Carlos Aguirre, Laura Pulido, and Sarah Wald among the 2019 recipients of UO’s Fund for Faculty Excellence awards
Editor’s Note: During winter and spring terms 2019, Professor Carlos Aguirre served as interim director of CLLAS. We are delighted that he is among those who were awarded a 2019-20 Fund for Faculty Excellence Award. We also would like to congratulate CLLAS affiliated faculty Laura Pulido and Sarah Wald, and other UO colleagues receiving the award.
From Around the O: 2019 Fund for Faculty Excellence award recipients announced
Fifteen UO faculty members have been selected for the prestigious Fund for Faculty Excellence awards.
The Fund for Faculty Excellence was established in 2006 with the generous support of Lorry I. Lokey and increases the university’s ability to highlight and encourage world-class research and teaching. Since 2006, more than 160 faculty members have received the awards, recognizing their excellence in creative accomplishment, education, research and scholarships.
“I am thrilled to celebrate our excellent faculty,” said Provost and Senior Vice President Jayanth Banavar. “Their scholarly and research efforts have great impact, and they inspire our students and all of us.”
Candidates are nominated by deans, with suggestions from faculty members and unit heads, and nominations are reviewed by the Fund for Faculty Excellence awards committee before a final determination is made by the provost. The award provides faculty members with a $20,000 salary supplement or $30,000 for research support.
Recipients of the Fund for Faculty Excellence awards for 2019-20 are:
- Carlos Aguirre, professor, history
- Wonhee Arndt, associate professor, product design
- Sonja Boos, associate professor, German and Scandinavian
- Erik Girvan, associate professor, law
- Volya Kapatsinski, associate professor, linguistics
- Brice Kuhl, associate professor, psychology
- Stephanie Majewski, associate professor, physics
- Brad Nolen, associate professor, chemistry and biochemistry
- Alexander Polishchuk, professor, mathematics
- Laura Pulido, professor, ethnic studies
- Eleonora Redaelli, associate professor, school of planning, public policy and management
- Dave Sutherland, associate professor, Earth sciences
- Nelson Ting, associate professor, anthropology
- Elizabeth “Liz” Tippett, associate professor, law
- Sarah Wald, associate professor, English and environmental studies
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