15th Annual Faculty Honors Ceremony
Thursday, April 24, 2025
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs is pleased to announce GW’s 15th Annual Faculty Honors Ceremony!
Please RSVP using the link below and join us to celebrate our distinguished faculty and graduate students!
2025 Award Recipients and Honorees
Trachtenberg Prizes
Stephanie Riegg Cellini, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, and Economics, CCAS
Oscar and Shoshana Trachtenberg Prize for Teaching Excellence
Ilana Feldman, Anthropology, History, and International Affairs, ESIA and CCAS
Oscar and Shoshana Trachtenberg Prize for Service
Y. Tony Yang, Nursing, and Health Policy and Management, SON and GWSPH
Oscar and Shoshana Trachtenberg Prize for Scholarship (Research)
Morton A. Bender Teaching Awards
Kayla Brochu, International Affairs, ESIA
Kartik Venkat Bulusu, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SEAS
Manjari Dimri, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, SMHS
Debra Herrmann, Physician Assistant Studies, SMHS
Shaista Ehsan Khilji, Human and Organizational Learning, and International Affairs, GSEHD and ESIA
Philip Amsterdam Graduate Student Teaching Awards
Taisha Blanc, Psychological and Brain Sciences, CCAS
Clara Lucia Mariencheck, Anthropology, CCAS
Marissa Nicole Mowers, Sociology, CCAS
Matthew L. Riemer, American Studies, CCAS
Office of the Vice Provost for Research Faculty Awards
James E. Foster, International Affairs and Economics, ESIA and CCAS
OVPR Distinguished Career Award
Valentina Harizanov, Mathematics, CCAS
OVPR Distinguished Career Award
Xitong Liu, Civil and Environmental Engineering, SEAS
OVPR Early Career Award
Axel Schmidt, Physics, CCAS
OVPR Early Career Award
Adam J. Aviv, Computer Science, SEAS
OVPR Research Mentorship Award
Danmeng Shuai, Civil and Environmental Engineering, SEAS
OVPR Research Mentorship Award
GW Inventor of the Year Award
Neal Sikka, Emergency Medicine, SMHS
GW Early Career Inventor of the Year Award
Cindy Liu, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, GWSPH and SMHS
Writing in the Disciplines Distinguished Teaching Awards
Robert G. Sutter, International Affairs, ESIA
Joseph P. Dymond WID Distinguished Teaching Award
Christina Fink, International Affairs, ESIA
WID Best Assignment Design Award
Gunan Zhang, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SEAS
WID Distinguished Graduate Student Teaching Award
Gold Anniversary Faculty Awards
These active-status faculty have completed 50 years of continuous full-time service.
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
Barbara von Barghahn-Calvetti, Art History
Graduate School of Education and Human Development
Maxine Freund, Special Education and Disability Studies
School of Business
Ernest Forman, Decision Sciences
Silver Anniversary Faculty Awards
These active-status faculty have completed 25 years of continuous full-time service.
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
Sarah Binder, Political Science
Mark Mullen, University Writing Program
Elliott School of International Affairs
Hope M. Harrison, History and International Affairs, ESIA and CCAS
Mike Mochizuki, Political Science and International Affairs, ESIA and CCAS
Graduate School of Education and Human Development
Richard P. Lanthier, Counseling and Human Development
Maureen McGuire-Kuletz, Counseling and Human Development
Yas A. Nakib, Educational Leadership and Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, GSEHD and CCAS
GW Law
William Kovacic, Law
Dawn Nunziato, Law
Anne Olesen, Law
Sonia Suter, Law
School of Business
James Bailey, Management
Subhasish Dasgupta, Information Systems and Technology Management
Christopher Jones, Accountancy
Young Hoon Kwak, Decision Sciences
Murat Tarimcilar, Decision Sciences
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
David Mendelowitz, Pharmacology and Physiology, and Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
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 2024 - February 2025. This society was established to maintain close ties between retired faculty members and the university.
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
Burt Barnow, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration
Joseph Gastwirth, Statistics
Carl Gudenius, Theatre and Dance
Murli Gupta, Mathematics (Posthumous)
Loring Ingraham, Professional Psychology Program
Philip Jacks, Art History
Tom Long, History
Kip Lornell, Music
Arunpal Malik, Economics
Turker Ozdogan, Fine Arts and Art History
Edward Robinson, Mathematics
Lilien Robinson, Art History
Walter Rowe, Forensic Sciences
Nina Seavey, School of Media and Public Affairs
Jane Shore, English
Akos Vertes, Chemistry
Abby Wilkerson, University Writing Program
Maida Withers, Theatre and Dance
Maria Cecilia Zea, Psychologican and Brain Sciences
Phyllis Zhang, East Asian Languages and Literatures
College of Professional Studies
James Robinson, Criminal Justice
Graduate School of Education and Human Development
Russell Korte, Human and Organizational Learning
Sylvia Marotta-Walters, Counseling and Human Development
GW Law
Donald Clarke, Law
Anne Olesen, Law
Milken Institute School of Public Health
Jeanne Jordan, Epidemiology
John Lachin, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Joel Teitelbaum, Health Policy and Management
Dante Verme, Epidemiology
Beverly Westerman, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
School of Business
Elias Carayannis, Information Systems and Technology Management
Radhashyam Giridharadas, Management
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Roger Lang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Anita Aggarwal, Medicine
Ira Cohen, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, and Pediatrics
Harold Frazier, Urology
Richard Jonas, Surgery and Pediatrics
Richard Katz, Medicine and Emergency Medicine
Marshall Summar, Pediatrics
Michael Seneff, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medicine, and Surgery
Alan Wasserman, Medicine
School of Nursing
Mary Schumann, Nursing
Women's Leadership Program
Mary Buckley, Theatre and Dance