Faculty Excellence Celebration 2024

On the afternoon of Tuesday, April 2, “A Celebration of Faculty Excellence” was held in the Student Center Ballroom at Cleveland State University. 

The annual celebration of naming the Distinguished Professor, honoring Distinguished faculty and recognizing faculty and librarian promotions was anchored by remarks from Ray Henry, Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs; Nigamanth Sridhar, Sr. Vice President and Provost for Academic Affairs, and CSU President Laura J. Bloomberg,. 

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Distinguished Professor 

Richard Perloff, School of Communication 

Distinguished Faculty  Awards

Distinguished Faculty Award – Teaching 

Kristen Pataki, Clinical Associate Professor in Occupational Therapy 

Shawn Ryan, Associate Professor in Mathematics & Statistics 

Distinguished Faculty Award – Research 

Tushar Borkar, Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering 

Adam Voight, Associate Professor in Educational Studies, Research & Technology 

Distinguished Faculty Award – Service 

Shereen Naser, Associate Professor in Psychology 

Anne Su, Associate Professor in Health Sciences & Human Performance 

Provost’s Teaching Award  

Tasha Preisler, Associate College Lecturer in Mathematics & Statistics  

Provost’s Service Award 

Melanie Gagich, Senior College Lecturer in English  

Promotion and Tenure

Promotion to Associate College Lecturer 

Erin Avram, Chemistry  

Andrea Corbett, Biological, Geological & Environmental Sciences  

Todd Romutis, Mathematics & Statistics  

Elizabeth Thomas, School of Communication 

Promotion to Associate Professor of Practice  

Maria Gigante, School of Film & Media Arts 

Promotion to Senior College Lecturer  

Aycan Grossmann, Finance & Economics  

Sanchita Mal-Sarkar, Computer Science  

Beth Nagy, Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs  

Anne O'Connor, Chemistry  

Michael Skladany, Criminology & Sociology 

David Topor, Management  

Candice Vander Weerdt, Management 

Promotion to Professor of Practice 

Sun Chung, Computer Science  

Promotion to Associate Librarian 

Brandon Walker, Michael Schwartz Library 

Promotion to Librarian 

Benjamin Richards, Michael Schwartz Library  

Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure 

Stephanie Drcar, Counseling, Administration, Supervision & Adult Learning  

Michele Heath, Management  

Stacey Diane Litam, Counseling, Administration, Supervision & Adult Learning 

Ashutosh Patil, Marketing  

Heather Rice, School of Nursing 

Promotion to Clinical Associate Professor with Tenure  

Adebimpe Adedipe, School of Nursing 

Janterria Matthews, School of Nursing  

Patrick McGinty, Physical Therapy 

Tenure 

Claire Hughes-Lynch, Educational Studies, Research & Technology 

Eran Rubin, Information Systems 

Promotion to Professor 

Sucharita Adluri, Philosophy & Religious Studies  

Judith Ausherman, Health Sciences & Human Performance  

Jungsil Choi, Marketing 

Deborah Espy, Physical Therapy  

Thomas Humphrey, History  

Meshack Owino, History 

Shelley Rose, History  

Deborah Smith, Accounting 

Promotion to Clinical Professor  

Madalynn Wendland, Physical Therapy