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Outstanding Faculty Mentors

Mentoring is one of the central professional development pillars of graduate education. Every year, the Graduate College recognizes outstanding faculty members for their service to the graduate student and postdoctoral scholar communities through mentoring excellence, commitment to professional development and career advancement, and fostering inclusive, collaborative academic environments. Active, committed mentors not only offer coaching, modeling and feedback in academic and career development but also provide essential psychosocial and interpersonal connection and support.

The 2023-24 Outstanding Faculty Mentors are:

Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award recipients through the years

Award Year Recipient
2023-2024 Cindi SturtzSreetharan

Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Division of Social Sciences, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

2023-2024 Arvind Varsani

Professor, School of Life Sciences and Biodesign Center for Fundamental & Applied Microbiomics, Division of Natural Sciences, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

2023-2024 Allan Colbern

Assistant Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences

2023-2024 Amy Markos

Clinical Associate Professor, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College

2022-23 Wei Li

School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning and School of Social Transformation, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

2022-23 Anthony Peguero

School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions

2022-23 Adela Grando

Biomedical Informatics, College of Health Solutions

2022-23 Jada Ach

College of Integrative Sciences and Arts

2021-22 Jeffrey Jensen

Professor, School of Life Sciences, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

2021-22 Carla Firetto

Assistant Professor, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College