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Outstanding Faculty Mentors

Mentoring is one of the central professional development pillars of graduate education. Strong mentoring is essential to the successful creation of transformative leaders, knowledge mobilizers, master learners and career navigators.

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

Join the Graduate College as we congratulate this year’s awardees in a special virtual ceremony on Monday, February 22, 2021 at 1 p.m. MST.

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Congratulations to our 2020-21 OFMA finalists:

Meg Bruening, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Leah Doane, Department of Psychology, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Elizabeth Gee, Learning Literacies and Technology, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College

Stavros Kavouras, Exercise and Nutrition, College of Health Solutions

Cynthia Keeler, Department of Physics, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Benny LeMaster, Hugh Downs School of Communication, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Wei Li, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Karen Jean Martinson, School of Music, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts

Cody Telep, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Watts College of Public Programs and Community Solutions

Yi Zheng, Learning, Literacies and Technology, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College

Adam Fine, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Watts College of Public Programs and Community Solutions

Anamitra Pal, School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Fulton Schools of Engineering

Eileen Standley, School of Music, Dance and Theatre, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts

Jennifer Blain Christen, School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Fulton Schools of Engineering

Kevin Wright, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Watts College of Public Programs and Community Solutions

Elena Rocchi, Design School, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts

Irasema Coronado, School of Transborder Studies, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Kristen Hunt, School of Music, Dance and Theatre, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts

Rebecca Blatt, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Gwyneth Gordon, School of Life Science, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Christopher Stojanowski, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Kelin Whipple, School of Earth and Space Exploration, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Outstanding Faculty Mentor Recipients

A list of Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award Recipients.

2019-20	Greg Dawson	W. P. Carey School of Business, School of Accountancy
2019-20	Mirka Koro	Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Doctoral Programs
2019-20	Tess Neal	New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
2019-20	Yang Weng	Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
2018-19	Anca Delgado	Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
2018-19	Barbara Klimek	Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, School of Social Work
2018-19	Linda Luecken	The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology
2018-19	Gabriel Shaibi	College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
2017-18	Bertha Alvarez Manninen	Associate Professor, Philosophy, School of Humanities, Arts and cultural Studies, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
2017-18	Nancy Serwint	Associate Professor, Art, School of Art, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts

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