Distinguished Faculty Awards

CSU recognizes extraordinary faculty members for the inspiring work that they do both in and out of the classroom. The Distinguished Faculty Awards highlight individuals who excel in at least one of three categories: research, service, and teaching. Names with asterisks denote winners of the Jennie S. Hwang Award. Below are award recipients from previous years. 

2021:

Research

Christopher Mallett, Social Work      

Valentin Gogonea, Chemistry   

Service

Chansu Yu,  Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 

Teaching

Karin Mika, Law

Heidi Robertson, Law    

Robin Chilton, School of Health Science     

2020:

Research

David Forte, Law

Chandrasekhar Kothapalli, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

Service

Ashutosh Dixit, Marketing

Julia Phillips, Doctoral Studies Education 

Teaching

Kimberly Ruggeri, Marketing

Bin Su, Chemistry

Julie Wolin, BGES

2019:

Research

Patricia Stoddard Dare, Social Work

Moo-Yeal Lee, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

Service

Crystal Weyman*, BGES

Jonathan Witmer-Rich, Law

Teaching

David Anderson, Chemistry

Nolan Holland, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

Linda Quinn, Mathematics

Marnie Rodriguez, Criminology, Anthropology, Sociology 

2018:

Research

Hanz Richter, Mechanical Engineering

Milena Sterio, Law

Service

Tachelle Banks, Teacher Education

Adam Sonstegard, English

Teaching

Carolyn Broering-Jacobs, Law

Lili Dong, Eliectrical Engineering and Computer Science

M. Ann Reinthal*, School of Health Sciences 

2017:

Research

Zhiqang Gao, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Bibo Li*, BGES

Service

Debbie Jackson, Teacher Education

Jeff Karem, English

Teaching

Petru Fodor, Physics

Wenbing Zhao, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 

2016:

Research

Katherine Judge, Psychology

Anton Komar*, BGES

Service

Cheryl Bracken, Communication

Joan Thoman, Nursing

Teaching

Michael Borden, Law

Pong Chu, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science