Professional Development
FACULTY HONORS AND AWARDS 2022
The University of South Florida is proud to be the home to an immensely talented and dedicated group of distinguished scholars and faculty. Congratulations to our 2022 awardees.
Distinguished University Professor
Mya Breitbart
College of Marine Science
Distinguished University Professor
Patrice Buzzanell
Communication
Distinguished University Professor
William Sappenfield
Community and Family Health
Excellence in Research, Tenured Award
Christopher Passaglia
Medical Engineering
Outstanding Undergraduate Advising Award
Alyssa Chism
College of Education
Outstanding Undergraduate Advising Award
Adam Clum
College of Public Health
Outstanding Undergraduate Advising Award
Carrington Price, Jr.
Muma College of Business
Outstanding Undergraduate Advising Award
Dani Soluna
Judy Genshaft Honors College
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Dario Arena
Physics
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Matthew King
History
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Tatsiana Kulakevich
School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Meera Nanjundan
Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Christopher Osovitz
Integrative Biology
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Holly Donahue Singh
Judy Genshaft Honors College
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Ashok Upadhyaya
Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Eugenia Vomvoridi-Ivanovic
Curriculum, Instruction and Learning
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Richard Bruce Weinberg
Child and Family Studies
Outstanding Community-Engaged Teaching Award
Elizabeth Dunn
Global Health
Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teacher Award
Chantale Bégin
Integrative Biology
Distinguished Service Award
William Lee
Chemical, Biomedical and Materials Engineering
Kosove Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Service Award
Heather Sellers
English
Outstanding Library Faculty Award
Matthew Knight
USF Libraries
Theodore and Venette
Askounes-Ashford Distinguished Scholar
Steven Roach
School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies
Not Pictured:
2021-22 Excellence in Innovation Award
Brian Bunnell, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences
Jing Wang, Electrical Engineering
Attila A. Yavuz, Computer Science and Engineering
Ying (Sarah) Zhong, Mechanical Engineering
Team Award:
Richard Heller, Medical Engineering
Mark Jaroszeski, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Excellence in Research, Pre-Tenure Award
David Murphy, Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award
Kathy Black, School of Aging Studies
Elizabeth Burke-Hadley, Literacy Studies
Patrice Buzzanell, Communication
Stephanie Carey, Mechanical Engineering
Yu Chen, Molecular Medicine
Jennifer Collins, School of Geosciences
Lingling Fan, Electrical Engineering
Howard Goldstein, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Rasim Guldiken, Mechanical Engineering
Micah Johnson, Mental Health Law and Policy
Stephen Liggett, Internal Medicine
Zhuo Lu, Electrical Engineering
Dinorah Martinez-Tyson, Interdisciplinary Science
Ambe Njoh, School of Geosciences
Yashwant Pathak, Pharmaceutical Science
Christine Ruva, Psychology
Jason Salemi, Epidemiology
Joshua Scacco, Communication
Natalie Scenters-Zapico, English
Elizabeth Schotter,Psychology
Ankit Shah, Industrial and Management Systems Engineering
David Simmons, Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering
Marilyn Stern, Child and Family Studies
Monica Uddin, Global and Planetary Health
Thomas Unnasch, Global and Planetary Health
Michael Cai Wang, Mechanical and Medical Engineering
Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
Dinorah Martinez-Tyson, Community and Family Health
Honorable Mention:
Rachael Powers, Criminology
Outstanding Undergraduate Advising Award
Krysta Banke, Judy Genshaft Honors College
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Diana Leon-Boys, Communication
Ankit Shah, Industrial and Management Systems Engineering
Nicole Stowell, Lynn Pippenger School of Accountancy
Retirement
Barbara Bennington, School of Information
Barbara Brooks, Family Medicine
Scott Campbell, Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering
Kathleen Christiansen, Child and Family Studies
Nita Desai, College of Arts & Sciences Dean's Office
Deni Elliott, Journalism and Digital Communication
Neil Fenske, Dermatology
Arthur Herold, Family Medicine
Milton Johnston, Chemistry
Siddharth Kamath, Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology
Joyce Karpay, English
Susan Kennel, College of Nursing Dean's Office
Julie Langford, History
Gary Laursen, Lynn Pippenger School of Accounting
Ronald Magness, Obstetrics/Gynecology
Linda Nakanishi, Ophthalmology
David Orban, Internal Medicine
Elizabeth Perkins, Child and Family Studies
Karen Perrin, College of Public Health
Joel Richter, Internal Medicine
Jane Rose, English
Max Salfinger, College of Public Health
John Stewart, English
Deepak Sainanee, School of Marketing and Innovation
Retirement & Emeritus
Joseph Babu, Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering
Roberta Baer, Anthropology
Susan Bell, Integrative Biology
Allan Feldman, Curriculum, Instruction and Learning
Lorie A. Fridell, Criminology
Athanassios Kartsatos, Mathematics and Statistics
Denise J. Maguire, College of Nursing
Maralee Mayberry, Sociology
Tanya Murphy, Pediatrics
Rafael Perez, Computer Science and Engineering
Roger Peters, Mental Health Law and Policy
Bob Weisberg, Marine Science