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The Excellence in Teaching (EIT) Committee announced on Feb. 23 the honor roll, semi-finalists, and finalists for the 2023 - 2024 Excellence in Teaching awards.
This year, students nominated 249 faculty (70 part-time and 179 full-time). Of those nominees, 79 faculty submitted complete applications for the EIT Award consideration (20 part-time and 59 full-time). Members of the EIT Committee evaluated each faculty member; conducted in-depth discussions; and selected and interviewed semi-finalists.
In the announcement, EIT Committee co-chairs Matt Warshauer and Brian Osoba noted, “In many ways, the EIT Committee members love our work because we get to meet with so many amazing educators. Yet we also struggle with the work because we can’t choose every deserving faculty member. The genuine pangs that we felt in discussing the attributes of every candidate, and then being required to select only a few finalists, were quite real.”
The EIT Committee will commence visiting the finalists’ classrooms shortly and then vote on the winners. The committee will announce the winners at a celebration scheduled for Friday, May 3.
EIT finalists, part-time
Alana Ledford (Marketing)
Erica Nelson (Physical Education & Human Performance)
EIT finalists, full-time
Cassandra Forsythe (Physical Education & Human Performance)
Maria Mongillo (Educational Leadership, Policy, & Instructional Technology)
Jessica Smith (Biomolecular Sciences)
EIT semi-finalists, part-time
Justin Good (Philosophy)
Steven Kaplan (Manufacturing & Construction Management)
EIT semi-finalists, full-time
Candace Barrington (English)
David Broderick (Computer Electronics & Graphics Technology)
Erich Carlton (Manufacturing & Construction Management)
Jason Chen (Accounting)
Mark Cistulli (Marketing)
Reginald Holt (Counselor Education & Family Therapy)
Christie Maturo (Theatre)
Matthew Orange (Physical Education & Human Performance)
Antoinette Ryan (Educational Leadership, Policy, & Instructional Technology)
Gurbakhshash Singh (Mathematical Sciences)
EIT Honor Roll, part-time
Vangella Buchanan (English)
Mitchell Charkiewicz Jr. (Economics)
Nicholas Chhoeun (English)
Christa Cote (Biomolecular Sciences)
Karen Cubie Henck (English)
David DeFeo (Computer Electronics & Graphics Technology)
Cathleen Donahue (Marketing)
Colm Duffin (Mathematical Sciences)
Catherine Erik-Soussi (Communication)
Meghan Evans (English)
Robert Kagan (Communication)
Carrie Kramer (Counselor Education & Family Therapy)
Robert Lauzon (Engineering)
Evan Morel (Engineering)
Michael Nicastro (Management & Organization)
Jeffrey Peck Jr (Management Information Systems)
Rachael Pelletti (Counselor Education & Family Therapy)
Charlotte Ramseur (Counselor Education & Family Therapy)
Joseph Sousa (Computer Electronics & Graphics Technology)
Mary Sylvester (Geography)
Jennifer Zering (Mathematical Sciences)
EIT Honor Roll, full-time
Keshab Acharya (Management & Organization)
Yusuf Albayram (Computer Science)
Trevor Allen (Political Science)
James Austin (English)
Julia Blau (Psychological Science)
Peggy Bloomer (Art)
Noelle Boone (Music)
Adam Bourgoin (Nursing)
Alicia Bray (Biology)
Charles Button (Geography)
Maria Casas (World Languages, Literatures & Cultures)
Jeung-Yoon Chang (Accounting)
Ying Chen (Finance)
Kuan-Pin Chiang (Marketing)
Jiyong Choi (Manufacturing & Construction Management)
Stacy Christensen (Nursing)
Elizabeth Clay (Anthropology)
Stephen Cohen (English)
Mary Collins (English)
Jeanne Criscola (Design)
Dilani Dehigaspitiya (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
Michele Dischino (Technology & Engineering Education)
Robert Dowling (English)
Jerold Duquette (Political Science)
Sarah Evans Zalewski (Counselor Ed & Family Therapy)
John Foshay (Special Education & Interventions)
James French (Literacy, Elementary, & Early Childhood Education)
Amy Gagnon (Physical Education & Human Performance)
Timothy Garceau (Geography)
Tan Leng Goh (Physical Education & Human Performance)
Amanda Greenwell (English)
Md Rafiul Hassan (Computer Science)
Tamara Holland (Nursing)
Barry Hoopengardner (Biomolecular Sciences)
Yuxin Huang (Finance)
Ajeet Jain (Finance)
Dharshani Jayasinghe (English)
Andrea June (Psychological Science)
Martin Kapper (Biomolecular Sciences)
Jelane Kennedy (Counselor Education & Family Therapy)
Youngseon Kim (Marketing)
Michelle Kraczkowski (Biology)
Michelle Kusaila (Accounting)
Ohjin Kwon (Marketing)
Arpita Lal (Counselor Education & Family Therapy)
Angela Lauretano (Biology)
Chul Ho Lee (Management & Organization)
Namhun Lee (Manufacturing & Construction Management)
Joo Lee-Partridge (Management Information Systems)
Megan Mackey (Special Education & Interventions)
Mary Ann Mahony (History)
Amanda Marin-Chollom (Psychological Science)
Marisa Mealy (Psychological Science)
Kimberly Meyer (Criminology & Criminal Justice)
James Minnix (Music)
Mary Nedela (Counselor Education & Family Therapy)
Weihong Ning (Management Information Systems)
Abdullah Oguz (Management Information Systems)
Brian Osoba (Economics)
Oluyinka Oyewumi (Geological Sciences)
Oscar Perdomo (Mathematical Sciences)
Evelyn Phillips (Anthropology)
Pascal Rekoert (Physical Education & Human Performance)
Decorti Rodgers-Tonge (Accounting)
Alfredo Rosete (Economics)
Pradeep Kumar Sahu (Computer Science)
Talat Salama (Manufacturing & Construction Management)
Viktoria Savatorova (Mathematical Sciences)
Leah Scharfenberger (Mathematical Sciences)
Nimmi Sharma (Physics & Engineering Physics)
Rahul Singhal (Physics & Engineering Physics)
Robbin Smith (Political Science)
Young Moo Sohn (Engineering)
Darren Sweeney (Journalism)
Mohammad Reza Vaziri Sereshk (Engineering)
Jeremy Visone (Educational Leadership, Policy, & Instructional Technology)
Candice Wallace (Psychological Science)
Andrew Weinberger (Accounting)
Chad Williams (Computer Science)
Anna Young (Communication)
Mahdieh Zabihimayvan (Computer Science)
Leanne Zalewski (Art)
Ruoqing Zhang (Management & Organization)