Please join me in congratulating the 2023 University Faculty Award recipients. The individuals listed below have contributed immeasurably to the AU community, to their disciplines, and to the lives of their students and colleagues. They have demonstrated excellence in their teaching, scholarship, and service, as well as in their efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. Many thanks to the Faculty Senate’s University Faculty Awards Committee for their conscientious review of this year’s nominations, with special thanks to Tom Merrill for serving as chair.

I am also pleased to announce the faculty members who have reached milestone anniversaries ranging from 25 to 55 years of service, as well as recent and upcoming retirees. I know you join me in honoring these dedicated colleagues, who have shaped American University in so many significant ways.

University Faculty Awards

Faculty Award for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Priya Lothe Doshi, School of Communication

Morton Bender Prize
Brian L. McGowan, School of Education

Outstanding Community Engagement Award
Nina Yamanis, School of International Service

Outstanding Contribution to Fostering Collaborative Scholarship Award
Ignacio González and Juan Antonio Montecino, Economics, College of Arts and Sciences

Outstanding Scholarship, Research, Creative Activity, and Other Professional Contributions Award
Maria De Jesus, School of International Service
Ronald Hill, Marketing, Kogod School of Business

Outstanding Service to the University Community in a Tenure-Line Appointment Award
Richard R. Bennett, Justice, Law and Criminology, School of Public Affairs
Binny Miller, Washington College of Law

Outstanding Service to the University Community in a Term-Line Appointment Award
Sarah Mady, Marketing, Kogod School of Business

Outstanding Teaching in a Full-Time, Tenure-Line Appointment Award
Nathaniel Herr, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences

Outstanding Teaching in a Full-Time, Term-Line Appointment Award
Pallavi Damani Kumar, School of Communication

Outstanding Teaching in an Adjunct Appointment Award
Thomas Kahn, Government, School of Public Affairs

Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award
Jon D. Wisman, Economics, College of Arts and Sciences

Years of Service Honorees

Adjunct Faculty – 25+ Years of Service
Gretchen E. Schafft, Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences

25 Years of Service
John Calabrese, Office of Global and Immersive Studies
Ed Comstock, Literature, College of Arts and Sciences
Ellen K. Feder, Philosophy and Religion, College of Arts and Sciences
Carole Gallaher, School of International Service
Jane Hall, School of Communication
Jeffrey Lubbers, Washington College of Law
David Lublin, Government, School of Public Affairs
Gwendolyn Reece, University Library
Brenda V. Smith, Washington College of Law
John C. Watson, School of Communication
Stephen Wermiel, Washington College of Law

30 Years of Service
Marianne Noble, Literature, College of Arts and Sciences
Catherine Schaeff, Biology, College of Arts and Sciences

35 Years of Service
Patricia Aufderheide, School of Communication
Stephen D. Casey, Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences
Frank L. DuBois, Information Technology and Analytics, Kogod School of Business
Daniel Wu Fong, Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Don Kimes, Art, College of Arts and Sciences
Binny Miller, Washington College of Law
Zehra Peynircioglu, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences

40 Years of Service
Claudio Grossman, Washington College of Law
Ann C. Shalleck, Washington College of Law

45 Years of Service
William M. LeoGrande, Government, School of Public Affairs
Andrew F. Popper, Washington College of Law

50 Years of Service
Gershon Greenberg, Philosophy and Religion, College of Arts and Sciences
Allan J. Lichtman, History, College of Arts and Sciences

55 Years of Service
Mary W. Gray, Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences

Retiring Faculty
Jonathan B. Baker, Washington College of Law
Richard R. Bennett, Justice, Law and Criminology, School of Public Affairs
Robin Broad, School of International Service
W. Joseph Campbell, School of Communication
Robert Dinerstein, Washington College of Law
Daniel Wu Fong, Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Jolynn Gardner, Health Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Eric Hershberg, Government, School of Public Affairs & Center for Latin American and Latino Studies
Miles Kahler, School of International Service
Laura Langbein, Public Administration and Policy, School of Public Affairs
Sherburne Laughlin, Performing Arts, College of Arts and Sciences
Charles Lewis, School of Communication
Stacey Marien, University Library
Howard E. McCurdy, Public Administration and Policy, School of Public Affairs
John P. Nolan, Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences
Celine-Marie Pascale, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
Randolph B. Persaud, School of International Service
Barbara S. Romzek, Public Administration and Policy, School of Public Affairs
Larry Sawers, Economics, College of Arts and Sciences
Ann C. Shalleck, Washington College of Law
April G. Shelford, History, College of Arts and Sciences
Gay Young, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences

Congratulations and thanks to all of our 2023 honorees for their exceptional contributions!