Local College Professors Win Outstanding Faculty Awards
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) and Dominion Resources have named the winners of the 2017 Outstanding Faculty Awards.
Outstanding Faculty Awards recognize faculty at Virginia’s institutions of higher learning who exemplify the highest standards of teaching, research and service, according to SCHEV.
Nominees are selected by the institutions, reviewed by a panel of peers and chosen by a final selection committee. In all, 97 nominations were received this year, slightly more than last year. This was narrowed to a field of 28 finalists and then to the 12 recipients.
The 12 winners are:
Kelly June Bremner
Professor of Theatre
Emory & Henry College
John Gregory Brown
Julia Jackson Nichols Professor of English
Sweet Briar College
Theresa B. Clarke
Professor of Marketing
James Madison University
Stephen J. Farnsworth
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
University of Mary Washington
Michael Kevin Hamed
Professor of Biology
Virginia Highlands Community College
Margaret Leary
Professor of Information Technology
Northern Virginia Community College
Caroline Parsons Lubert
Professor of Mathematics
James Madison University
Daniel A. Menascé
University Professor of Computer Science
George Mason University
Xiang-Jin Meng
University Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Sciences
Virginia Tech
Jennifer Grimsley Michaeli*
Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology
Old Dominion University
Anatoly Radyushkin
Professor and Eminent Scholar of Physics
Old Dominion University
Walter Hammond Smith*
Assistant Professor of Biology
The University of Virginia’s College at Wise
(* = Rising Star award)
By: NOVA Fortnightly
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