Professional Development
FACULTY HONORS AND AWARDS 2022
The »Æ¹ÏÊÓÆµ is proud to be the home to an immensely talented and dedicated group of distinguished scholars and faculty. Congratulations to our 2022 awardees.

Distinguished University Professor
Mya Breitbart 
College of Marine Science 

Distinguished University Professor
Patrice Buzzanell 
Communication 

Distinguished University Professor
William Sappenfield 
Community and Family Health

Excellence in Research, Tenured Award 
Christopher Passaglia 
Medical Engineering

Outstanding Undergraduate Advising Award
Alyssa Chism 
College of Education 

Outstanding Undergraduate Advising Award
Adam Clum 
College of Public Health 

Outstanding Undergraduate Advising Award
Carrington Price, Jr. 
Muma College of Business 

Outstanding Undergraduate Advising Award
Dani Soluna 
Judy Genshaft Honors College

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Dario Arena 
Physics 

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Matthew King 
History 

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Tatsiana Kulakevich 
School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Meera Nanjundan 
Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology 

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Christopher Osovitz 
Integrative Biology

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Holly Donahue Singh 
Judy Genshaft Honors College

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Ashok Upadhyaya 
Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology 

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Eugenia Vomvoridi-Ivanovic 
Curriculum, Instruction and Learning 

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Richard Bruce Weinberg 
Child and Family Studies

Outstanding Community-Engaged Teaching Award 
Elizabeth Dunn 
Global Health 

Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teacher Award 
Chantale Bégin 
Integrative Biology 

Distinguished Service Award 
William Lee 
Chemical, Biomedical and Materials Engineering 

Kosove Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Service Award 
Heather Sellers 
English

Outstanding Library Faculty Award 
Matthew Knight 
USF Libraries 

Theodore and Venette 
Askounes-Ashford Distinguished Scholar 
Steven Roach 
School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies
Not Pictured:
2021-22 Excellence in Innovation Award
Brian Bunnell, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences 
Jing Wang, Electrical Engineering 
Attila A. Yavuz, Computer Science and Engineering 
Ying (Sarah) Zhong, Mechanical Engineering 
Team Award: 
            
            Richard Heller, Medical Engineering 
Mark Jaroszeski, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Excellence in Research, Pre-Tenure Award
David Murphy, Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award
Kathy Black, School of Aging Studies 
Elizabeth Burke-Hadley, Literacy Studies 
Patrice Buzzanell, Communication 
Stephanie Carey, Mechanical Engineering 
Yu Chen, Molecular Medicine 
Jennifer Collins, School of Geosciences 
Lingling Fan, Electrical Engineering 
Howard Goldstein, Communication Sciences and Disorders 
Rasim Guldiken, Mechanical Engineering 
Micah Johnson, Mental Health Law and Policy
Stephen Liggett, Internal Medicine 
Zhuo Lu, Electrical Engineering 
Dinorah Martinez-Tyson, Interdisciplinary Science 
Ambe Njoh, School of Geosciences 
Yashwant Pathak, Pharmaceutical Science 
Christine Ruva, Psychology 
Jason Salemi, Epidemiology 
Joshua Scacco, Communication 
Natalie Scenters-Zapico, English 
Elizabeth Schotter,Psychology 
Ankit Shah, Industrial and Management Systems Engineering 
David Simmons, Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering 
Marilyn Stern, Child and Family Studies 
Monica Uddin, Global and Planetary Health 
Thomas Unnasch, Global and Planetary Health 
Michael Cai Wang, Mechanical and Medical Engineering
Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
Dinorah Martinez-Tyson, Community and Family Health
Honorable Mention:
Rachael Powers, Criminology
Outstanding Undergraduate Advising Award
Krysta Banke, Judy Genshaft Honors College
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Diana Leon-Boys, Communication
Ankit Shah, Industrial and Management Systems Engineering
Nicole Stowell, Lynn Pippenger School of Accountancy
Retirement
Barbara Bennington, School of Information 
Barbara Brooks, Family Medicine 
Scott Campbell, Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering 
Kathleen Christiansen, Child and Family Studies 
Nita Desai, College of Arts & Sciences Dean's Office 
Deni Elliott, Journalism and Digital Communication 
Neil Fenske, Dermatology 
Arthur Herold, Family Medicine 
Milton Johnston, Chemistry 
Siddharth Kamath, Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology 
Joyce Karpay, English 
Susan Kennel, College of Nursing Dean's Office 
Julie Langford, History 
Gary Laursen, Lynn Pippenger School of Accounting 
Ronald Magness, Obstetrics/Gynecology 
Linda Nakanishi, Ophthalmology 
David Orban, Internal Medicine 
Elizabeth Perkins, Child and Family Studies 
Karen Perrin, College of Public Health 
Joel Richter, Internal Medicine 
Jane Rose, English 
Max Salfinger, College of Public Health 
John Stewart, English 
Deepak Sainanee, School of Marketing and Innovation
Retirement & Emeritus
Joseph Babu, Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering 
Roberta Baer, Anthropology 
Susan Bell, Integrative Biology 
Allan Feldman, Curriculum, Instruction and Learning 
Lorie A. Fridell, Criminology 
Athanassios Kartsatos, Mathematics and Statistics 
Denise J. Maguire, College of Nursing 
Maralee Mayberry, Sociology 
Tanya Murphy, Pediatrics 
Rafael Perez, Computer Science and Engineering 
Roger Peters, Mental Health Law and Policy 
Bob Weisberg, Marine Science