College of Education & Human Development
Convocation
Fall 2023
8:30 am – 1:30 pm
Association of Former Student’s Awards
Marc Goodrich
Distinguished Achievement Award (Teaching)
Dean’s Development Council Awards
Wendi Zimmer
Outstanding New Faculty
Significant professional contributions to SEHD programs and departmental activities
Lorinda Gomez
Extraordinary Service Award (Faculty)
Faculty going above and beyond their responsibilities and exceeding expected level of service
Noeline Gunasekara
Outstanding Staff Award
Staff demonstrating outstanding work performance, dedication and meets challenges
SEHD Climate Awards
Joseph Sanchez
Staff Climate Award
Impacts student success as a Program Manager in Byrne Student Success Center
Jenna Yentes
Faculty Climate Award
Developed & deployed Climate Survey & worked on Report. Created a mentor program for faculty & staff
Longevity
Rafael Lara-Alecio – 30 years
Daniel Brossart – 25 years
Arlen Strader – 25 years
Stewart Hutchins – 25 years
Aimee Ortiz-Day – 20 years
Kimberly Parish – 15 years
Jonathan Hall – 15 years
Saurabh Singh – 10 years
Cindy Guerrero – 10 years
Wendy Kreider – 10 years
Brandon Bartlett – 10 years
Donna Druery – 5 years
Joanna Hundl – 5 years
Robin Alderete – 5 years
Yolanda Oliver – 5 years
Laura Greer – 5 years
Jere Liu – 5 years
Amanda Sainz – 5 years
Noeline Gunasekara – 5 years
Faculty Promotions & Tenure
Promotion
Jiling Liu – Clinical Associate Professor
Jay Woodward – Clinical Full Professor
Krista Bailey – Clinical Full Professor
Tenure
Sara Castro-Olivo – Associate Professor with Tenure
Promotion and Tenure
Idean Ettekal – Associate Professor with Tenure
Deanna Kennedy – Associate Professor with Tenure
Julie Thompson – Associate Professor with Tenure
Ashlynn Kogut – Associate Professor with Tenure
New Faculty
EAHR
Dae Seok Chai / Associate Professor
Meera Alagaraja / Associate Professor
Aynur Charkasova / Clinical Assistant Professor
Mattyna Stephens / Clinical Assistant Professor
Elsa Gonzalez / ACES + Fellow / Associate Professor
EPSY
Justin Allen / Assistant Professor
Laci Watkins / Assistant Professor
Timothy Lawrence / ACES Fellow / Assistant Professor
Ananya Tiwari / ACES Fellow / Assistant Professor
David Kahn / Clinical Assistant Professor
KNSM
Emily Plunkett / Clinical Assistant Professor
Seomgyun Lee / Clinical Assistant Professor
Bryan Mann / Clinical Associate Professor
Courtlandt Harris-Arrants / Instructional Assistant Professor
TLAC
Arianna Pikus / Assistant Professor
Margaret Quinn / Associate Professor
Paola Andrea Guerrero Rosada / Assistant Professor
Jose Palma / ACES Fellow / Assistant Professor
Jasmin Patron-Vargas / Assistant Professor
Daniel Thomas / Assistant Professor
Tugce Aldemir / Assistant Professor
New Staff
EAHR
Amanda Flores-Del Toro / Learning Support Specialist
Karen Young / Learning Support Specialist
Andrew Jaques / Instructional Design Specialist
EPSY
Yang Xinyuan / Assistant Research Scientist
Kelly Majewski / Program Director
Donna Michelle Druery / Program Coordinator
Robert Pettit / Program Coordinator
Fubiao Zhen / Postdoctoral Research Associate
Hailey Murphy / Program Coordinator
Adonay Mendoza / Senior Training Specialist
Chasity Johnson / iGrow Program Coordinator
Savannah Stepan / Administrative Coordinator
KNSM
Joe Bramhall / Director, Medical
Faith Ford / Research Associate
Brandi Hatzenbuehler / Academic Advisor
Carolina Perez / Research Specialist
Daniela Yoshimura / Postdoctoral Research Associate
Robert Young / Program Manager
TLAC
Shaoping Qiu / Research Scientist
Abigail Bristow / Research Specialist
Dean’s Office
Kaitlin Coley / Academic Advisor
Kesha Henry / Research Development Officer
Chon Brooks / Academic Advisor
Kory Douglas / Research Development Officer
Christopher Reyes / Academic Advisor
Kirby Ann Aguilar / Administrative Associate
Hadley Lynn Rogers / Administrative Coordinator
Lisa Francl / Executive Assistant
Texas A&M System Achievements
R. Malatesha Joshi
Regents Professor
Sharon Matthews
Chancellor’s Academy of Teacher Educator Award
Texas A&M University Awards
Cheryl Craig – 2023 AFS Distinguished Achievement Award (Research)
R. Malatesha Joshi – 2023 AFS Distinguished Achievement Award (Research)
Robin Rackley – 2023 AFS Distinguished Achievement Award (Teaching)
Andrew Kwok – 2022 Montague Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar
ArCasia James-Gallaway – 2023 Arts & Humanities Fellow – Division of Research
Melissa Fogarty – 2022-23 Academic Professional Track Teaching Award
Jiling Liu – 2022-23 Academic Professional Track Teaching Award
Robin Rackley – 2022-23 Academic Professional Track Teaching Award
Kelley O’Neal – 2023 President’s Meritorious Service Award
Jia Wang – Texas A&M University Faculty Affairs Fellow
Radhika Viruru – 2023 Outstanding Graduate and Professional Mentoring Award
Deanna Kennedy – 2023 Community Impact Award (SGA)
School-Level Awards
Marielle Engelen – Senior Scholar Research Excellence Award
Zohreh Eslami – Teaching Excellence Grant
Melissa Fogarty – Teaching Excellence Grant
Jeffrey Gagne – Outstanding Faculty Mentoring Award
Marc Goodrich – Early Career Research Excellence Award
Yuming Lei – Early Career Research Excellence Award
Sarah McCorkle – Teaching Excellence Grant
Marcia Montague – Teaching Excellence Grant
Monica Neshyba – Teaching Excellence Grant
Roya Pashmforoosh – Teaching Excellence Grant
Erinn Whiteside – Teaching Excellence Grant
Jay Woodward – High Impact Practices Faculty Leadership Fellow & Teaching Excellence Grant
Cindy Guerrero – Staff Extraordinary Service Award
Jane Rankin – SAC Staff Award for Student Relationships
Marie Shelfer – SAC Staff Award for Outstanding Support Staff
Kayla McGee – SAC Staff Award for Outstanding Advisor
Peggy Brigman – SAC Staff Award for New Staff
Staff Extraordinary Service Award
Fall 2022
Andrea Williams
Annemarie Molinari Sanders
Clayton Holle
Eric Roberts
Kelly Freeman
Jill Hobbs
Kelley O’Neal
Marie Shelfer
Zane Biggs
Spring 2023
Courtney Angel
Kara Bond
Aimee Day
Joni Fields-Surovik
Frances Fuller
Cindy Guerrero
Hannah Malcomb
Robin Miller
Susan Sassano
Tracy Young
National Honors & Achievements
Claire Katz
2023 Finalist – Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching
ArCasia James-Gallaway
2022 Elwood F. Holton III Research Excellence Award (AHRD)
2022 Early Career Award (College & University Faculty Assembly)
Cinthya Salazar
2023 Early Career Award (AAHHE)
2023 Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition Award (Ford Foundation)
Hector Ramos
President, American Creativity Association
Joyce Alexander
Dean-in-Residence (AERA)
Jemimah Young
Research on Evaluation Distinguished Scholar Award (AERA)
Technology and Teacher Education Faculty
Society of Professors Teacher Education Innovation Award (AERA)
Jeffrey Liew
Fellow (Developmental Psychology Division) (APA)
Gabriella Ten Have
2023 Vernon Young International Award for Amino Acid Research (ASN)
Florina Erbeli
2023 Rising Star (APS)
Hope Gerde
2022 Diane Lapp & James Flood Professional Collaborator Award (ILA)
Elsa Gonzalez / Global Centers Coordination Committee
2023 NSF Director’s Award for Superior Accomplishment (Group)
Deanna Kennedy
NASA ideas* Faculty Fellow (NASA)
Tim Lightfoot
Fellow of National Academy of Kinesiology
Susan Bloomfield
2022 Musculoskeletal Biology Workshop RIB Award (ORS)
Charles Ridley
2022 Outstanding Paper Award (SCP)
Lisa Colvin
Official Committee Outstanding Service Award (USA Track & Field)
Department Level Awards
EAHR
Glenda Musoba – Dr. Yvonne S. Lincoln Distinguished Professor Award
EPSY
Daniel Hajovsky – Outstanding Service Award
Wen Luo – Outstanding Research Award
Krystal Simmons – Outstanding Teaching Award
Jay Woodward – Ernie Goetz MUGS Award
KNSM
Lisa Colvin – Teacher of the Year in Kinesiology
Richard Kreider – Armstrong Scholar Award
Wendi Zimmer – Teacher of the Year in Sport Management
Robert Ellis – Emma S. Gibbons Legacy Award
Joni Fields-Surovik – Janene Kissinger Outstanding Staff Award
Katy Hanik – PEAP Emil Mamaliga Award
TLAC
Paul Hernandez – Staff/Faculty Mentoring Award
Andrew Kwok – Faculty Research Achievement Award
Michelle Kwok – Faculty Teaching Excellence Award
Quinita Ogletree – Faculty Outstanding Service Award
Jemimah Young – Outstanding Climate Award
Noeline Gunasekara – Staff Excellence Award
New Emeritus Faculty
Laura Stough
Educational Psychology
Mary Margaret Capraro
Teaching, Learning and Culture
Robert M. Capraro
Teaching, Learning and Culture