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Graduate students honored for research and teaching

President Dunn congratulates honored graduate students at the Graduate Research and Creative Scholar and Graduate Teaching Effectiveness awards ceremony.

A total of 52 graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences were honored by the university as winners of the Graduate Research and Creative Scholar and Graduate Teaching Effectiveness awards. Eleven students received further distinction as All-University Graduate Research and Creative Scholars, and were  honored as All-University recipients of the Graduate Teaching Effectiveness Awards.

Graduate Research and Creative Scholar Awards for 2011-12

All-University Scholars from the College of Arts and Sciences:

  • Michelle Barger, geosciences
  • Timothy Edwards, psychology
  • Isurika Fernando, chemistry
  • Dustin Hoffman, English
  • Taylor Paskin, biological sciences
  • Ryan Sibert, geosciences
  • Stephen Spates, communication
  • Anthony Squiers, political science
  • Lydia Walker, comparative religion

Department Scholars

  • Sara Bijani, history
  • Gerardo Bohorquez Gonzalez, Spanish
  • Caitlin Callahan, Mallinson Institute for Science Education
  • Mary Sajini Devadas, chemistry
  • Katherine Ellison, history
  • Leticia Espinoza, Spanish
  • Nicole Fonger, mathematics
  • Tamrat Gashaw, economics
  • David Johnson, English
  • Lucas Kanclerz, geography
  • Ian Kerr, anthropology
  • Maxwell Kirchhoff, political science
  • Scott Marley, physics
  • Christina Sheerin, psychology
  • Benjamin Slager, biological sciences
  • Michelle A. Suarez, interdisciplinary health sciences
  • Cynthia Visscher, sociology

Graduate Teaching Effectiveness Awards

All-University Graduate Teachers

  • Matthew Arsenault, political science
  • Skylar Bre’z, history and gender and women’s studies
  • Colleen Cullinan, psychology
  • Kevin Douglass, chemistry
  • Krystal Howard, English
  • Kathryn Kestner, psychology
  • Kate Rowbotham, Mallinson Institute for Science Education
  • Kristin Sovis, English

Department Graduate Teachers

  • Clara Adams, chemistry
  • David Barry, sociology
  • Emily Beard, communication
  • Erica D’Elia, anthropology
  • Holly DeVrou, Spanish
  • Racha El Kadiri, geosciences
  • Carolina Gonzalo Llera, Spanish
  • Alexandra Haase, biological sciences
  • Justin Hanig, economics
  • Kara Krebs, political science
  • Daniel Kueh, biological sciences
  • Bryan Phinezy, mathematics
  • Buddhi Rai, physics
  • Daniel Serfas, geography
  • Kelly Sparks, Mallinson Institute for Science Education
  • Kathryn Titus, geosciences
  • Scott Watson, comparative religion
  • Adam Wolfe, history