Resources for Faculty and Staff
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.
2025-26 Outstanding Faculty Mentors
Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award recipients through the years
| Award Year | Recipient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Igor Shovkovy | Outstanding Postdoctoral Mentor College of Integrative Sciences and Arts |
| 2025-26 | Katelyn Cooper | Outstanding Master’s Mentor The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| 2025-26 | Nicole Bowers | Outstanding Instructional Faculty Mentor Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching |
| 2024-2025 | Kelly Jackson | Outstanding Doctoral Mentor Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions |
| 2024-2025 | Jeffrey Wilson | Outstanding Postdoctoral Mentor Professor, Department of Economics, W.P. Carey School of Business |
| 2024-2025 | Joshua Daymude | Outstanding Master's Mentor Assistant Professor, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering |
| 2024-2025 | Nalini Chhetri | Outstanding Instructional Faculty Mentor Clinical Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, College of Global Futures |
| 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 |