2024 UCONN-AAUP EXCELLENCE AWARDS

We are pleased to inform you that the UConn-AAUP Excellence Awards Committee selected the following faculty members as recipients of the 2024 UConn-AAUP Excellence Awards.


TEACHING EXCELLENCE EARLY CAREER

MANISH ROY
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN RESIDENCE
CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

JULIA SMACHYLO
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
PLANT SCIENCE & LANDSCAPING ARCHITECTURE

RYAN TALBERT
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
SOCIOLOGY


TEACHING EXCELLENCE CAREER

SARAH REED
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
ANIMAL SCIENCE                         

FREDERICK RODEN
PROFESSOR
ENGLISH


TEACHING INNOVATION

JOHN REDDEN
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN RESIDENCE
PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROBIOLOGY


EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH &   CREATIVITY:  EARLY CAREER


ANNA TARAKANOVA

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
MECHANICAL, AEROSPACE & MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING

ABHINAV UPADHYAY
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
ANIMAL SCIENCE


EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH &   CREATIVITY CAREER

MICHAEL COPENHAVER
PROFESSOR
ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES

INGE-MARIE EIGSTI
PROFESSOR & DIRECTOR
BRAIN & COGNITIVE SCIENCES

SENJIE LIN
PROFESSOR
MARINE SCIENCES


SERVICE EXCELLENCE

RANDALL WALIKONIS
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROBIOLOGY


This year, as in the past, the UConn-AAUP Excellence Awards Committee was faced with a set of choices which were excellent in so many ways.  The award recipients are extended sincere congratulations and deep appreciation from their colleagues and students for such outstanding work.

SAVE THE DATE:  A virtual ZOOM presentation is planned on Monday, April 22nd, at 12 noonAny and all who wish to attend are welcome.  Please RSVP to BarbaraK@UConnAAUP.org.


The recognition of faculty teaching, research, and service excellence through UConn-AAUP awards began in 1997.  The intention of the awards is to showcase academic excellence at UConn.