Photo Gallery: Meet Saint Mary’s 2024 Faculty Award Winners and Provost’s Faculty Research Grant Recipients

The annual Saint Mary’s Scholars Reception—which took place the evening of Friday, March 15 at the Soda Center—brought together SMC faculty members and academic leadership in a celebratory spirit of collegiality, camaraderie, and fellowship. It was an opportunity to present awards for teaching, scholarship, and service. And it was an occasion to announce recipients of the Provost’s Faculty Research Grant—a program that provides support for critical research throughout the College.

In the coming weeks, through the “Explore More” series, we’ll take a deeper dive into each of the honorees and grant recipients. In the meantime, here’s a sneak peek into this year’s Faculty Award winners and recipients of the Provost’s Faculty Research Grant, including the name and theme of their research project. Be sure to check out the photo gallery and get a taste of the fun, warmth, and excitement of this year’s Scholars Reception!

Faculty Award Winners

• Yin Yuan, PhD, English  | Early Career Award
• Mark Lingwood, PhD, Chemistry | Service Award
• Nekesha Williams, PhD, Environmental & Earth Science | Teaching Excellence Award
• Costanza Dopfel, PhD, Art and Art History | Outstanding Scholar Award
• Michael Viola, PhD, Ethnic Studies | Inclusive Excellence, Justice and Liberation Award
• Elise Miller, PhD, Collegiate Seminar | Dr. John Dennis Distinguished Teaching Award
• Cathy Finger-Podolsky, PhD, Accounting  | Advising Excellence Award

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Provost’s Faculty Research Grant Recipients

• Joel Burley, PhD | Air Quality Monitoring at SMC and Remote NPS and USFS Sites 
• Catherine Marie Davalos, MFA | Nepantla (dance theater work) 
• Andrew Mount, EdD | Taxonomy of Forms and Symbols for “Precium Vitae Formulae—Pretium Rectum Est” (Value of Life Formula—The Price is Right) 
• Chi-An Emhoff, PhD | Exercise Metabolism and Performance Across the Menstrual Cycle 
• Kathryn Koo, PhD | Repair: The Case for Black Reparations in Chesnutt, Faulkner, and Morrison 
• Bedford Palmer II, PhD | Shame, Guilt, and Empowerment as Moderators of Social Justice Education 
• Stacey Robbins, PhD | Jewish American identity development in times of crisis

Faculty Innovative Pedagogy:

Rebecca Anguiano, PhD; Stephanie D’Costa, PhD; Mackenzie O’Neill, PhD; Mireille (Mimi) Ukeye, PhD - Critical Research Methodology in Psychology

Congratulations to all of our Scholars Reception award winners and grant recipients, and watch for the first installment of the 2024 “Explore More” series. 

Scholars Reception in Photos

Photos by Richard Trinh