Dean’s Office Digest: 2025 honors and awards edition

The 2024-2025 academic year brought much to celebrate. The annual honors and
awards edition of the Dean’s Office Digest is filled with faculty, staff, and
student achievements, including this year’s faculty award recipients, profiles
of beloved retiring teacher-scholars, promotions, staff accomplishments, and
much more. The special edition also celebrates student achievements, including
national scholarships, summer research projects, and department honors.

Read the full edition on the College website.

Congratulations to all those recognized, including the the 2025 College Faculty Award winners. Their innovative teaching, mentorship, and commitment to academic excellence is exemplary.

Read more about the award winners on the College website.

• The Reid-Doyle Prize for Excellence in Teaching
  Shannon Brady, Associate Professor of Psychology
• The Teaching Professionals Award for Excellence in Teaching
  Melissa Kenny, Associate Teaching Professor of Engineering
• The Excellence in Advising Award
  Silvia Tiboni-Craft, Teaching Professor of Italian Studies
• The Award for Excellence in Research
  Derek Lee, Assistant Professor of English
  John Lukesh, Associate Professor of Chemistry
• The Kulynych Family Omicron Delta Kappa Award
  Kevin Frazier, Associate Professor of Design and Production
• The URECA Award for Excellence in Mentored Scholarship
  Hana Brown, Professor of Sociology
  Paul Thacker, Associate Professor of Anthropology