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Convocation was a celebration of faculty excellence, accomplishments

Held at the Center for British and Irish Studies, the annual Fall Convocation and Awards Ceremony on Oct. 13 celebrated the remarkable achievements of 122 faculty members at 񱦵. The event recognized their outstanding contributions in the domains of teaching, scholarship, leadership and service. Notably, the ceremony highlighted the distinguished faculty who had recently attained tenure or promotion, as well as those who received the prestigious Provost’s Achievement Award.

Vice Provost Michele Moses and the Office of Faculty Affairs hosted this annual awards ceremony, in coordination with Chancellor Philip DiStefano and Provost Russell Moore, who opened the event with welcoming remarks, highlighting the global impact and importance of 񱦵 faculty in fostering student success and academic excellence.

Below is a list of this year's awardees.

Provost’s Faculty Achievement Awards

 
Chancellor Phil DiStefano and Provost Russ Moore pictured with pre-tenure faculty who received the Provost's Faculty Achievement Award

Pre-tenure faculty

  Tanya Alderete, Integrative Physiology, for her research article demonstrating the health effects of environmental toxicants such as air pollution on the human gut microbiome

  Kyri Baker, Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering, for her article titled “Emulating AC OPF Solvers with Neural Networks”.

  Benjamin Shear, Education, for his publication titled “Causal Inference and COVID: Contrasting Methods for Evaluating Pandemic Impacts Using State Assessments”

  Rui Zhang, Business, for his article, “Influence Maximization with Latency Requirements on Social Networks”

Chancellor Phil DiStefano and Provost Russ Moore pictured with tenured faculty who received the Provost's Faculty Achievement Award

Post-tenure faculty

  Taylor Barton, Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering, for her series of papers in the area of radio frequency (RF) and microwave active circuit design

  Nicole Lovenduski, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, for her set of papers published from 2007 to 2019 that focus on how the Southern Oceans absorb CO2

  Samira Mehta, Women & Gender Studies, for her body of work in the areas of Jewish American culture, race and sexuality since World War II, with a focus on interfaith and mixed-race families

  Greg Rieker, Mechanical Engineering, for his body of work on laser-based sensing controls for environmental applications

  Christophe Spaenjers, Business, his body of work on alternative investments and price formation in the markets for “real” assets

Chancellor Phil DiStefano and Provost Russ Moore pictured with newly tenured faculty

Faculty receiving tenure

  Asaf Bernstein, Business

  L. Cinnamon Bidwell, Psychology & Neuroscience

  Michael A. Calkins, Physics

  Jeffrey C. Cameron, Biochemistry

  Jeronimo Carballo, Economics

  David M. Ciplet, Environmental Studies

  Torin K. Clark, Aerospace Engineering Sciences

  Sherri M. Cook, Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering

  Lisa A. Corwin, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

  Emiliano Dall'Anese, Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering

  Annette de Stecher, Art & Art History

  Robin J. Deeley, Mathematics

  Xiaoyun Ding, Mechanical Engineering

  David F. Drake, Business

  Nickoal Eichmann-Kalwara, University Libraries

  John Farnsworth, Aerospace Engineering Sciences

  Iskra Fileva, Philosophy

  Jolene Fisher, Advertising, Public Relations & Media Design

  Jerome M. Fox, Chemical & Biological Engineering

  Stacy R. Gilbert, University Libraries

  Christoffer R. Heckman, Computer Science

  Adam Holewinski, Chemical & Biological Engineering

  Roselinde H. Kaiser, Psychology & Neuroscience

  Adam F. Kowalski, Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences

  Daniel B. Larremore, Computer Science

  Jingchun Li, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

  Nathan T. Marshall, Business

  Geoffrey Marslett, Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts

  Adam McCloskey, Economics

  Orit Peleg, Computer Science

  Erik Radio, University Libraries

  Jeremy Reger, Music

  Colleen E. Reid, Geography

  Shawhin Roudbari, Environmental Design

  Natasha Shrikant, Communication

  Scott K. Shriver, Business

  Kathryn Elaine Snell, Geological Sciences

  Kyle J. Thomas, Sociology

  Ashutosh Trivedi, Computer Science

  Eric Alan Vance, Applied Mathematics

  Marina E. Vance, Mechanical Engineering

  Nicholas Villanueva, Ethnic Studies

  Helanius J. Wilkins, Theatre & Dance

  Eric Wustrow, Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering

 

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Faculty hired with tenure

  Daniel E. Acuña, Computer Science

  Steven Ayer, Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering

  Amir Behzadan, Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering

  Roland Benoit, Psychology & Neuroscience, Institute of Cognitive Science

  Aditi S. Bhaskar, Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering

  Theodora Chaspari, Computer Science

  Rosemary Cowell, Psychology & Neuroscience

  Shamika Dalton, University Libraries, Law

  Sharon DeWitte, Anthropology, Institute of Behavioral Science

  Pratheepan Gulasekaram, Law

  David Huber, Psychology & Neuroscience

  Sarah Jackson, Anthropology

  Eric Jones, Anthropology

  Vijay Khatri, Business

  Kelly Parkes, Music

  Evan Peck, Information Science

  Chandra Reynolds, Psychology & Neuroscience, Institute of Behavioral Genetics

  Daria Roithmayr, Law

  Wadie Said, Law

  Nancy J. Stevens, Anthropology, CU Museum of Natural History

  Jillian Turanovic, Sociology, Institute of Behavioral Science

Chancellor Phil DiStefano and Provost Russ Moore pictured with faculty who have been promoted to full professor

Faculty promoted to full professor

  Francisca Antman, Economics

  Holly Barnard, Geography

  Nicholas Carthy, Music

  John Anthony Cookson, Business

  Nikolaus J. Correll, Computer Science

  Oliver DeWolfe, Physics

  Chuan He, Business

  Jerry Jacka, Anthropology

  Carla Jones, Anthropology

  Joseph H. Jupille, Political Science

  Joel L. Kaar, Chemical & Biological Engineering

  Margot E. Kaminski, Law

  Kai Larsen, Business

  Jeanne Liotta, Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts

  Christopher Lowry, Integrative Physiology

  Julie Lundquist, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences

  Alexia Brunet Marks, Law

  Margaret McDonald, Music

  Elizabeth J. Meyer, Education

  Claire Monteleoni, Computer Science

  Jeffrey C. Nytch, Music

  Cecilia J. Pang, Theatre & Dance

  David C. Pyrooz, Sociology

  Cindy Anne Regal, Physics

  Caroline B. Sinkinson, University Libraries

  Anand Edward Sokhey, Political Science

  Douglas Spencer, Law

Chancellor Phil DiStefano and Provost Russ Moore pictured with faculty who have been promoted to principal instructors

Faculty promoted to principal instructor

  Amy Bauer, Law

  Daniel Brown, Business

  Francisco Castro, Mechanical Engineering

  Janet Lynn Donavan, Political Science

  Emily Edwards, Business

  Hardy Fredricksmeyer, Herbst Program for Engineering, Ethics & Society

  David Gross, Business

  Ruth E. Heisler, Integrative Physiology

  Marianne Holbert, Environmental Design

  Derek Kiernan-Johnson, Law

  Sangbok Kim, Asian Languages & Civilizations

  Jeffrey Knutsen, Mechanical Engineering

  Mary K. Long, Spanish & Portuguese

  Jade Polizzi, Environmental Design

  Shalom Ruben, Mechanical Engineering

  Stacy Lynn Schulte, Environmental Design

  Trudy Schwartz, Aerospace Engineering Sciences

  Michael A. Soltys, General Engineering

  Gabrielle Stafford, Law

  Todd Stafford, Law

  Harry Mohr Starn, Business