Senior Academic Advisor, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Adjunct Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence
- Katherine Barak, PhD, Associate Director of the Honors Program and Adjunct Professor, Pennoni Honors College
- Tsz Kwok, PhD, Associate Director and Adjunct Professor, Graduate College
- Rosemary Murphy, Adjunct Professor, Media Arts, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
- Tiffani Worthy, EdD, Adjunct Professor, Goodwin College of Professional Studies
- Robert Zawatski, MFA, Adjunct Professor, English and Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences
Allen Rothwarf Award for Teaching Excellence
- Joseph Larnerd, PhD, Assistant Professor, Art and Art History, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
- Amanda McMillan Lequieu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
Barbara G. Hornum Teaching Award for Teaching Excellence
- Monica Togna, PhD, Associate Teaching Professor, Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Evidence-Based Teaching Award in Undergraduate STEM
- Jennifer Atchison, PhD, Assistant Teaching Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, College of Engineering
- Tammy Pirmann, EdD, Assistant Teaching Professor, Computer Science, College of Computing & Informatics
Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching
- Ulrike Altenmüller-Lewis, Dr.-Ing, AIA, Associate Professor, Architecture, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
- Salvatore Falletta, EdD, Clinical Professor, School of Education
- Adam Fontecchio, PhD, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Harold M. Myers Award for Distinguished Service
- Theresa Connors, Instructor, Neurobiology and Anatomy, College of Medicine
Bridge Funding Support for Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty
- Simi Hoque, PhD, Associate Professor, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
- Daniel Tzabbar, PhD, Professor, Management, LeBow College of Business
Freddie Reisman Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Awards
- Daniel Albert, PhD, Assistant Professor, Management, LeBow College of Business
- Susan Bell, PhD, Professor, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
- Girija Kaimal, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Nursing and Health Professions
- Benjamin Kalina, PhD, Assistant Professor, Film & Television, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
- Kristy Kelly, PhD, Associate Clinical Professor, Policy, Organization and Leadership, School of Education
- Mark Stockton, MFA, Associate Teaching Professor, Art & Art History, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Scholarly Materials and Research Equipment Awards for Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty
- Margaret Finley, PhD, Associate Professor, Physical Therapy, College of Nursing and Health Professions
- Mary Katherine Gonder, PhD, Professor, Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
- Ezra Wood, PhD, Associate Professor, Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
- Fengqing Zhang, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
- Yinghui Zhong, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems
Summer Research Awards for Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty
- Yuan An, PhD, Assistant Professor, Information Science, College of Computing & Informatics
- Jen Blazina, MFA, Professor, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
- Pia Brancaccio, PhD, Professor, Art History, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
- Preetha Chatterjee, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Computing & Informatics
- YanLiu Huang, PhD, Associate Professor, Marketing, LeBow College of Business
- Linda Kim, PhD, Associate Professor, Art & Art History, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
- Barrie Litzky, PhD, Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship, Close School of Entrepreneurship
- Amanda McMillan Lequieu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
- Jeremiah Scepaniak, PhD, Assistant Professor, Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
- Kelly Underman, PhD, Assistant Professor, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences