All Entries in the "Awards" Category
Susan Landau of Tufts University Wins Lifetime Achievement Award From USENIX
Susan Landau, Bridge Professor in Cybersecurity and Policy at the Fletcher School and the School of Engineering at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. She was honored for “a profound and lasting impact on computer science, computer security, law, and public policy through groundbreaking research, influential publications, and dedication to advancing knowledge that informs public policy.”
American Political Science Association Honors Rebecca Glazier for Civic and Community Engagement
Rebecca A. Glazier, a political science professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, received the 2023 Distinguished Award of Civic and Community Engagement from the American Political Science Association. The award honors significant civic or community engagement activity by a political scientist that merges knowledge and practice […]
Mari Yoshihara Wins Three Awards for Her Book on Leonard Bernstein
Mari Yoshihara, a professor of American studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, was honored with the Kawai Hayao Prize for Stories, the Japan Essayist Club Award, and the Music Pen Club Japan Award.
Ashley Miller Recognized for Her Efforts to Boost University Research
Ashley Miller, a senior contract and grant specialist in the College of Arts and Sciences at Mississippi State University, is being recognized by the Society of Research Administrators International for her contributions to the advancement of research with a ‘Future of the Field’ award.
The American Society of Human Genetics to Honor Vanderbilt University’s Nancy Cox
Professor Cox, who joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2015 after teaching at the University of Chicago, has focused her research on developing novel quantitative genetic methods to identify and characterize genetic variations that contribute to common human diseases and related complex traits, including diabetes and psychiatric disorders.
Syracuse University Historian Tess Murphy Wins Two Book Awards for The Creole Archipelago
Dr. Murphy won the Elsa Goveia Book Prize from the Association of Caribbean Historians and the Mary Alice and Philip Boucher Book Prize the French Colonial Historical Society. Her book previously won the James A. Rawley Prize in Atlantic History from the American Historical Association
Claudia Bornholdt Named the Music Educator of the Year
Claudia Bornholdt, dean of the Thomas W. and Robin W. Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina, was honored by the Women Songwriters Hall of Fame with a Lifetime Achievement Award. She was also named 2023 Music Educator of the Year for her support of women in music and the arts.
Cognitive Science Society Recognizes the Work of Berkeley’s Alison Gopnik
Alsion Gopnik, a professor of psychology at the University of California Berkeley, has researched how children learn to understand their own minds and how, given limited evidence, they nevertheless make sense of the world around them. Lately, Dr. Gopnik has increasingly focused on artificial intelligence, which has its roots in cognitive science.
Aditi Chattopadhyay to Receive an Award From the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Dr. Chattopadhyay’s research includes work for the U.S. military, NASA, and the U.S. Department of Energy. It focuses on multiscale modeling, structural health monitoring, and damage prognosis as well as developing sensing systems, autonomous materials capable of performing complex functions in response to changes in the environment, and composite materials that can withstand high temperatures.
University of Pennsylvania’s Beverly Crawford Honored by the National Dental Association Foundation
Beverley Crawford, professor of clinical restorative dentistry and director of the student diversity and inclusion initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania, has been recognized for her service to students and academics.
Tina Eliassi-Rad Honored by the CRT Foundation for Her Research on Artificial Intelligence
Tina Eliassi-Rad,, a professor of computer science at Northeastern University, recently received the Lagrange Prize from the CRT Foundation in Turin Italy. The prize is considered the highest international recognition for scientists in the field of complex systems and data.
Mississippi State’s Becky Hagenston Wins Short Story Prize
Becky Hagenston, a professor of English at Mississippi State University, won Story magazine’s Story Foundation Prize for her work “Woman of the House.” Professor Hagenston drew inspiration for “Woman of the House” from stories her in-laws shared about living in Rapid City, South Dakota, in the early 1970s.
Lisa Hopper Earns Lifetime Achievement Award From NASFAA
Lisa Hopper, who recently retired as dean of student financial services for National Park College in Hot Springs, Arkansas, is only the 28th recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. She is the first person from Arkansas to receive the honor.
University of North Florida’s Diane Yendol-Hoppey Wins Teacher Education Award
Diane Yendol-Hoppey is a professor in the College of Education and Human Services at the University of North Florida. Dr. Yendol-Hoppey served as dean of the College of Education at the University of North Florida for six years. Earlier, she served on the faculty at the University of Florida, West Virginia University, and the University of South Florida.
The Congressional Crime Survivors and Justice Caucus Honors Sandra Pavelka
Sandra Pavelka is a professor of political science and public administration and the founding director of the Institute for Youth and Justice Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University. She was honored for helping marginalized and underserved youth, including crime victims.
Professor Joanna Hersey Recognized by the International Tuba Euphonium Association
Joanna Hersey is a professor of music and associate dean of student success and curriculum for the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. The award “highlights and showcases the exceptional artistic work of women in what has been a predominantly white male organization and community.”
Viviana Zelizer of Princeton University Wins Two Major Awards From the American Sociological Association
Viviana Zelizer, the Lloyd Cotsen ’50 Professor of Sociology at Princeton University in New Jersey, has been selected to receive the W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award, the highest honor bestowed by the American Sociological Association. She will also receive the Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology.
The U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics Creates an Award Honoring Mary Wheeler
Dr. Wheeler holds the Ernest and Virginia Cockrell Chair of Engineering and is director of the Center for Subsurface Modeling at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Science at the University of Texas at Austin. She is being honored for her sustained contributions to interdisciplinary and emerging areas including earth, environmental, and energy sciences.
Florida State’s Jessica Ribeiro Recognized for Her Work on Suicide Prevention
Jessica Ribeiro, an associate professor of psychology at Florida State University, has earned the 2023 Edwin S. Shneidman Award from the American Association of Suicidology in recognition of her research into suicide causes and prevention.
Albright College’s Jennifer Koosed Wins Book Award From the Catholic Media Association
Jennifer Koosed, professor of religious studies at Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania, is sharing the 2023 first place award from the Catholic Media Association in the category of Scripture – Academic Studies. The book is part of a 60-volume “Wisdom Commentary” series, that offers detailed feminist interpretation of every book of the Bible.
Cornell University’s Éva Tardos Honored as a “Visionary in Computer Science”
Éva Tardos is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Computer Science and department chair in the Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science at Cornell University. She is an expert in algorithms, including foundational work in combinatorial algorithms, approximation algorithms. and algorithmic game theory.
Gina S. Brown Received the National Humanism in Medicine Medal From the Arnold P. Gold Foundation
Since 2015, Gina S. Brown has dean of the College of Nursing and Allied Sciences at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Dr. Brown was recognized for her leadership and achievements in healthcare, government, and for her positive impact on society.
Universities Announce the Appointment of Eight Women to Dean Positions
The women named deans are Ah-Hyung Park at UCLA, Hopi Hoekstra at Harvard University, Jill Dixon at West Chester University in Pennsylvania, Twinette Johnson at the University of the District of Columbia, Mary Margaret Frank at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Heather Woofter at the University of Texas at Austin, Sharonda Ragland at Virginia Union University, and Camille Su-Lin Johnson at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Khatharya Um Named a Laureate of the Fukuoka Prize
Khatharya Um, associate dean in the Division of Social Sciences and an associate professor of ethnic studies at the University of California, Berkeley, s being honored for her notable contributions in the fields of political science, Southeast Asian studies, and global education – especially her work on the history of Cambodia.
Jessica Bunch Recognized for Her Work in Veterinary Rehabilitation
Jessica Bunch, an assistant professor of integrated veterinary medicine at Washington State University, recently received the 2023 John J. Sherman III Award for Excellence in Veterinary Rehabilitation from the American Association of Rehabilitation Veterinarians.
The American Academy of Religion Honors Vanderbilt University’s Yolanda Pierce
Yolanda Pierce, who is the new dean of the Divinity School at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, has won the 2023 Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion. From 2017 to 2023, she wad dean of the Howard University Divinity School.
Eva Nogales Is Sharing the 2023 Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine
Berkeley’s Eva Nogales, who is sharing the Life Science and Medicine Prize with Patrick Cramer, director of the department of molecular biology at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Germany, is being honored for pioneering structural biology that enabled visualization, at the level of individual atoms, of the protein machines responsible for gene transcription, one of life’s fundamental processes.
Princeton’s Bonnie Bassler Is Sharing the 2023 Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research
Each Princess of Asturias Award laureate receives a Joan Miró sculpture representing and symbolizing the award, a diploma, an insignia, and a cash prize of 50,000 euros (about $53,500). The award will be presented in October by Princess Leonor and King Felipe VI of Spain. Professor Bassler is being honored for her research on quorum sensing, the process by which bacteria communicate.
Martha Finnemore Honored by the Johan Skytte Foundation at Uppsala University in Sweden
Since 1995, the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science has been awarded annually to scholars who have made outstanding and groundbreaking contributions to the understanding of political science and its relevance in the world today. The prize includes a cash award of about $46,000 and a silver medal.
Two Women Scholars to Receive the 2023 Sage-CASBS Award
Established in 2013, the honor is bestowed by Sage, the global academic publisher of books, journals, and library resources and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. The award recognizes outstanding achievement in the behavioral and social sciences that advances the understanding of pressing social issues.
Vanderbilt University’s Hilda McMackin Receives Award for Mentoring in Research Development
Hilda McMackin, director of research administration systems and reporting at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, has been recognized with the 2023 Mentoring Award from the National Organization of Research Development Professionals (NORDP).
Nineteen Women Among the 33 New Members of the American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society was founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin. This year the society granted membership to 33 individuals. Of these 19 are women and 15 have ties to the academic world in the United States.
University of Mississippi’s Cris Surbeck Honored by the American Society of Civil Engineers
Cris Surbeck, chair and professor of civil engineering at the University of Mississippi, has been selected as the winner of the 2023 Margaret S. Petersen Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers. The award is presented to a woman who has demonstrated exemplary service to the water resources and environmental science and engineering community.
Muhlenberg College Faculty Member Wins Scenic Design Award for Off-Broadway Theater
You-Shin Chen, assistant professor of theater at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, has received the 2023 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Scenic Design from the League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers. A native of Taiwan, Chen joined the faculty at Muhlenberg in 2021.
Michelle Ephraim Awarded the 2023 Juniper Prize for Creative Nonfiction
Michelle Ephraim, a professor of English at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, has been awarded the 2023 Juniper Prize for Creative Nonfiction from the University of Massachusetts Press. Professor Ephraim was honored for her book GREEN WORLD: A Tragicomic Memoir of Love and Shakespeare. The book will be published in 2024.
