The Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs is pleased to announce GW’s 13th Annual Faculty Honors Ceremony! The Honors Ceremony recognizes a diverse group of talented GW faculty and graduate assistants who have shown extraordinary dedication to teaching, research, and the university. Through our faculty and graduate assistants, we are educating students to be engaged citizens and leaders in their fields.
Please join us on Thursday, May 4, 2023 from 4-5pm in the Jack Morton Auditorium for the ceremony, which will be followed by a reception from 5-6pm, location to be determined. Please stay tuned for more details.
2023 Faculty Awards Recipients
Trachtenberg Prize Winners
Ekundayo Shittu, Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, SEAS
Oscar and Shoshana Trachtenberg Prize for Teaching Excellence
Paul Duff, Religion, CCAS (co-winner)
Oscar and Shoshana Trachtenberg Prize for Service
Kim Roddis, Civil and Environmental Engineering, SEAS (co-winner)
Oscar and Shoshana Trachtenberg Prize for Service
David DeGrazia, Philosophy, CCAS
Oscar and Shoshana Trachtenberg Prize for Scholarship (Research)
Trachtenberg Teaching Prize Finalist
Stephanie Cellini, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, CCAS
Morton A. Bender Teaching Award Winners
Gina Adam, Electrical and Computer Engineering, SEAS
Julia Zoe Beckerman, Health Policy and Management, GWSPH
Mohssen Esseesy, Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, CCAS
Rohini Ganjoo, Biomedical Laboratory Sciences, SMHS
Lori Peters, Organizational Sciences and Communication, CCAS
Morton A. Bender Teaching Award Finalists
Christopher Rollston, Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, CCAS
Karen Whitt, Nursing, SON
Philip J. Amsterdam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award Winners
Samuel Farid, Electrical and Computer Engineering, SEAS
Sylvain Nyandwi, Anthropology, CCAS
Tori Tensi, Sociology, CCAS
Philip J. Amsterdam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award Finalists
Lucas Chandler, Physics, CCAS
Samantha Silver, American Studies, CCAS
Joshua Sparks, Statistics, CCAS
Office of the Vice Provost for Research Faculty Award Winners
Adnan Hyder, Global Health, GWSPH
OVPR Distinguished Career Award
Marlene Laruelle, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, ESIA & CCAS
OVPR Distinguished Career Award
Janet Lewis, Political Science and International Affairs, CCAS & ESIA
OVPR Early Career Award
Trudy Mallinson, Clinical Research and Leadership, SMHS
OVPR Research Mentorship Award
Inventor of the Year Award Winner
Michael Keidar, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, SEAS
Inventor of the Year Award
Writing in the Disciplines Award Winners
Amanda J. Visek, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, GWSPH
Joseph P. Dymond WID Distinguished Teaching Award
Joseph Bonin, Mathematics, CCAS
WID Best Assignment Design Award
Samantha Silver, American Studies, CCAS
WID Distinguished Graduate Student Teaching Award
Silver Anniversary Faculty Awards
These active-status faculty have completed 25 years of continuous full-time service by Spring 2023 (started in Spring 1998).
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
Donald Parsons, Economics, CCAS
Evelyn Schreiber, English, CCAS
New Emeriti Faculty
These members of the faculty were approved by the Board of Trustees and inducted into the Society of the Emeriti from May 2022-February 2023. This society was established to maintain close ties between retired faculty members and the university.
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
David Bjelajac, Art History
Richard Cooter, Forensic Psychology
Paul Gedo, Professional Psychology Program
Dina Khoury, History
David McAleavey, English
Kym Rice, Museum Studies
Johan Severston, Design
Geralyn Shultz, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Gregory Squires, Sociology
Clay Warren, Communication and Organizational Sciences
Elliott School of International Affairs
Amitai Etzioni, International Affairs
Edward (Skip) Gnehm, International Affairs
Graduate School of Education and Human Development
Carol Stapp, Educational Leadership
GW Law
Charles Craver, Law
Lawrence Cunningham, Law
Miriam Galston, Law
GW School of Business
George Solomon, Management
Milken Institute School of Public Health
Sara Rosenbaum, Health Law and Policy
Elizabeth Thom, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics (Posthumous)
Susan Wood, Health Policy and Management
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Andrew Cutler, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Hermann Helgert, Electrical and Computer Engineering
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Allistair Abraham, Pediatrics
João Ascensão, Medicine and Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine
Anthony Caputy, Neurological Surgery
Vincent Chiappinelli, Pharmacology & Physiology and Neurological Surgery (2021)
May Chin, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Lawrence Cohen, Pediatrics
Allen Dyer, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Renee Jenkins, Pediatrics
John Keiser, Pathology
Benny Kerzner, Pediatrics
Bennett Lavenstein, Neurology
Linda Leatherbury, Pediatrics
Parvathi Mohan, Pediatrics
Richard Nicklas, Medicine
Margaret Plack, Health, Human Function, and Rehabilitation Sciences
Jack Vanderhoek, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
School of Nursing
Pamela Jeffries, Nursing
Kathleen Malliarakis, Nursing
Joyce Pulcini, Nursing
