The College of Liberal Arts held its 2024 Celebration of Faculty Awards on March 27th at the Howard Gittis Student Center. Deputy Dean Sandra L. Suárez served as the Master of Ceremony for this year’s event.
The Edward Buthusiem Faculty Research Award, established last year, is awarded to faculty whose applied research adds to our knowledge of how large-scale societal decisions are made and/or whose research adds significantly to the University's public reputation for scholarly excellence. This year, Dean Richard Deeg presented the award to Hamil Pearsall, Associate Professor of Geography and Urban Studies.
Caterina Roman, professor of Criminal Justice, was recognized for work to make meaningful change in Philadelphia communities impacted by historical disinvestment with the Community Engagement Award. Political Science professor Orfeo Fioretos was acknowledged as a recipient of Lindback Teaching Award, a university-wide faculty award.
Read on to see all the CLA teaching award winners and faculty promotions. You can also check out our photo gallery from this year’s ceremony.
- Presidential Faculty Award: Michael McCloskey, Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience Department
- Full Time Teaching/Instructional Faculty Award: Carmelo Galati, Associate Professor, French, German, Italian & Slavic Department
- Eleanor Hofkin Award: Thomas McAllister, Professor, First Year Writing Program
- Graduate Student Award (IR): Samantha Sproviero, History Department
- Graduate Student Award (SR): Yu-Heng Chen, Criminal Justice Department
Promotions
Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
- Nyron Crawford, Political Science Department
- Victor Hugo Gutierrez-Velez, Geography and Urban Studies Department
- Vishnu Murty, Psychology and Neuroscience Department
- Leslie Reeder-Myers, Anthropology Department
- David Smith, Psychology and Neuroscience Department
- Mathieu Wimmer, Psychology and Neuroscience Department
Promoted to Professor
- Seth Bruggeman, History Department
- Kevin Henry, Geography and Urban Studies Department
- Thomas Olino, Psychology and Neuroscience Department
On April 10th, the university-wide Faculty Award Ceremony will take place at the Temple Performing Arts Center. CLA congratulates the following winners:
Faculty Senate Outstanding Faculty Service Awards
- Quaiser D. Abdullah
- Susan B. Dickey
- Lisa A. Ferretti
Stauffer Award for Distinguished Faculty Service
- Susan M. Chialastri
Part-Time Faculty Excellence in Teaching and Instruction Awards
- Christy Davids
- Zach Oppenheimer
- Tricia Richards-Service
Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence in General Education
Lindback Distinguished Teaching Awards
- Orfeo Fioretos
- Jamie Mansell
- Andrew Spence
- Terell L. Stafford
- Anjali Vaidya
- Laura Zaylea
Paul W. Eberman Faculty Research Award
- Sherril Dodds
Temple University Faculty Research Award
- Irina Mitrea
Faculty Award for Creative Achievement
- Scott Laserow
Great Teacher Awards
- Charles Abramovic
- Robert L. Bettiker
- Heather R. Porter