Annual Faculty Awards
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Each year, Saint Mary’s College of California recognizes tenure-track faculty members for their excellence in several key areas, including teaching excellence, early career achievement, service, advising excellence, inclusive excellence, justice & liberation, and outstanding scholarship.
Each award recipient receives a monetary award, certificate, and their name will be displayed on a plaque located in the Academic Affairs Library.
Recipients of the 2023 Faculty Awards are as follows:
- Dr. Taj (Toni) Johns, KSOE – Dr. John Dennis Teaching Excellence Award
- Dr. Bedford Palmer II, Counseling Department – Inclusive Excellence, Justice and Liberation Award
- Dr. Mary Raygoza, Teacher Education – Early Career Award
- Dr. Aaron Lee, Physics & Astronomy – Early Career Award
- Dr. Robin Dunn, Kinesiology – Service Award
- Dr. Scott Schönfeldt-Aultman, Communication – Teaching Excellence Award
- Dr. Manisha Anantharaman, Justice, Community & Leadership – Outstanding Scholar Award
- Dr. Ellen Rigsby, Communication – Advising Excellence Award
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Provost Grant and Sabbatical Recipients
Provost Research Grant Recipients 2023:
- Dr. Jackson Battista | A New Economic History of Deindustrialization
- Dr. Amy Chu | Tuning the reactivity of metal carbon dioxide complexes for carbon dioxide recycling to carbon monoxide
- Dr. Loan Thi Dao | At 50: Confluences & Changes in Little Saigon since 1975
- Dr. Stephanie D’Costa | Anti-Colonial School Psychology Learning Collaborative
- Dr. Robin J. Dunn | Get Sportable: Using Sport to Integrate Students at Risk of Social Exclusion in School
- Professor Rogelio Lopez | Folklorico: an exploration of the current dance form in the U.S. and Mexico, emphasizing technique and queer culture
- Dr. Myrna Santiago | ‘The Day the World Ended:’ An Environmental History of the 1931 and 1972 Managua Earthquakes
- Dr. Mireille “Mimi” Ukeye and Dr. Kristen Freeman | A School Based Intervention Program for Students Experiencing Stress and Anxiety after School Closure
- Professor Jia Wu | A short Dance Film: 美國母女 MEI GUO MU NV (Mothers and Daughters)
Innovative Pedagogy Grant Recipient:
Dr. Costanza Dopfel | AH374 – Art Conservation and Restoration
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2021–22 Sabbatical Recipients
- Dr. Rebecca Anguiano
- Dr. Zeynep Atalay
- Dr. Michael Barram
- Dr. Robert Bulman
- Dr. Vidya Chandrasekaran
- Dr. Andrew Conner
- Dr. Emily Hause Brooks
- Dr. Hilda Ma
- Dr. Claude-Rheal Malary
- Dr. Marie Pagliarini
- Dr. Bedford Palmer II
- Dr. Michael Viola
Scenes from the Scholars Reception
Dozens of Saint Mary's faculty, staff, and supporters attended the 2023 Scholars Reception to honor and pay tribute to their colleagues.
