Faculty and Staff Awards
The SUNY Chancellor awards faculty and professional staff members who have made outstanding contributions to their respective professional fields, campuses, communities, and the public at large. The Chancellor's Awards for Excellence are honors conferred to acknowledge and provide system-wide recognition for consistently superior professional achievement and to encourage the ongoing pursuit of excellence. These programs underscore SUNY’s commitment to sustaining intellectual vibrancy, advancing the boundaries of knowledge, providing the highest quality of instruction, and serving the public good.
Chancellor's Award for Faculty Excellence Recipients
Excellence in Teaching
2022-2023
Bernard Dillard, Science and Mathematics
Md Imranul Islam, Textile Development and Marketing
Margaret Joseph, Global Fashion Management
2020-2021
Katelyn Burton Prager, English and Communication Studies
2019-2020
Theanne Schiros, Mathematics and Science
Mario Valero, Modern Languages and Cultures
2015-2016
Teaching: Andrew Weinstein, History of Art;
Takashi Kamiya, Interior Design
2014-2015
Joseph Antee, Fashion Merchandising Management
Matthew Petrunia, English and Communication Studies
2013-2014
Jean Amato, English and Speech
Jung-Whan deJong, Social Sciences
John Fraser, Advertising and Marketing Communications
Lasse Savola, Mathematics and Science
2012-2013
Daniel Benkendorf, Social Sciences
Lori Massaro, Fashion Merchandising Management
Melissa Tombro, English & Speech
2011-2012
Anna Blume, History of Art
Calvin Williamson, Science & Mathematics
2010-2011
Karen Pearson, Science and Mathematics
Nancy Kaplan Ostroff, Fashion Merchandising Management
Daniel Levinson Wilk, History Program, Liberal Arts
Chin-juz Yeh, Communication Design
2009-2010
Isabella Bertoletti, Foreign Languages
George Simonton, Fashion Design: Apparel
Loretta Volpe, Advertising & Marketing Communication
2008-2009
Pilar Blanco-Ruiz, Foreign Languages
David Drogin, History of Art
Linda Finnerty, Advertising & Marketing Communications
Nancy Sheridan, Fashion Merchandising Management
2007-2008
Stephan Kanlian, Cosmetics & Fragrance Marketing & Mgt.
Roberta Paley, Social Sciences
Albert Romano, Advertising & Marketing Communications
Richard Turnbull, History of Art
2006-2007
Mark Goldblatt, English & Speech
Sandra Krasovec, Packaging Des
Scholarship and Creative Activities
2023-2024
Elena Romero, Marketing Communications
Christie Shin, Advertising and Digital Design
2020-2021
Erica Moretti, Modern Languages and Cultures
2018-2019
Kyunghee Pyun, History of Art
Amy Werbel, History of Art
2017-18
Johannes Knoops, Interior Design
Ajoy Sarkar, Textile Development and Marketing
2016-2017
Wendy Yothers, Jewelry Design
2015-2016
Emre Ozsoz, Social Sciences
2010-2011
Lourdes Font, History of Art and Fashion and Textile
2009-2010
Charlotte Brown, Educational Skills
2009-2010
Praveen Chaudhry, Social Sciences
2006-2007
Yuniya Kawamura, Social Sciences
Excellence in Adjunct Teaching
2023-2024
Jennifer Babcock, History of Art
Joseph Goldstein, Interior Design
Kathrine Varnes, English and Communication Studies
2022-2023
Shaghayegh Harbi, Science and Mathematics
Shannon Leddy, Interior Design
2021-2022
Mary Capozzi, Fashion Design
Chen Zhang, Modern Languages and Cultures
Richie Narvaez, English and Communication Studies
2019-2020
Nicholas Barratt, Production Management - Fashion and Related Industries
Marvin Clawson, Interior Design
Deborah Hernandez, Textile Surface Design
Reginald Rogers, Visual Presentation and Exhibition Design
2018-2019
Rena Sussman Silverman, Textile Surface Design and Fabric Styling
2017-2018
Andrea Casson, Modern Languages and Cultures
Ellen Oster, Textile Surface Design and Fabric Styling
Esther Rifkin, Science and Mathematics
Elena Romero, Advertising and Marketing Communications
2016-2017
Hamilton Johnson
2015-2016
Anne Finkelstein
Jerilyn Zulli
2014-2015
Georgia Kalivas, Textile Development and Marketing
Chad Laird, History of Art
Darra Landman, English and Speech
Excellence in Professional Service
2023-2024
Kathryn Malik, Textiile Development and Marketing
2020-2021
Michelle Van-Ess Grant, Student Life
2017-2018
Erika Rohrbach, International Student Services
2016-2017
Brian Fallon, Writing Studio
2015-2016
Michele Nagel, Evening/Weekend, and Precollege Programs
2013-2014
Esther Oliveras, Faculty Services
2008-2009
Barry Fisher, Financial Aid
2007-2008
Joan Volpe, Center for Professional Studies
2003-2004
Taur Orange, Educational Opportunities Program
Faculty Service
2022-2023
Rebecca Bauman, Modern Languages and Cultures
2015-2016
Susan Rietman, Textile Surface Design and Fabric Styling
2011-2012
Renee Cooper, Fashion Merchandising Management
2010-2011
Melanie Reim, Illustration
2009-2010
Charlotte Brown, Educational Skills
2008-2009
Ingrid Johnson, Home Products Development
2007-2008
Jeffrey Buchman, Advertising & Marketing Communications
James Cascaito, Foreign Languages
2006-2007
Robin Sackin, Fashion Merchandising Management
Stanley Solomon, English and Speech/Presidential Scholars Program
Librarianship
2022-2023
Carli Spina, Gladys Marcus Library
2012-2013
Karen Cannell, Gladys Marcus Library