Published: Oct. 25, 2023

Held at the Center for British and Irish Studies, the annual Fall Convocation and Awards Ceremony on Oct. 13 celebrated the remarkable achievements of 122 faculty members at CU Boulder. The event recognized their outstanding contributions in the domains of teaching, scholarship, leadership and service. Notably, the ceremony highlighted the distinguished faculty who had recently attained tenure or promotion, as well as those who received the prestigious Provost’s Achievement Award.

Vice Provost Michele Moses and the Office of Faculty Affairs hosted this annual awards ceremony, in coordination with Chancellor Philip DiStefano and Provost Russell Moore, who opened the event with welcoming remarks, highlighting the global impact and importance of CU Boulder faculty in fostering student success and academic excellence.

Below is a list of this year's awardees.

Provost’s Faculty Achievement Awards

Pre-tenure faculty

  • Tanya Alderete, Integrative Physiology, for her research article demonstrating the health effects of environmental toxicants such as air pollution on the human gut microbiome
  • Kyri Baker, Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering, for her article titled “Emulating AC OPF Solvers with Neural Networks”.
  • Benjamin Shear, Education, for his publication titled “Causal Inference and COVID: Contrasting Methods for Evaluating Pandemic Impacts Using State Assessments”
  • Rui Zhang, Business, for his article, “Influence Maximization with Latency Requirements on Social Networks”

Post-tenure faculty

  • Taylor Barton, Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering, for her series of papers in the area of radio frequency (RF) and microwave active circuit design
  • Nicole Lovenduski, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, for her set of papers published from 2007 to 2019 that focus on how the Southern Oceans absorb CO2
  • Samira Mehta, Women & Gender Studies, for her body of work in the areas of Jewish American culture, race and sexuality since World War II, with a focus on interfaith and mixed-race families
  • Greg Rieker, Mechanical Engineering, for his body of work on laser-based sensing controls for environmental applications
  • Christophe Spaenjers, Business, his body of work on alternative investments and price formation in the markets for “real” assets

Faculty receiving tenure

  • Asaf Bernstein, Business
  • L. Cinnamon Bidwell, Psychology & Neuroscience
  • Michael A. Calkins, Physics
  • Jeffrey C. Cameron, Biochemistry
  • Jeronimo Carballo, Economics
  • David M. Ciplet, Environmental Studies
  • Torin K. Clark, Aerospace Engineering Sciences
  • Sherri M. Cook, Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
  • Lisa A. Corwin, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
  • Emiliano Dall'Anese, Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering
  • Annette de Stecher, Art & Art History
  • Robin J. Deeley, Mathematics
  • Xiaoyun Ding, Mechanical Engineering
  • David F. Drake, Business
  • Nickoal Eichmann-Kalwara, University Libraries
  • John Farnsworth, Aerospace Engineering Sciences
  • Iskra Fileva, Philosophy
  • Jolene Fisher, Advertising, Public Relations & Media Design
  • Jerome M. Fox, Chemical & Biological Engineering
  • Stacy R. Gilbert, University Libraries
  • Christoffer R. Heckman, Computer Science
  • Adam Holewinski, Chemical & Biological Engineering
  • Roselinde H. Kaiser, Psychology & Neuroscience
  • Adam F. Kowalski, Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences
  • Daniel B. Larremore, Computer Science
  • Jingchun Li, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
  • Nathan T. Marshall, Business
  • Geoffrey Marslett, Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts
  • Adam McCloskey, Economics
  • Orit Peleg, Computer Science
  • Erik Radio, University Libraries
  • Jeremy Reger, Music
  • Colleen E. Reid, Geography
  • Shawhin Roudbari, Environmental Design
  • Natasha Shrikant, Communication
  • Scott K. Shriver, Business
  • Kathryn Elaine Snell, Geological Sciences
  • Kyle J. Thomas, Sociology
  • Ashutosh Trivedi, Computer Science
  • Eric Alan Vance, Applied Mathematics
  • Marina E. Vance, Mechanical Engineering
  • Nicholas Villanueva, Ethnic Studies
  • Helanius J. Wilkins, Theatre & Dance
  • Eric Wustrow, Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering

Faculty hired with tenure

  • Daniel E. Acuña, Computer Science
  • Steven Ayer, Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
  • Amir Behzadan, Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
  • Roland Benoit, Psychology & Neuroscience, Institute of Cognitive Science
  • Aditi S. Bhaskar, Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
  • Theodora Chaspari, Computer Science
  • Rosemary Cowell, Psychology & Neuroscience
  • Shamika Dalton, University Libraries, Law
  • Sharon DeWitte, Anthropology, Institute of Behavioral Science
  • Pratheepan Gulasekaram, Law
  • David Huber, Psychology & Neuroscience
  • Sarah Jackson, Anthropology
  • Eric Jones, Anthropology
  • Vijay Khatri, Business
  • Kelly Parkes, Music
  • Evan Peck, Information Science
  • Chandra Reynolds, Psychology & Neuroscience, Institute of Behavioral Genetics
  • Daria Roithmayr, Law
  • Wadie Said, Law
  • Nancy J. Stevens, Anthropology, CU Museum of Natural History
  • Jillian Turanovic, Sociology, Institute of Behavioral Science

Faculty promoted to full professor

  • Francisca Antman, Economics
  • Holly Barnard, Geography
  • Nicholas Carthy, Music
  • John Anthony Cookson, Business
  • Nikolaus J. Correll, Computer Science
  • Oliver DeWolfe, Physics
  • Chuan He, Business
  • Jerry Jacka, Anthropology
  • Carla Jones, Anthropology
  • Joseph H. Jupille, Political Science
  • Joel L. Kaar, Chemical & Biological Engineering
  • Margot E. Kaminski, Law
  • Kai Larsen, Business
  • Jeanne Liotta, Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts
  • Christopher Lowry, Integrative Physiology
  • Julie Lundquist, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
  • Alexia Brunet Marks, Law
  • Margaret McDonald, Music
  • Elizabeth J. Meyer, Education
  • Claire Monteleoni, Computer Science
  • Jeffrey C. Nytch, Music
  • Cecilia J. Pang, Theatre & Dance
  • David C. Pyrooz, Sociology
  • Cindy Anne Regal, Physics
  • Caroline B. Sinkinson, University Libraries
  • Anand Edward Sokhey, Political Science
  • Douglas Spencer, Law

Faculty promoted to principal instructor

  • Amy Bauer, Law
  • Daniel Brown, Business
  • Francisco Castro, Mechanical Engineering
  • Janet Lynn Donavan, Political Science
  • Emily Edwards, Business
  • Hardy Fredricksmeyer, Herbst Program for Engineering, Ethics & Society
  • David Gross, Business
  • Ruth E. Heisler, Integrative Physiology
  • Marianne Holbert, Environmental Design
  • Derek Kiernan-Johnson, Law
  • Sangbok Kim, Asian Languages & Civilizations
  • Jeffrey Knutsen, Mechanical Engineering
  • Mary K. Long, Spanish & Portuguese
  • Jade Polizzi, Environmental Design
  • Shalom Ruben, Mechanical Engineering
  • Stacy Lynn Schulte, Environmental Design
  • Trudy Schwartz, Aerospace Engineering Sciences
  • Michael A. Soltys, General Engineering
  • Gabrielle Stafford, Law
  • Todd Stafford, Law
  • Harry Mohr Starn, Business
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