UConn-AAUP 2020 Excellence Award Winners

We are pleased to inform you that the UConn-AAUP Excellence Awards Committee selected the following faculty members as recipients of the 2020 UConn-AAUP Excellence Awards:

TEACHING EXCELLENCE: EARLY CAREER

  • BETH LAWRENCE, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
    NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
  • JOHN WILSON, INSTRUCTOR-IN-RESIDENCE
    OPERATIONS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

TEACHING EXCELLENCE: CAREER

  • MARY GALANTE-DEANGELIS, LECTURER
    HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & FAMILY SCIENCES

TEACHING INNOVATION:

  • JASON HANCOCK, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR – PHYSICS
  • DIEGO VALENTE, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR-IN-RESIDENCE – PHYSICS

EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH & CREATIVITY: EARLY CAREER

  • ROBERT FAHEY, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
    NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
  • RYAN WATSON, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
    HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & FAMILY SCIENCES

EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH & CREATIVITY: CAREER

  • MARIA-LUZ FERNANDEZ, PROFESSOR
    NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES
  • PETER WILLETT, PROFESSOR
    ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

SERVICE EXCELLENCE:

  • CASEY COBB, PROFESSOR
    EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP

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.

A formal presentation is planned on Monday, April 13th, at the State Capitol building in Room #310, 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Any and all who wish to attend are welcome. Please RSVP to BarbaraK@UConnAAUP.org or the UConn-AAUP office 860-487-0450.

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.