Faculty and staff members honored for their outstanding work and service

Binghamton University faculty and staff have been recognized by the SUNY chancellor and the University’s provost and executive vice president for academic affairs for excellence and dedication to their work. Some additional awards will be announced later this year.

The SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence are system-level honors bestowed on individuals who have demonstrated superior professional achievement in several categories, including: classified service, faculty service, librarianship, professional service, scholarship, and creative activities and teaching.

The University acknowledges exceptional work through University and provost’s awards, as well as the Binghamton Council/Foundation Award.

“Binghamton University is fortunate to have so many hard-working, talented and accomplished faculty and staff,” President Harvey Stenger said. “These awards are a testament to their abilities as teachers, scholars, mentors and as people who help the University live up to its mission each and every day. My congratulations go out to this group of award recipients for this most deserving recognition. Their work is what makes Binghamton University one of the top public universities in the country.”

“I am always amazed by the terrific diversity in professional skills demonstrated by the list of chancellor’s, provost’s and University award winners,” Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Donald Hall said. “The University’s faculty and staff consistently go above and beyond in serving students and their fellow employees and these awards are a symbol of our gratitude — and the chancellor’s recognition — of their efforts.”

Recipients will be honored at a dinner during the fall semester.

This year’s recipients are:

SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence

Excellence in Adjunct Teaching

• Therese Cingranelli, Political Science

• Dale Iannone, Health and Wellness Studies

Excellence in Teaching

• Sean Dunwoody, History

• Gina Glasman, Judaic Studies

• Jennifer Gordon, Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership

• Clarice Kelleher, Chemistry

• Benjamin Turnpenny, Chemistry

Excellence in Faculty Service

• Andrew Walkling, Art History, English and Theatre

Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities

• Christopher Bishop, Psychology

• Howard Brown, History

• Tom McDonough, Art History

• Shahrzad (Sherry) Towfighian, Mechanical Engineering

Excellence in Professional Service

• Andrew Tucci, Educational Communications Center

• Marissa Zelman, Research Foundation

Excellence in Classified Service

• Sherri Hall, University Libraries

• Carol Pasquale, Campus Mail Services

Lois B. DeFleur Faculty Prize for Academic Achievement

• Neha Khanna, Economics

University Award for Excellence in International Education

• Elizabeth Kradjian, Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science

Provost’s Awards

Faculty Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring

• Michel Shamoon Pour, Molecular and Biomedical Anthropology and the First-year Research Immersion Program

Outstanding Graduate Director

• Loretta (Lucky) Mason-Williams, Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership

Excellence in Community-Engaged Teaching

• Joseph Leeson-Schatz, English

Excellence in Community-Engaged Scholarship

• Judith Quaranta, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Excellence in Interprofessional Education

• Emily Leppien, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Binghamton University Council/Foundation Awards

• John H. Starks Jr., Classical Studies

• Quanison Wright, University Police