Celebration of Education Recipients Announced

The 2019 Celebration of Education ceremony, which honors the accomplishments of those who exemplify university’s standards of excellence in education, will take place at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 30, in Simmons Auditorium, Tepper Building.

Nine members of the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences community are being honored this year.

Robert E. Doherty Award for Sustained Contributions to Excellence in Education

Joel Greenhouse
Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics & Data Science

Barbara Lazarus Award for Graduate Student and Junior Faculty Mentoring

Bonnie Youngs
Teaching Professor of French, Department of Modern Languages

Mark Gelfand Service Award for Educational Outreach

Randy Weinberg
Teaching Professor and Faculty Director, Information Systems Program (Retired)

Teaching Innovation Team Award

Peter Adams
Professor, Departments of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy

Kasia Snyder
Staff Instructor, Dietrich College Dean’s Office

James Wynn
Associate Professor of English, Department of English

Elliot Dunlap Smith Award for Distinguished Teaching and Educational Service

Gabriele Maier
Associate Teaching Professor of German, Department of Modern Languages

Martcia Wade Teaching Award

Raja Sooriamurthi
Teaching Professor, Information Systems Program

Wimmer Faculty Fellow

Robin Mejia
Manager, Statistics and Human Rights Program, Center for Human Rights Science, Department of Statistics & Data Science

Graduate Student Teaching Award

Casey Roark
Doctoral Student, Department of Psychology

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