Faculty Excellence Celebration 2026

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Distinguished Professor 

Patricia Stoddard Dare, Professor in Social Work  

Distinguished Faculty  Awards

Distinguished Faculty Award – Teaching 

Kelle DeBoth Foust, Associate Professor in Occupational Therapy 

Wendy Green, Associate Professor in Education and Counseling 

Amanda Lloyd, Associate College Lecturer in English 

Distinguished Faculty Award – Research 

Cyleste Collins, Associate Professor in Social Work 

Daniel Munther, Associate Professor in Mathematics and Statistics 

Distinguished Faculty Award – Service 

Carole Heyward, Sr. Clinical Professor in Law 

Dakota King-White, Associate Professor in Education and Counseling 

Kiril Streletzky, Professor in Physics  

Promotion and Tenure 

Promotion to Senior Assistant Librarian 

Michael Skor, Michael Schwartz Library 

Promotion to Librarian  

Kathryn Fisher, Michael Schwartz Library 

Promotion to Associate College Lecturer  

Reinhild Boehme, Social Work 

Tatiana Gracyk, Philosophy and Political Science 

Andrew Hess, Engineering Technology  

Leah Schell-Barber, Marketing 

Alexsandra Sukhoy, Marketing  

Promotion to Associate Professor of Practice   

Toby Bercovici, Theatre and Dance 

Gail Nelson, Education and Counseling 

Promotion to Senior College Lecturer   

Toufik Aidja, Engineering Technology 

William Atherton, Engineering Technology 

Lisa Bernd, Theatre and Dance 

Michael Wiitala, Philosophy and Political Science 

Promotion to Professor of Practice  

Marvin Thrash, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering 

Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure  

Srinivas Allena, Civil and Environmental Engineering 

Sebastian Brockhaus, Operations and Supply Chain Management 

Zicheng Chi, Computer Science 

Mary Gergis, Nursing 

Kailash Gulshan, Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences 

Thomas Hilde, Urban Affairs 

Robert Hurley, Psychology 

Pedro Lopes Gerum, Operations and Supply Chain Management  

Shuya Lu, Marketing 

Jessica Peck, Management 

Mehdi Rahmati, Electrical and Computer Engineering 

Prabaha Sikder, Mechanical Engineering 

David Stoughton, Theatre and Dance 

Douglas Wajda, Health Sciences and Human Performance 

Jingqi Yan, Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences 

Jingru Zhang, Computer Science 

Promotion to Clinical Associate Professor with Tenure  

Emily Jennings, Communication Sciences and Disorders 

Gina Kubec, Occupational Therapy 

Karla Reese, Occupational Therapy  

Tonya Runner, Nursing 

Promotion to Professor  

Elena Andrei, Education and Counseling 

Cyleste Collins, Social Work 

Suzanne Giuffre, Physical Therapy 

Megan Hatch, Urban Affairs 

Wenqing Kang, History 

Brian Mikelbank, Urban Affairs  

Daniel Munther, Mathematics and Statistics 

Tracy Porter, Management 

Laura Rickett, Accounting 

Eran Rubin, Information Systems 

Yinjie Shen, Finance and Economics 

Kenneth Vail, Psychology 

Clayton Wukich, Urban Affairs