Professors honored for research, scholarly achievements and service

Chapman University has honored two biology and physics professors with its 2016-2017 Wang-Fradkin Professorships, the University’s highest recognition for faculty research.

Jennifer Funk, associate professor of biological sciences, was awarded the Senior Wang-Fradkin Professorship. The Junior Wang-Fradkin Professorship went to Justin Dressel, assistant professor of physics.

The awards were presented at the 22^nd Annual Faculty Honors Convocation hosted Friday, May 12, by Provost Glenn Pfeiffer.

The Wang-Fradkin Professorship is the highest recognition for research that Chapman bestows on a faculty member. The assistant professor will be awarded $7,500 over two years, and the senior professor will be awarded $10,000 over two years. Faculty colleagues have selected the following as the 2016-2017 Wang-Fradkin Professors.

The professorships were founded in memory of Hua-Cheng Wang, professor of political science, diplomat and expert on international law; and Cheng-Mei Fradkin, distinguished teacher, scholar and administrator.

Other faculty awards presented include:

Outstanding Teaching Professors

• As senior professor: Michael Nehring, Professor of Theatre
• As assistant professor: Kelli Fuery, Assistant Professor of Film Studies

Valerie Scudder Awards

• Jake Liang, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
• Jan Osborn, Assistant Professor of English
• Marisa Cianciarulo, Professor of Law
• Andrew Moshier, Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics

Pedagogical Innovation  

• Shira Klein, Assistant Professor of History

Diversity and Inclusion Education Curricular Innovation Award

• Denise Johnson, Instructional Assistant Professor of Art History, and Wendy Salmond, Professor of Art History
• Nam Lee, Assistant Professor of Film and Media Arts
• Stephanie Takaragawa, Assistant Professor of Sociology
• Michael Kelly, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice

The Inaugural One-Year Scholarly and Creativity Activities Release

• Richard J. Ruppel, Professor of English, Department Chair, Peace Studies

The Barbara Mulch Excellence in Academic Service Award

• Jennifer Hunnewell – Schmid College
• Kathy Arballo – College of Educational Studies

Excellence in Service

• Christopher Kim , Professor of Physical Sciences

Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activity

• Rosalee Hellberg, Assistant Professor of Food Science
• Georgiana Bostean, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, Health and Policy
• Lia Halloran, Assistant Professor of Art
• Rei Magosaki, Associate Professor of English
• Thomas Bell, Professor of Law
• Pilar Valenzuela, Associate Professor of Languages

Excellence in Teaching

• Halina Goetz, Instructor of Math and Computer Science

Award in Mentorship of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities

• Christopher Kim , Professor of Physical Sciences
• Jocelyn Buckner, Assistant Professor of Theatre

Tenure and Promotion

• Emily Carman – Awarded Tenure and Promoted to Associate Professor of Film and Media Arts
• Nam Lee – Awarded Tenure and Promoted to Associate Professor of Film and Media Arts
• Roman Buniy – Awarded Tenure and Promoted to Associate Professor of Physics
• Lynda A. Hall – Awarded Tenure and Promoted to Associate Professor of English
• Lia Halloran – Awarded Tenure and Promoted to Associate Professor of Art
• Alicia Kozameh – Awarded Tenure and Promoted to Full Professor of English
• Jan Osborn – Awarded Tenure and Promoted to Associate Professor of English
• Stephanie Takaragawa – Awarded Tenure and Promoted to Associate Professor of Sociology

Tenure

• Federico Pacchioni – Awarded Tenure as Associate Professor of Languages

Promotions

• Hank Adler – Promoted to Clinical Associate Professor of Accounting
• Brennan Peterson – Promoted to Full Professor of Psychology
• Lynne Tierney – Promoted to Clinical Full Professor of Physical Therapy
• Ian Barnard – Promoted to Full Professor of English
• Anna Leahy – Promoted to Full Professor of English
• Pilar Valenzuela – Promoted to Full Professor of Languages
• Jessica Bower – Promoted to Associate Librarian
• Kristin Laughtin-Dunker – Promoted to Associate Librarian
• Lugene Rosen – Promoted to Associate Librarian
• Rand Boyd – Promoted to Full Librarian
• Shahrzad Khosrowpour – Promoted to Full Librarian

Faculty Service Awards

Faculty Emeriti

• Lynne Doti, Professor Emeritus of Economics, George L. Argyros School of Business and Economics
• Mike Martin, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
• John Brady, Professor Emeritus of Scholarly Practice, College of Educational Studies

Faculty Emeriti in Memoriam

• Stan Califf, Professor Emeritus of Psychology
• Eli Wiesel, Distinguished Presidential Fellow

35 Years

• Michael Nehring
• Frank Frisch
• Fredric Caporaso

30 Years

• Michael Griffin
• Janell Shearer

25 Years

• Thomas Turk

20 Years

• John Boitano
• Harry Cheney
• Amy Hanson
• Michael Hass
• Polly Hodge
• Susanna Ripken
• Candace Ybarra
• Tamiko Washington

15 Years

• Peter Atherton
• Jason Bennett
• Eric Chimenti
• Warren De Bruyn
• Bruce Dehning
• Peter Jipsen
• Ravi Kathuria
• Ky Kugler
• Michael Lang
• Clara Marie Magliola
• Ronald Steiner
• Adrian Vajiac
• Mihaela Vajiac
• William Wright