Faculty, staff honored for teaching, mentoring and more
Emory University faculty and staff were recognized with multiple awards at the 2018 school diploma ceremonies.
Among those honored were the winners of the Emory Williams Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award. It was established in 1972 by alumnus and longtime trustee Emory Williams to honor faculty for fostering participation, inquiry and creative expression in the classroom; providing a model for teaching and scholarship, mentoring students, and more.
The following awards were conferred:
Rollins School of Public Health
Thomas Sellers Award: Kimberly R. Jacob Arriola, professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education
SGA Faculty of the Year: W. Michael Caudle, associate professor, Department of Environmental Health
SGA Staff of the Year: Ralph Valenzuela Jr., fulfilment services rep II
Candler School of Theology
Exemplary Teacher Award from the United Methodist Church General Board of Higher Education and Ministry: Director of General and Advanced Studies Studies Steven J. Kraftchick, professor in the practice of New Testament
Presented at Candler’s Honors Day Convocation:
Staff Person of the Year: Sarah Bogue, reference and instruction librarian at Pitts Theology Library
Faculty Person of the Year: Kwok Pui Lan, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Theology
On Eagle’s Wings Excellence in Teaching Award: Brent A. Strawn, professor of Old Testament
Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Emory Williams Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award: Jose Soria, senior lecturer in the Department of Chemistry; Valerie Loichot, professor of French and English; Tracy Scott, senior lecturer, Department of Sociology.
Emory College Award for Academic Advising: Bree Ettinger, lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
George P. Cuttino Award: Eric Weeks, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Physics
Emory University School of Law
Most Outstanding Professor: Frank Alexander, Sam Nunn Professor of Law and founding director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion
Emory University School of Medicine
Evangeline Papageorge Teaching Award: Stefan Tigges, professor of radiology and imaging services
Goizueta Business School
Emory Williams Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award: Wesley Longhofer, assistant professor of organization and management
Marc F. Adler Prize for Excellence in Teaching: Ramnath Chellappa, associate dean and academic director of the MSBA program
Donald R. Keough Award for Excellence (faculty): Anand Swaminathan, Goizueta Chair in Organization and Management
Donald R. Keough Award for Excellence (staff): Jalisa Norton, administrative assistant for Information Systems and Operations Management
Laney Graduate School
Eleanor Main Graduate Mentor Award (faculty): Patricia Bauer, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Psychology
Eleanor Main Graduate Mentor Award (student): Osric Forrest, 2018 graduate of the Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis doctoral program
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Emory Williams Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award: Melissa I. Owen, assistant clinical professor of nursing
Oxford College
Emory Williams Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award: Florian Pohl, associate professor of religion
