Board of Regents Recognizes 17 Outstanding USM Faculty Members
SU Professor Jinchul Kim with (from the left) Board of Regents Chair Clifford Kendall, SU Vice President for Administration and Finance Greig Mitchell, and USM Chancellor William E. Kirwan.
UMES Professor Joseph Okoh with Board Chair Kendall and Chancellor Kirwan.
UMUC Professor Jim Chen with Board Chair Kendall, UMUC President Susan Aldridge, and USM Chancellor Kirwan.
UB Professor Kenneth Lasson with Chancellor Kirwan, UB President Robert Bogomolny, and Board Chair Kendall.
UMB Professor Julie Zito with Chancellor Kirwan, UMB President David Ramsay, and Board Chair Kendall .
SU Professor Robert Dombrowski with Board Chair Kendall, SU Vice President for Administration and Finance Greig Mitchell, and Chancellor Kirwan.
UMCP Professor John Pease with Board Chair Kendall, UMCP President C. Dan Mote, and Chancellor Kirwan.
UMES Professor Sheila McDonald Harleston with Board Chair Kendall and Chancellor Kirwan.
SU Professor Michael Schott with Chancellor Kirwan, SU Vice President for Administration and Finance Greig Mitchell, and Board Chair Kendall.
UB Professor Edward Kemery with Chancellor Kirwan, UB President Robert Bogomolny, and Board Chair Kendall.
UMB Professor Robert Barish with Chancellor Kirwan, UMB President David Ramsay, and Board Chair Kendall.
UMCP Professors Russell Dickerson and Robert Hudson with Board Chair Kendall, UMCP President C. Dan Mote, and Chancellor Kirwan.
Honorees not pictured: Professor Susan Moeller, UMCP; Professor Bartley Griffith, UMB; Professor Ira Berlin, UMCP; and Professor Christopher Corbett, UMBC.
"These individuals exemplify the faculty talent, innovation, and dedication that make our system and our universities among the best in the nation," said Clifford M. Kendall, chairman of the board. "We salute their accomplishments and are very pleased to recognize them through this annual award."
Established in 1995, the Faculty Awards are the highest honors presented to USM faculty by the Board of Regents. Candidates for the awards are reviewed and selected by the Council of University System Faculty and approved by the board. Each award recipient receives $1,000 and a plaque of recognition for the honor.
This year's awardees are:
TEACHING
Jinchul Kim, Associate Professor of Art, Salisbury University
Susan Moeller, Associate Professor of Media and International Affairs, University of Maryland, College Park
Joseph Okoh, Professor and Chair of the Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Jim Chen, Collegiate Professor and Program Director of Information Assurance, University of Maryland University College
RESEARCH/SCHOLARSHIP/CREATIVE ACTIVITY
Kenneth Lasson, Professor, School of Law, University of Baltimore
Julie Zito, Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Bartley Griffith, Professor, School of Medicine's Department of Surgery and Chief of the Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Ira Berlin, Distinguished University Professor, Department of History, University of Maryland, College Park
MENTORING
Robert F. Dombrowski, Professor of Accounting, Salisbury University
Christopher Corbett, Professor of the Practice, Department of English, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
John Pease, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park
Sheila
McDonald Harleston, Professor of Music, University of Maryland Eastern
Shore
PUBLIC SERVICE
Michael Scott, Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Geosciences, Salisbury University
Edward Kemery, Associate Professor of Management, School of Business, University of Baltimore
Robert Barish, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine and Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore
COLLABORATION (Public Service)
Dr. Russell R. Dickerson, Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, College Park
Dr. Robert D. Hudson, Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, College Park
For more information and details on the annual nomination process, visit the Regents' Faculty Awards web page.
Contact: John Buettner
Phone: 301.445.2719
Email: jbuettner@usmd.edu