Graduate Mentor Awards (Faculty)

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The Graduate School honors faculty members annually at Convocation for their exemplary qualities as mentors. Each year, graduate students are invited to nominate faculty members who have shown outstanding commitment to advising and student support. Honorees representing each of the divisions are selected by a committee of students and faculty in consultation with the Graduate School Dean's office.

Graduate Mentor Award Recipients

2024:

Biological Sciences: Sreeganga Chandra, Associate Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience

Humanities: Jennifer Allen, Associate Professor of History

Physical Sciences and Engineering: Marynel Vázquez, Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Social Sciences: Grace Kao, IBM Professor of Sociology and Professor of Ethnicity, Race, and Migration

2023:

Biological Sciences: Ifat Levy, Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Diversity, Inclusion and Equity at Comparative Medicine

Humanities: Christina Kraus, Thomas A. Thacher Professor of Latin

Physical Sciences and Engineering: Richard Carson, Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and of Biomedical Engineering

Social Sciences: Marcia Inhorn, William K. Lanman, Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs

2022:

Biological Sciences: Michael Dove, Margaret K. Musser Professor of Social Ecology; Professor of Anthropology

Humanities: Lisa Lowe, Samuel Knight Professor of American Studies and Professor of Ethnicity, Race, & Migration

Physical Sciences and Engineering: Owen Miller, Assistant Professor of Applied Physics

Social Sciences: Dylan Gee, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry

2021:

Humanities: Jennifer Raab, Associate Professor in the History of Art

Natural Sciences: Gary Brudvig, Benjamin Silliman Professor of Chemistry

Social Sciences: Kelly Shue, Professor of Finance

Next:
2020:

Humanities: Joanne Meyerowitz, Arthur Unobskey Professor of History and Professor of American Studies

Natural Sciences: Pieter van Dokkum, Sol Goldman Family Professor of Astronomy and Professor of Physics

Social Sciences: Michael Kraus, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, School of Management

2019:

Humanities: Inderpal Grewal, Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexual Studies, Anthropology, and American Studies

Natural Sciences: Maureen Long, Professor of Geology and Geophysics

Social Sciences: Jennifer Richeson, Philip R. Allen Professor of Psychology

2018:

Humanities: Crystal Feimster, Associate Professor of African American Studies and American Studies

Natural Sciences: Valentina Greco, Professor of Genetics

Social Sciences: Claire Bowern, Professor of Linguistics

2017:

Humanities: David Blight, Professor of History, African American Studies and American Studies

Natural Sciences: Derek Briggs, Professor of Geology and Geophysics

Social Sciences: Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan, Professor of Anthropology and Forestry and Environmental Studies

2016:

Humanities: Roberta Frank, Professor Emeritus of English

Natural Sciences: Chinedum Osuji, Associate Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Social Sciences: Jack Dovidio, Professor of Psychology and Professor in the Institute for Social and Policy Studies and Epidemiology

2015:

Humanities: Verity Harte, Professor of Philosophy and Classics

Natural Sciences: Hal Blumenfeld, Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience and Neurosurgery

Social Sciences: Naomi Lamoreaux, Professor of Economics and History

2014:

Humanities: Mary Lui, Professor of American Studies and History

Natural Sciences: Eric Dufresne, Associate Professor of Applied Physics, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Physics

Social Sciences: Greg Huber, Professor of Political Science and Professor in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies

2013:

Humanities: Kathryn Lofton, Professor of Religious Studies, American Studies and History

Natural Sciences: Evan Morris, Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Social Sciences: Elisabeth Wood, Professor of Political Science

2012:

Humanities: Katie Trumpener, Professor of Comparative Literature and English

Natural Sciences: Hemant Tagare, Professor of Radiology, Biomedical Imaging and Biomedical Engineering

Social Sciences: William Wright Kelly, Sumitomo Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

2011:

Humanities: Langdon Hammer, Professor of English

Natural Sciences: Jordan Peccia, Professor of Environmental Engineering

Social Sciences: Julia Adams, Professor of Sociology

Next:
2010:

Humanities: John Harley Warner, Professor in the History of Medicine, American Studies and History

Natural Sciences: Suzanne Alonzo, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Social Sciences: Kelly Brownell, Professor of Psychology

2009:

Humanities: Elliot Visconsi, Associate Professor of English

Natural Sciences: Patrick Vaccaro, Professor of Chemistry

Social Sciences: Scott Boorman, Professor of Sociology

2008:

Humanities: Seth Fein, Assistant Professor of History

Natural Sciences: Mitchell Smooke, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Social Sciences: Ellen Lust-Okar, Associate Professor of Political Science

2007:

Humanities: Valerie Hansen, Department of History

Natural Sciences: Scott Strobel, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

Social Sciences: Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Department of Psychology

2006:

Humanities: Michael della Rocca, Department of Philosophy

Natural Sciences: Peter Parker, Department of Physics, Department of Astronomy

Social Sciences: Teresa Treat, Department of Psychology

2005:

Humanities: Laura Engelstein, Department of History

Natural Sciences: Mark Schlesinger, Department of Public Health

Social Sciences: Marcia K. Johnson, Department of Psychology

2004:

Humanities: Pericles Lewis, Department of English, Department of Comparative Literature

Natural Sciences: Menachem Elimelech, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Social Sciences: Geoffrey Cohen, Department of Psychology

2003:

Humanities: Rolena Adorno, Department of Spanish and Portugese

Natural Sciences: Michael Loewenberg, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Social Sciences: Brian Scholl, Department of Psychology

2002:

Humanities: Glenda Gilmore, Department of History

Natural Sciences: Robert E. Apfel, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Social Sciences: David R. Mayhew, Department of Political Science

2001:

Humanities: John Mack Faragher, Department of History

Natural Sciences: Daniel di Maio, Department of Genetics

Social Sciences: Joshua P. Gamson, Department of Sociology

2000:

Humanities: Gilbert M. Joseph, Department of History

Natural Sciences: Haig Keshiahian, Department of Neurobiology

Social Sciences: Michele Dillon, Department of Sociology