Awards
Faculty, Staff Honors and Awards
Archived article from Oct 10, 2005
Vilna Bashi, assistant professor of sociology (NB), received a 2005-06 Fogarty International Center of the National Institute of Health Diplomacy Fellowship from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Lee Blessing, associate professor of theater arts at Mason Gross School of the Arts (NB), is a co-winner of the Outer Critics Circle Award for best off-Broadway play, “Going to Saint Ives.”
Jozef Borocz, associate professor of sociology (NB), has been awarded the Knight Cross of the Medal of Honour of the Republic of Hungary by the president of Hungary.
Esther Canty-Barnes, clinical professor of law and director of the Special Education Clinic (School of Law-Newark), was honored by the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education as a distinguished graduate of a historically black college or university.
Lee Clarke, associate professor of sociology (NB), was awarded the Distinguished Contribution Award by the Environment and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association for his contribution to the field.
Donna Dennis, associate professor (School of Law-Newark), wrote a paper on obscenity regulation in 19th-century America, one of seven out of 70 submissions selected for the Law and Humanities Junior Scholar Interdisciplinary Workshop.
Christopher Dougherty, associate dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences (Camden), has been elected vice president of the Association for Continuing Higher Education. His one-year term for this national organization’s leadership position begins in November.
Randy Gaugler, professor of entomology (Cook College), has been named a recipient of the 2006 Albert Einstein Professorship by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, based on his research into the use of microscopic nematode worms as an organic replacement for chemical insecticides.
Peter Golden, professor of history (Newark), is the first recipient of the Provost’s Distinguished Research Award for the Newark campus. Golden’s expertise in medieval Eurasian history has earned him international recognition.
Jonathan Hyman, professor (School of Law-Newark), received a Special Recognition Award from the Dispute Resolution Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association “for extraordinary service to the dispute resolution community in the passage of the Uniform Mediation Act.”
Felix James, associate provost for university outreach (Camden), was the first New Jersey resident to be named an Eisenhower Fellow for the Philadelphia International Leadership Initiative. James will travel to Turkey and Singapore to study how port city communities succeed or fail.
Dennis Kent, professor of geological sciences (NB), was awarded honoris causa from the Institute de Physique du Globe d Paris. He will be presented with the
honor in Paris in November.
Guenther Knoblich, associate professor of psychology (Newark), has received the American Psychological Association’s Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology. Knoblich is being honored for his research in the areas of perception and motor performance.
Beth Leech, associate professor of political science (NB), was awarded the Political Organizations and Parties section’s Emerging Scholar Award from the American Political Science Association.
Howard Leventhal, professor of psychology (NB), is the recipient of the 2005 annual science award of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Foundation. T recognizes lifetime achievement and contributions to the field.
Tod Marder, chair and professor of art history (NB), was invited to do research at the Centre André Chastel, Institute National d’Histoire de l’Art, in Paris.
Kenneth G. Miller, professor and chair of geological sciences (NB), was selected
as a Joint Oceanographic Institutions/U.S. Science Advisory Committee Distinguished Lecturer for 2006-2007.
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