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