UCF Faculty Excellence is proud to announce this year’s recipients of the Teaching, Research and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning incentive awards.
These annual awards recognize the contributions of faculty who deliver high-quality undergraduate and graduate educations; advance the body of knowledge in their field through research, scholarship and creative activity; and use evidence-based methods to understand better effective teaching and student learning.
“These awards are one way to recognize the impact of the work our faculty engage in as they contribute to the core mission of UCF,” said Jana L. Jasinski, UCF vice provost of Faculty Excellence.
Recipients in each of the three following awards categories receive a cash award and a salary increase.
The 2019-2020 Teaching Incentive Program Award Recipients
College of Arts and Humanities
Farida Cato, English
Amanda Snyder, History
Rita De Luca Guerriero, Modern Languages and Literatures
Martha Garcia, Modern Languages and Literatures
Jeremy Hunt, Music
Chung Park, Music
Sabatino Dibernardo, Philosophy
Nicholas Shrubsole, Philosophy
Megan Lambert, Writing and Rhetoric
Melissa Pompos, Writing and Rhetoric
Adele Richardson, Writing and Rhetoric
Philip Peters, Nicholson School of Communication and Media
College of Medicine
Emily Bradshaw, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences
Adrienne Gorman, Medical Education
College of Nursing
Desiree Diaz, Nursing Practice
Francisco Guido-Sanz, Nursing Practice
College of Optics and Photonics
Axel Schulzgen
College of Sciences
Michael Callaghan, Anthropology
Neil Duncan, Anthropology
Joanna Mishtal, Anthropology
Christa Diercksen, Biology
Kenneth Fedorka, Biology
Anna Savage, Biology
Rani Vajravelu, Biology
Erin Saitta, Chemistry
Michael Chini, Physics
Jeffrey Bedwell, Psychology
Jeffrey Cassisi, Psychology
Karen Mottarella, Psychology
Valerie Sims, Psychology
Erica Kight, Nicholson School of Communication and Media
College of Business Administration
Lisa Baudot, Accounting
Jeffrey Reinking, Accounting
David Harrison, Finance
Helen Becker, Management
Carolyn Massiah, Marketing
College of Community Innovation and Education
Gail Humiston, Criminal Justice
Su-I Hou, Health Management and Informatics
Amanda Walden, Health Management and Informatics
David Mitchell, School of Public Administration
Chia-Yuan Yu, School of Public Administration
Nicole Damico, School of Teacher Education
Sherron Roberts, School of Teacher Education
Taylar Wenzel, School of Teacher Education
College of Graduate Studies
Lori Walters, School of Modeling, Simulation, and Training
College of Health Professions and Sciences
Jacqueline Towson, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Suha Saleh, Health Sciences
Nicole Dawson, School of Kinesiology and Physical Therapy
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Woo Hyoung Lee, Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering
Talea Mayo, Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering
Dingbao Wang, Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering
Hassan Foroosh, Computer Science
Pamela Wisniewski, Computer Science
Jiann-Shiun Yuan, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kareem Ahmed, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Rosen College of Hospitality Management
Vicki Lavendol, Hospitality Services
Jeeyeon Hahm, Tourism, Events and Attractions
The 2019-2020 Research Incentive Awards Recipients
College of Arts and Humanities
Sonia Stephens, English
Sandra Sousa, Modern Languages and Literatures
Laszlo Marosi, Music
Jeffrey Rupert, Music
Jonathan Beever, Philosophy
Luis Favela, Philosophy
Cheryl Briggs, School of Visual Arts and Design
Ilenia Colon Mendoza, School of Visual Arts and Design
Matthew Dombrowski, School of Visual Arts and Design
Philip Peters, Nicholson School of Communication and Media
Matthew Mosher, Nicholson School of Communication and Media
Anastasia Salter, Nicholson School of Communication and Media
College of Business Administration
Yu Tian, Accounting
David Harrison, Finance
Yan Lu, Finance
James Combs, Management
Marshall Schminke, Management
College of Medicine
Cristina Fernandez-Valle, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences
Kenneth Teter, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences
College of Nursing
Victoria Loerzel, Nursing Practice
College of Optics and Photonics
Demetrios Christodoulides
College of Sciences
Scott Branting, Anthropology
Lisa Chambers , Biology
Anna Savage, Biology
Andres Campiglia, Chemistry
Yulia Gerasimova, Chemistry
Deguang Han, Mathematics
Zixia Song, Mathematics
Zenghu Chang, Physics
Michael Chini, Physics
Elena Flitsiyan, Physics
Gunes Tezcur, School of Politics, Security and International Affairs
Kimberly Renk , Psychology
Timothy Hawthorne, Sociology
Fernando Rivera, Sociology
College of Community Innovation and Education
Matthew Nobles, Criminal Justice
Jennifer Peck, Criminal Justice
Su-I Hou, Health Management and Informatics
Laurie Campbell, Learning Science and Educational Research
Chia-Yuan Yu, School of Public Administration
Staci Zavattaro, School of Public Administration
Joyce Nutta, School of Teacher Education
William Russell, School of Teacher Education
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Hassan Foroosh, Computer Science
Pamela Wisniewski, Computer Science
Reza Abdolvand, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vladimir Boginski, Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
Yang Yang, Materials Science and Engineering
Kareem Ahmed, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
College of Health Professions and Sciences
William Hanney, School of Kinesiology and Physical Therapy
Kimberley Gryglewicz, School of Social Work
Tracy Wharton, School of Social Work
Rosen College Hospitality Management
Xiaoxiao Fu, Tourism, Events and Attractions
Ady Milman, Tourism, Events and Attractions
Division of Digital Learning
Aimee deNoyelles, Center for Distributed Learning
The 2019-20 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award Recipients
Jacqueline Towson, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Health Professions and Sciences
Magdalena Pasarica, Medical Education, College of Medicine
Mindi Anderson, Nursing Practice, College of Nursing
Linda Walters Biology, College of Sciences
Erin Saitta, Chemistry, College of Sciences
Issa Batarseh , Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science
