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 2023-24 Outstanding Faculty Mentors are:

Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award recipients through the years

Award Year	Recipient
2015	Margaret Schmidt	Assistant Director, Professor, School of Music, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
2015	Donald L. Fixico	Distinguished Foundation Professor of History, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2015	Paul Westerhoff	Senior Advisor to the Provost for Engineering and Science, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
2014	Sethuraman (Panch) Panchanathan	School of Computing, Informatics and Decision Systems Engineering
2014	Alfredo J. Artiles	Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
2014	Pamela Swan	Associate Professor, Exercise and Wellness, School of Nutrition and Health Promotion
2013	Elizabeth A. Segal	Professor of Social Work, College of Public Programs
2013	James B. Blasingame Jr.	Associate Professor of English, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2013	Marilyn P. Carlson	Professor of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2012	Elizabeth (Beth) Blue Swadener	Professor of Culture, Society and Education / Justice and Social Inquiry, School of Social Transformation, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences