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.
The 2024-25 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 |