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2018 Awardees for Faculty Excellence, Mentoring and Core Values Announced

2018 Awardees for Faculty Excellence, Mentoring and Core Values Announced

The 2018 Awardees for Faculty Excellence, Mentoring and Core Values will be honored during the closing ceremony of Research and Innovation Week, 4-6pm in the Nippert Stadium Presidential Suite (this is an invitation only event).

Research and Innovation Week (April 9-13th, 2018) at The University of Cincinnati welcomes all audiences in recognizing and supporting collaborative research that has the potential for environmental, social, and economic impact. Over the course of the week, various disciplines revolving around the 2018 theme (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure for enhanced well-being and livelihoods) will be highlighted by our fascinating thought leaders. To learn more about Research and Innovation Week 2018, the list of events, and to register/volunteer see http://research.uc.edu/researchweek.


2018 Faculty Excellence Awardees

Awarded by the Office of the Provost and the Office of Research

The Award for Faculty Excellence is intended to annually recognize outstanding faculty members in each college who represent excellence in all its forms. These awards are for those individuals nominated by their leadership in recognition for exceptional performance in their college or department during the past year. They may have done an outstanding job of service in an especially significant fashion; perhaps their research has received special recognition; or their teaching has been especially innovative or important in meeting new milestones or changing the department or college culture. It is important that the nominee embody the Principles of a Just Community in practice through civility, honor, inclusion, integrity, or the promotion of justice.


  • Amy Lind

    Arts and Sciences

  • William Connick

    Arts and Sciences

  • Heather Vough

    Business

  • Jaime Windeler

    Business

  • Sam Anand

    Engineering and Applied Science

  • Nan Niu

    Engineering and Applied Science

  • Julie Gill

    UC Blue Ash

  • Pam Rankey

    UC Blue Ash College

  • Jeanine Goodin

    Nursing

  • Sharon Burns

    UC Clermont College

  • Cliff Larrabee

    UC Clermont College

  • Giovanni Pauletti

    Pharmacy

  • Michael Doherty

    Pharmacy

  • Bruce Giffin

    Medicine

  • Kristin Kalsem

    Law

  • Felix Chang

    Law

  • James Canfield

    Allied Health Sciences

  • Renee Seward

    Design, Architecture,
    Art, and Planning

  • Edson Cabalfin

    Design, Architecture,
    Art, and Planning

  • Michelle Conda

    College-Conservatory of Music

  • Richard Hess

    College-Conservatory of Music

  • Susam Bourke

    Education, Criminal Justice,
    and Human Services

  • Vicki Plano Clark

    Education, Criminal Justice,
    and Human Services

  • James Lee

    UC Libraries

2018 Research Mentoring Awardees

Awarded by the Office of the Provost and the Office of Research

The Award for Faculty-to-Faculty Research Mentoring is intended to annually recognize outstanding faculty members in each college who have demonstrated research mentorship with faculty at various stages of their careers. Research mentorship may manifest itself in various forms, with the understanding that many times mentorship is discipline-specific, and these various forms of mentorship will be considered equally.


  • Ann Porter

    College-Conservatory of Music

  • Brian Kinkle

    Arts and Sciences

  • Kelly Cohen

    Engineering and Applied Science

  • Donna Shambley-Ebron

    Nursing

  • Karen Lankisch

    UC Clermont College

  • Gary Gudelsky

    Pharmacy

  • Daniel Woo

    Medicine

  • Kari Dunning

    Allied Health Sciences

  • Mark Godsey

    Law

  • John Wooldredge

    Education, Criminal Justice,
    and Human Services

2018 Core Values Awardees

Awarded by the Office of Research

The Core Values Award is a new category offered through the University of Cincinnati Office of Research in recognition of faculty who have demonstrated respectfulness, positivity, and overall professionalism in their interactions with the Office of Research staff.


  • Jacinda Dariotis

    Education, Criminal Justice,
    and Human Services

  • Brian Earl

    Allied Health Sciences

  • Jose Cancelas-Perez

    Hoxworth Blood Center