Faculty Award Winners

At commencement and other ceremonies this spring, the following members of the Tulane faculty and adjunct faculty received awards for their teaching.

President’s Office

President’s Award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional School Teaching: Norman Kreisman, professor of physiology Recognition certificates: John Perdew, professor of physics; Peter Fos, associate professor of health systems management

President’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching: Venkat Subramaniam, associate professor of finance Recognition certificates: Madeleine Dobie, assistant professor of French and Italian; Brent Koplitz, professor of chemistry; David Hurley, associate professor of cell and molecular biology; Gary Dohanich, professor of psychology; J. Timmons Roberts, associate professor of sociology

President’s Award for Excellence in Research (recognition certificates): Jiang He, assistant professor of epidemiology; Robert Folger, professor of organizational behavior; Lisa Fauci, professor of math; Geoffrey Harpham, professor and chair of English; Gabriel Navar, professor and chair of physiology

School of Architecture

Outstanding teaching awards: John Klingman, professor

J. Herndon Thomson Fellowship for Faculty Travel: Scott Wall, associate professor

A.B. Freeman School of Business

James T. Murphy Teaching Excellence Award: David Lesmond, assistant professor; James Marvel, adjunct instructor

Erich Sternberg Award for Faculty Research: Jevons Lee, associate dean

Irving H. LaValle Research Award: Robert Folger, professor

Outstanding Young Researcher Award: Joe Labianca, assistant professor

Harold W. Wissner Award (voted on by the BSM class): David Lesmond, assistant professor

Harold W. Wissner Award (voted on by the MBA class): Venkat Subramaniam, associate professor

BSM Teacher Honor Roll: Tom Gerace, director of business school information services; Jennie Phillips, adjunct professor; Sidney Pulitzer, adjunct instructor; Michael Wilson, adjunct instructor

MBA Teacher Honor Roll: James Marvel, adjunct instructor; William Reese, assistant professor; Daniel Skarlicki, adjunct professor; Robert Wiggins, assistant professor Asia Executive MBA Teacher Awards Outstanding Professor: Daniel Skarlicki, adjunct professor. Runners-up: Ed Strong, associate professor; John Trapani, senior associate dean

Chile Executive MBA Teacher Awards Outstanding Professor: James Biteman, adjunct professor. Runners-up: Jeffrey Barach, professor; Robert Nixon, assistant professor; Paul Spindt, professor

School of Engineering

Alpha Eta Mu Beta Biomedical Engineering Teacher of the Year Awards: Kay Dee, assistant professor; Glen Livesay, assistant professor; Natalia Trayanova, associate professor

Raymond V. Bailey Chemical Engineering Department Annual Outstanding Teaching Award: Kyriakos Papadopoulos, professor and chair

American Society of Civil Engineers Faculty Award for Teaching in Civil Engineering: Jack Grubbs, professor and chair

Upsilon Pi Epsilon Excellence in Teaching Award in Computer Science: Bill Buckles, professor Eta Kappa Nu/IEEE Excellence in Teaching in Electrical Engineering: Andrew Martinez, associate professor

Pi Tau Sigma/ASME Excellence in Teaching Award in Mechanical Engineering: Calvin Mackie, assistant professor

Lee H. Johnson Award for Teaching Excellence: Natalia Trayanova, associate professor of biomedical engineering

Graduate School

Graduate School Student Association Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching: John Perdew, professor of physics

Law School

The Felix Frankfurter Distinguished Teaching Award: Michael Collins, professor The Monte M. Lemann Distinguished Teaching Award: Anthony J. Correro III, adjunct professor

Liberal Arts and Sciences

E. Sheldon Hackney Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award: David Hurley, associate professor of cell and molecular biology LAS Faculty Research Awards: Ronna Harris, associate professor of art; Radu Bogdan, professor of philosophy

School of Medicine

Tulane University Medical Center Teaching Scholar Award: Kevin Krane, professor of medicine-nephrology; Peter J. Fos, associate professor of health systems management

Gloria P. Walsh Award for Excellence in Teaching: Marc Kahn, associate professor of medicine

Newcomb College

Mortar Board Award for Excellence in Teaching: Gary Dohanich, professor of psychology

Newcomb Alumnae Association Award for Excellence in Teaching: Rachel Devlin, assistant professor of history Alpha Lambda Delta Advisor Award: Marilyn Brown, professor of art

School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Award for Excellence in Teaching: Janet Hughes, professor of biostatistics

Tulane College

Tulane College Student Body Award for Excellence in Teaching: Jeff Gardner, assistant professor of physics

Tulane College Senior Class Outstanding Advisor Award for Exemplary Service to Students: George Bernstein, associate professor of history Tulane College Senate Award for Distinguished Service to Tulane University: Bodo Gotzkowsky, John T. Krumpelmann Professor of German

University College

John Percy Dyer Award for Teaching Excellence: Geoffrey Lutz (A&S ’85, MBA ’92), adjunct professor of management