Graduate Mentor Awards (Faculty)
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
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
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