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2017-2018 Faculty Year-End Excellence Award Recipients  

Held on May 3, 2018, the awards ceremony honored outstanding members of the Rutgers community selected by their colleagues for exceptional contributions to teaching, research, or public service through a program of five awards. For each award, the recipient received a commemorative certificate and an honorarium.

  • Warren I. Susman Award for Excellence in Teaching, $1,000 honorarium (tenured faculty only)
  • Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research, $1,000 honorarium (tenured faculty only)
  • Rutgers Faculty Scholar-Teacher Award, $1,000 honorarium (tenured faculty only)
  • Board of Trustees Research Fellowship for Scholarly Excellence, $1,000 research account (newly tenured faculty only)
  • Presidential Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, $1,000 research account (newly tenured, faculty only)
  • Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, $1,000 honorarium (non-tenure track, full-time faculty only)
  • Rutgers College Class of 1962 Presidential Public Service Award, $2,500 honorarium (faculty, staff, students)
  • Ernest E. McMahon Class of 1930 Award, $1,000 honorarium (faculty, staff, students)

2017-2018 Faculty Year-End Excellence Award Recipients

Jocelyn Elise Crowley, Carlos Decena, and Rakesh B. Sambharya
Ioannis Androulakis, Benjamin Melamed, Rohit Ramachandran, and Zhixiong (James) Guo
Ulla Berg, Robin Leichenko, Alan Sadovnik, Susan Carroll, and Jerry Shan
Qian Cai, Michele Pavanello, Andrea Gallavotti, Katie Eyer, and Karen Schindler
Miranda Lichtenstein, Andrew Urban, Próspero García, Katie Eyer, and Marc Handelman
Lynda Dexheimer, Ram Gopalan, and Marci Meixler
Stuart Feedman, Linda Stamato, and Barry Pavlec
Jonathan Lane

WARREN I. SUSMAN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING (left to right) Jocelyn Elise Crowley, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy; Carlos Decena, Latino & Caribbean Studies/Women’s & Gender Studies, School of Arts and Sciences, and Rakesh B. Sambharya, Management, and International Business, Rutgers School of Business–Camden 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH (left to right) Ioannis Androulakis, Biomedical Engineering/Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, School of Engineering; Benjamin Melamed, Supply Chain Management, Rutgers Business School–Newark and New Brunswick; Rohit Ramachandran, Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, School of Engineering; and Zhixiong (James) Guo, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering

RUTGERS FACULTY SCHOLAR-TEACHER AWARD (left to right) Ulla Berg, Latino & Caribbean Studies, School of Arts and Sciences; Robin Leichenko, Geography, School of Arts and Sciences; Alan Sadovnik, School of Public Affairs and Administration; Susan Carroll, Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences; and Jerry Shan, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering

BOARD OF TRUSTEES RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP FOR SCHOLARLY EXCELLENCE (left to right) Qian Cai, Cell Biology & Neuroscience, School of Arts and Sciences; Michele Pavanello, Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences–Newark; Andrea Gallavotti, Plant Biology/Waksman Institute of Microbiology; Katie Eyer, Rutgers Law School; Karen Schindler, Genetics, School of Arts and Sciences

PRESIDENTIAL FELLOWSHIP FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE (left to right) Miranda Lichtenstein, Visual Arts, Mason Gross School of the Arts; Andrew Urban, American Studies/History, School of Arts and Sciences; Próspero García, World Languages & Cultures, Faculty of Arts and Sciences–Camden; Katie Eyer, Rutgers Law School; and Marc Handelman, Visual Arts, Mason Gross School of the Arts

PRESIDENTIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING (left to right) Lynda Dexheimer, English/Writing Program, School of Arts and Sciences; Ram Gopalan, Management, Rutgers School of Business–Camden; and Marci Meixler, Ecology, Evolution, & Natural Resources, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

RUTGERS COLLEGE CLASS OF 1962 PRESIDENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD (left to right) Stuart Feedman, Awards and Scholarship Liason, Linda Stamato accepting the Rutgers College Class of 1962 Presidential Public Service Award, and Barry Pavlec, President of the Rutgers Class of 1962.

ERNEST E. MCMAHON CLASS OF 1930 AWARD Jonathan Lane, The Executive Education Department, Rutgers School of Business–Camden accepting his award.