Faculty and Staff Awards

Congratulations to 2024 Faculty and Staff Award Winners!

Staff Award Winners

Outstanding Achievement Award
Mistey Surida

Top Performer Awards
Isaac Chomitz
Mary Cunningham

Exemplary Service Award
Jeanne Booth

Employee Leadership Award
Lisa Climer

Faculty Award Winners

Teaching Awards

Master Teacher Award for a Senior Faculty Member
Megumi Inoue

Master Teacher Award for a Junior Faculty Member
Helen Chin

Master Teacher Award for an Adjunct Faculty Member
Jerry Bozek

Teaching Best Practices Awards for a Full-Time Faculty Member
Vicki Kirsch

Research Awards

Research Mentor Award
Kyeung Mi Oh

Research Impact Award
Priyanka Anand

School of Nursing Awards 

Evelyn Cohelan Faculty Endowed Leadership Award
PJ Maddox

DAISY Foundation Awards for Extraordinary Faculty
Patricia Molseed
Bethany Cieslowski

Department of Community and Global Health Awards

GCH Graduate Student Mentoring Award
Michael Bloom

GCH Peer Mentoring Award
Jhumka Gupta

 

University Awards

Mason University Exceptional Service Award
Kelly Beckwith

Mason Adjunct Faculty Award
Shannyn Snyder

Faculty Promotions

Promotion to Professor
Caroline Sutter
John Cantiello

Faculty Emeritus
Michael Wolf-Branigin, Social Work

Past Award Winners

2023 College Award Winners

Staff Award Winners

Outstanding Achievement Award
Jade Young

Top Performer Award
Nina Kwartin

Employee Innovation Award
Jennifer Sturgis

Exemplary Service Award
Regina Young

Employee Leadership Award
Holly Park

Faculty Award Winners

Teaching Awards

Master Teacher Award for a Senior Faculty Member
JoAnn Lee

Master Teacher Award for a Junior Faculty Member
Jenna Krall

Master Teacher Award for an Adjunct Faculty Member
Heather Harper

Research Awards

Research Mentor Award
Raedeh Basiri

Research Impact Award
Denise Hines

Multidisciplinary Innovation Award
Holly Matto

School of Nursing Awards 

Evelyn Cohelan Faculty Endowed Leadership Award
Erin Maughan

DAISY Foundation Award for Extraordinary Faculty
Tracy Davidson

Shirley S. Travis Habit of Excellence Award

Daphne King

University Awards

George Mason University Teaching Excellence Award
Sanja Avramovic

Online Teacher of Distinction
John Cantiello

George Mason University Exceptional Support Award
Rene Ayala

Outstanding Supervisor Award
Holly Park

George Mason University Exceptional Support Award
Jade Young

Term Instructional Faculty Promotions

Promotion to Full Professor
Elizabeth De Jonge

Promotion to Full Professor
Patrice Winter

Promotion to Full Professor
Cheryl Oetjen

Promotion to Associate Professor
Shanti Chang

Promotion to Associate Professor
Sanja Avramovic

Promotion to Associate Professor
Tracy Davidson

Promotion to Associate Professor
Victoria Garrison

Promotion to Associate Professor
Tanya Haas

Promotion to Associate Professor
Andrea Landis

Promotion to Associate Professor
Angelina Riggleman Harman

2022 College Award Winners

Staff Award Winners

Exemplary Service Award
Allison McKay
Department Manager, Nutrition and Food Studies

Outstanding Achievement Award
Irene Knoepfel
Administrative Assistant, Office of Student Affairs 

Top Performer Award
Christopher Williams
Academic Advisor, Office of Student Affairs

Employee Innovation Award
Joshua Fleck
Sr. Grants Administrator

Employee Leadership Award
Kathy Cornejo
Title IV-E Child Welfare Stipend Program Coordinator, Social Work

Faculty Award Winners

Teaching Awards

Master Teacher, Senior Faculty 
Michael Wolf-Branigin
Professor, Social Work

Master Teacher, Junior Faculty
Tanya Haas
BSN Division Director
ABSN and RN/BSN Program Coordinator
Assistant Professor, Nursing

Master Teacher, Adjunct Faculty
Kimberly Redelsheimer

Teaching Best Practices Award for an Adjunct Faculty Member
Megan Symanowitz

Research Awards

Research Impact Award
Jhumka Gupta
Associate Professor, Global and Community Health

Community Engagement Award
Rebecca Sutter
Director, Mason and Partner Clinics

Early Career Researcher Award
Jenna Krall
Assistant Professor, Global and Community Health

Student Researcher Honor Roll
Kang Shen

School of Nursing Awards 

Evelyn E. Cohelan Faculty Leadership Award
Cheryl Oetjen
Interim Director, Nursing

DAISY Foundation Award for Extraordinary Faculty
Ana Stoehr
Assistant Professor, Nursing

Mason Award

Mason Staff Alumni Award
Tracy Shevlin
Department Manager, Health Administration and Policy

2021 College Award Winners

Staff Award Winners

Outstanding Achievement Award  
Jennifer Sturgis
Administrative Assistant, Office of Faculty Affairs 

Top Performer Award
Maria Perez
Academic Advisor, Office of Student Affairs

Employee Innovation Award
Ibrahim Kargbo
Academic Advisor, Office of Student Affairs

Employee Leadership Award
Shannon Donohue
Assistant Director, Development 

Exemplary Service Award
Brian Gillette
Director, Student Success

Faculty Award Winners

Master Teacher Awards

Master Teacher, Adjunct Faculty
Lyanne Trumbull
Adjunct Faculty, Social Work

Master Teacher, Junior Faculty
Kerri LaCharite
Assistant Professor, Nutrition 

Master Teacher, Senior Faculty 
Vicki Kirsch
Associate Professor, Social Work

Beverly Middle
Assistant Professor, Nursing 

Research Awards

Student Honor Roll
Audrey Olson
Mentor: Margaret Slavin, Associate Professor, Nutrition

Tarang Parekh
Mentor: Alison Cuellar, Professor, Health Administration and Policy

Research Mentor Awards
Andrew Guccione
Professor, Rehabilitation Science

Kevin Mallinson
Associate Professor, Nursing

Shirley Travis Habit of Excellence Award
Emily Ihara
Chair, Department of Social Work
Associate Professor, Social Work

Laura Poms
Graduate and Undergraduate Program Director, Public Health
Associate Professor, Global and Community Health

School of Nursing Awards 

Evelyn E. Cohelan Faculty Leadership Award
Kevin Mallinson
Associate Professor, Nursing 

Daisy Foundation Award for Extraordinary Faculty
Catherine Renner
Adjunct Faculty, Nursing