Alumni Awards

2023 ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

• Peter J. Delfyett (Ph.D. ’88, Electrical Engineering)
  University Distinguished Professor
  Pegasus Professor and Trustee Chair Professor of
  Optics, ECE & Physics Director, Townes Laser Institute CREOL, The College of Optics & Photonics
  University of Central Florida
• Sophia Perdikaris (Ph.D. ’98, Anthropology)
  Happold Professor of Anthropology
  and Director of the School of Global Integrative Studies
  University of Nebraska–Lincoln
• Robert B. Talisse (Ph.D. ’01, Philosophy)
  W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Political Science Vanderbilt University

2023 GRADUATE OF THE LAST DECADE AWARD

• Puleng J. Segalo (Ph.D. ’13, Psychology) Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair; Professor of Psychology University of South Africa

2023 CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (CUNY) AWARD

• Shawna M. Brandle (Ph.D. ’13, Political Science) Professor of Political Science and the Coordinator of Open Education, Kingsborough Community College; Faculty Member, Digital Humanities program at the CUNY Graduate Center

2020 ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

• Carrie Rebora Barratt (Ph.D. ’90, Art History), Interim Director, LongHouse Reserve; former CEO and President, The New York Botanical Garden; former Deputy Director, The Met; former Curator of American Art, The Met
• Linda H. Malkas (Ph.D. ’85, Biochemistry)
  M.T. & B.A. Ahmadinia Professor in Molecular Oncology; Dean, Translational Science, External Affairs; Professor, Molecular Diagnostics and Experimental Therapeutics City of Hope

2020 GRADUATE OF THE LAST DECADE (GOLD) AWARD:

• Nelson J. Flores (Ph.D. ’12, Urban Education)
  Associate Professor, Educational Linguistics University of Pennsylvania
• Patricia A. Stapleton (Ph.D. ’12, Political Science)
  Associate Director, Infrastructure, Immigration, and Security Operations Program, RAND Homeland Security Research Division; Political Scientist RAND Corporation

2020 CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (CUNY) AWARD:

• Dána-Ain Davis (Ph.D. ’01, Anthropology)
  Director, Center for the Study of Women and Society; Director, M.A. Program in Women's and Gender Studies and the Women’s Studies Certificate Program; The Graduate Center, CUNY
  Professor, Urban Studies at Queens College, CUNY; Professor, PhD Programs in Anthropology and Critical Psychology at The Graduate Center, CUNY
• Caroline Chamberlin Hellman (Ph.D. ’07, English)
  Interim Special Assistant to the President, New York City College of Technology (City Tech), CUNY

2019 Alumni Achievement Award recipients:

• James Giordano (Ph.D. ’87, Psychology – Biopsychology), Chief of the Neuroethics Studies Program and Scholar-in-Residence in the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics; Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Biochemistry at Georgetown University Medical Center
• Maggie Nelson (Ph.D. ’04, English), Poet, critic, and nonfiction writer; Professor of English, University of Southern California

2019 Graduate of the Last Decade Award (GOLD) recipients:

• Amy E. Hughes (Ph.D. ’09, Theatre), Associate Professor, Theater History & Criticism, Brooklyn College
• Nandini Sikand (Ph.D. ’10, Anthropology), Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies, Lafayette College

2019 City University of New York (CUNY) Award recipients:

• Ardie Walser (Ph.D. ’91, Engineering – Electrical), Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor, Electrical Engineering, Grove School of Engineering, The City College of New York
• Cindy R. Lobel (Ph.D. ’03, History), Posthumous Award, Former Assistant Professor of History, Lehman College; and Former Professor, Liberal Studies, The Graduate Center and Macaulay Honors College

2017 Alumni Achievement Award recipients:

• Perry N. Halkitis (Ph.D. ’95, Educational Psychology), Dean and Professor, Biostatistics & Social and Behavioral Health Sciences, Medicine, Applied Psychology, and Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers School of Public Health | For his academic leadership and important contributions to our understanding of HIV/AIDS, drug abuse, and mental health disease
• Michael P. Jacobson (Ph.D. ’86, Sociology), Founder and Executive Director, CUNY Institute for State & Local Governance | For his outstanding contributions to promoting good and just governments

2017 Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD) Award recipient:

• Maya Hess (Ph.D. ’14, Criminal Justice), Founder and CEO of Red T, a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of translators and interpreters in conflict zones and other high-risk settings | For her outstanding humanitarian and educational work

2017 City University of New York (CUNY) Award recipients:

• William Seraile (Ph.D. ’77, History), Professor Emeritus of African American History, Lehman College | For his outstanding scholarly contributions and dedication to CUNY
• Edward Smaldone (Ph.D. ’86, Music Composition), Professor of Music Theory and Composition. Past Director, Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College | For his outstanding scholarly and administrative contributions and dedication to CUNY

2016 Alumni Achievement Award recipients:

• Paul Mariani (Ph.D. ’68, English), Distinguished Professor Emeritus Professor of Poetry at Boston College, for his lifetime achievement in biography, poetry, memoir, and teaching
• Jacquelyn Days Serwer (Ph.D. ’81, Art History), Chief Curator, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, for her achievements at this new museum

2016 Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD) Award recipient:

• Christopher Emdin (Ph.D. ’07, Urban Education), Associate Professor of Science Education, Teachers College at Columbia University, for his important research in novel contexts

2016 City University of New York (CUNY) Award recipient:

• Betty Lee Sung (Ph.D. ’82, Sociology), Professor Emeritus of Asian-American Studies, City College, for outstanding contributions as a scholar and role model for students