USM Regents Faculty Awards Announced

The USM Board of Regents has announced this year’s faculty awards. The awards are the highest honor presented by the board to exemplary faculty members. Presented in five categories, the awards honor excellence in teaching; scholarship, research, or creative activities; public service; mentoring; and collaboration. Each award carries a $1,000 prize provided by the institutions and the USM Foundation. Following are the 2009 Regents' Faculty Award recipients listed by category:

TEACHING: Michael Bardzell, professor of mathematics at Salisbury University; Clarinda Harriss, a renowned poet and professor of English at Towson University for nearly 30 years; Jason Loviglio, associate professor of American Studies at UMBC; Cody Sandifer, associate professor of physics, astronomy, and geosciences at Towson University.

RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, CREATIVE ACTIVITY: H. Rodger Harvey, professor at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES); Tobe Levin, a collegiate professor at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC), European Division; George Taylor, chairman and professor of the Department of Special Education at Coppin State University for more than 30 years.

MENTORING: Taryn Bayles, professor of the practice of chemical engineering in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at UMBC; Arthur Eckstein, professor in the Department of History at the University of Maryland, and director of the department's honors program; Rana Khan, associate professor and director of biotechnology programs at UMUC; Alison McCartney of Towson University, co-designer of the Model United Nations Simulation.

COLLABORATION: Gerald M. Rosen from UMB and Joseph P.Y. Kao from UMBI, who combined their expertise to develop a novel approach to medical bio-imaging.

PUBLIC SERVICE: Stephen Bartlett, professor of surgery and medicine at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), and chair of the Department of Surgery; Mary Lashley, professor of nursing at Towson University; Allen Place, professor at the Center of Marine Biotechnology, UMBI; Amit Shah, professor of management at Frostburg State University.

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