Please join me in congratulating the 2022 University Faculty Award recipients. The individuals listed below have contributed immeasurably to the AU community, to their disciplines, and to the lives of their students and colleagues. They have demonstrated excellence in their teaching, scholarship, and service, as well as in their efforts to promote diversity and inclusion. Many thanks to the Faculty Senate’s University Faculty Awards Committee for their conscientious review of this year’s nominations, with special thanks to Lilian Baeza-Mendoza for serving as chair. 

I am also pleased to announce the faculty members who have reached milestone anniversaries ranging from 25 to 50 years of service, as well as recent and upcoming retirees. I know you join me in honoring these dedicated colleagues, who have shaped American University in so many significant ways. 

Congratulations and thanks to all of our 2022 honorees for their exceptional contributions!

University Faculty Awards

Faculty Award for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Sonya A. Grier, Marketing, Kogod School of Business

Morton Bender Prize
Malini Ranganathan, School of International Service

Outstanding Community Engagement Award
Laura Waters Hinson, School of Communication

Outstanding Contribution to Fostering Collaborative Scholarship Award
Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Justice, Law and Criminology, School of Public Affairs & School of Education

Outstanding Scholarship, Research, Creative Activity, and Other Professional Contributions Award
Heng Xu, Information Technology and Analytics, Kogod School of Business

Outstanding Service to the University Community in a Tenure-Line or Continuing Appointment Award
Kiho Kim, Environmental Science, College of Arts and Sciences

Outstanding Service to the University Community in a Term-Line Appointment Award
William J. Snape III, Washington College of Law

Outstanding Teaching in a Full-Time Tenure-Line Appointment Award
Margot Susca, School of Communication

Outstanding Teaching in a Full-Time Term-Line Appointment Award
Jason T. Snyder, School of Education

Outstanding Teaching in an Adjunct Appointment Award
Peter Kimball, School of Communication
Rainey Ransom, Justice, Law and Criminology, School of Public Affairs

Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award
David Keplinger, Literature, College of Arts and Sciences

Years of Service Honorees

Adjunct Faculty – 25+ Years of Service
Yuliya Gorenman, Performing Arts, College of Arts and Sciences
Gary Keith Griffin, School of Communication
Alicia Kopfstein, Performing Arts, College of Arts and Sciences
Theresa Lazar, Performing Arts, College of Arts and Sciences
Douglas A. Little, Economics, College of Arts and Sciences
Michael D. Mason, Washington College of Law
Paul Morella, Washington College of Law
Frank G. Rangoussis, Government, School of Public Affairs
Nelson W. Rupp Jr., Washington College of Law
Mark Sherman, Office of Global and Immersive Studies
Diane Weinroth, Washington College of Law

25 Years of Service
Mohammed Abu-Nimer, School of International Service
Padideh Ala’i, Washington College of Law
W. Joseph Campbell, School of Communication
Susan D. Carle, Washington College of Law
Christine BN Chin, School of International Service
Augustine I. Duru, Accounting and Taxation, Kogod School of Business
Lewis A. Grossman, Washington College of Law
Randolph Persaud, School of International Service
Luis Silva, Art, College of Arts and Sciences
Paul R. Williams, School of International Service & Washington College of Law

30 Years of Service
Diane F. Orentlicher, Washington College of Law

35 Years of Service
Anthony H. Ahrens, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Alan G. Isaac, Economics, College of Arts and Sciences
Olga E. Rojer, World Languages and Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences

40 Years of Service
Robert D. Dinerstein, Washington College of Law
James P. May, Washington College of Law
Pamela S. Nadell, History, College of Arts and Sciences

45 Years of Service
Robert Johnson, Justice, Law and Criminology, School of Public Affairs

50 Years of Service
Laura I. Langbein, Public Administration and Policy, School of Public Affairs

Retiring Faculty

William Belding, School of International Service
William Bellows, Management, Kogod School of Business
Jim Girard, Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
Pek Koon Heng, School of International Service
Jill A. Klein, Information Technology and Analytics, Kogod School of Business
Chris Lewis, University Library
Emily L. Lindsay, Accounting and Taxation, Kogod School of Business
Eric J. Novotny, School of International Service
Leigh A. Riddick, Finance and Real Estate, Kogod School of Business
Olga E. Rojer, World Languages and Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences
David H. Rosenbloom, Public Administration and Policy, School of Public Affairs
Vidyamali (Vidya) Samarasinghe, School of International Service
Richard J. Semiatin, Government, School of Public Affairs
Martin P. Shapiro, University Library
Sally Shelton-Colby, School of International Service
Diane Singerman, Government, School of Public Affairs
James A. Thurber, Government, School of Public Affairs
Paul Wapner, School of International Service
Wanda Wigfall-Williams, School of International Service
Russell Williams, School of Communication