Twenty-two faculty recognized as exceptional mentors
The Exceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award recognizes the work that faculty mentors do to improve the graduate student experience
Twenty-two faculty have been recognized with this year鈥檚 Exceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award, the Graduate School announced this week.听听
These faculty were nominated by students, department or program administrators, faculty or staff for their outstanding contributions either to mentoring individual graduate students, improving the overall climate of graduate education within their program, or improving the graduate program itself.听听
鈥淭he support and enhancement of mentoring is a priority initiative of the Graduate School and that work couldn鈥檛 be done without faculty support,鈥 said Scott Adler, dean of the Graduate School and vice provost for graduate affairs. 鈥淭he faculty members recognized by this award have demonstrated their willingness to go above and beyond as a trusted mentor for their students and we鈥檙e excited to be able to honor these excellent leaders.鈥听
This year鈥檚 recipients include:
- Hisham Ali, aerospace engineering
- David Boromisza-Habashi, communication
- David Brain, astrophysical and planetary sciences
- Eleanor Browne, chemistry听
- Theodora Chaspari, computer science听
- Alison Cool, anthropology听
- Carolyn Crow, geological sciences听
- Andrew Grotzinger, psychology and neuroscience听
- Emily Jensen, robotics听
- Sungyun Lim, history听
- Karl Linden, environmental engineering听
- Mike McDevitt, journalism听
- Alexis Palmer, linguistics听
- Nicholas Reinholtz, marketing听
- Raul Saucedo, philosophy听
- Anand Sokhey, political science听
- Sara Staley, education听
- Katherine Stange, mathematics听
- Aneesh Subramanian, atmospheric and oceanic sciences听
- Cara Welker, mechanical engineering听
- Aaron Whiteley, biochemistry听
- Erin Willis, advertising, public relations and design听
More information about the award is available on the Graduate School website.听