Distinguished Professors honored April 19 on campus

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Thirty-three outstanding Youngstown State University faculty members will be honored at the annual Faculty Recognition Awards Dinner on Wednesday, April 19, in the Chestnut Room of Kilcawley Center on campus.

The late Joseph Edwards, former dean of the College of Fine and Performing Arts, will receive the Heritage Award posthumously. Edwards, 73, who passed away April 2016, served in several capacities at YSU, including director of the Dana School of Music and leadership positions in the Beeghly College of Education.

Also at the dinner, for the first time, adjunct faculty members will be honored with the Part-Time Faculty Teaching Excellence Awards. “Our part-time faculty make valuable contributions to advance the teaching mission of the university,” Provost Martin Abraham said. “It is appropriate that we recognize them for their talent and hard work.”

Also new this year is the Excellence Awards for Department Chairpersons, which allows one award to a department chairperson in teaching, and one award in scholarship.

For more information on the dinner and to make reservations ($20 per person), contact Mollie Hartup at mahartup@ysu.edu or 330-941-3086. Reservation deadline is April 12.

The dinner, which starts with a reception at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at 6:15 p.m., is the culmination of the Faculty Recognition Week. Other events include the Faculty Recognition Breakfast, 7:30 a.m., Monday, April 17, in the President’s Suites, Kilcawley Center, on campus, and the Faculty Recognition Happy Hour Reception, 4 p.m. Thursday, April 20, at Cassese’s MVR.

The following awards will be presented:

Distinguished Professor Awards for Excellence in Teaching

  • M. Kathleen Cripe, Department of Teacher Education
  • Joseph D’Uva, Department of Art
  • John Jackson, Department of Chemistry
  • Michael Jerryson, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
  • Birsen Karpak, Department of Management
  • Jill Tall, Department of Biological Sciences
  • Daniel J. Van Dussen, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Gerontology
  • Robert Wardle, Department of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences

Distinguished Professor Awards for Excellence in Scholarship

  • James Andrews, Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • Stephen Chalmers, Department of Art
  • Pedro Cortes, Department of Civil/Environmental and Chemical Engineering
  • Mustansir Mir, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
  • Bradley Shellito, Department of Geography
  • Doori Song, Department of Marketing
  • Emre Ulusoy, Department of Marketing
  • Abel Waithaka, Department of Human Ecology

Distinguished Professor Awards for Excellence in Service

  • Patrick Bateman, Department of Management
  • Mary Beth Earnheardt, Department of Communication
  • Stacy Graber, Department of English
  • Qi Jiang, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Gerontology
  • Alina Lazar, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems
  • Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
  • Steven Reale, Dana School of Music
  • Christina Saenger, Department of Marketing

Part-Time Faculty Teaching Excellence Awards

  • Anthony Armeni, Department of Art
  • Mary Ann Cosentino, Department of Nursing and Department of Human Ecology
  • Russell Moser, Department of Chemistry
  • Roger Patterson, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
  • John J. “Jack” Patrick, Department of History
  • Johanna Slivinske, Department of Social Work

Excellence Award for Department Chairperson in Teaching

  • Patricia Wagner, Department of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences

Watson Merit Awards

  • Greg K. Moring, Department of Art
  • Nancy H. Wagner, Department of Nursing