2008 Dean's Awards for Excellence in Mentoring
2008 Award Recipients
Facaulty Recipients
Krishnendu Chakrabarty
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Toril Moi
James B. Duke Professor of Literature and Romance Studies
Professor of Theater Studies and English
Priscilla Wald
Professor of English and Women's Studies
Student Recipients
Jason Cross
Cultural Anthropology
Justin Jaworski
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Julianne Yost
Chemistry
2007 Award Recipients
This year's awardees have provided Duke's graduate community with inspiring role models of excellence in research, teaching, and academic service. The examples they provide have guided students toward a better understanding of the kinds of teachers, researchers, and people they hope to become.
Facaulty Recipients
Susan Lozier
Professor of Earth & Ocean Sciences
Laurie Shannon
E. Blake Byrne Associate Professor of English and
Associate Professor of Theater Studies
Herbert Edelsbrunner
Arts & Sciences Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics
Student Recipients
Lawrence M. Boyd
Biomedical Engineering
Adam Hartstone-Rose
Biological Anthropology and Anatomy
Kristina McDonald
Psychology and Neuroscience
2006 Award Recipients
The tough competition for this award reveals that a vibrant culture of mentoring at Duke continues to unfold before us. By honoring these sterling examples of mentoring-in-action we continue sharing the vision for this culture more broadly so that it may become a deeply rooted part of what students and faculty of the Graduate School come to expect from the Duke experience.
James Bettman
Burlington Industries Professor, Fuqua School of Business
Lisa Campbell
Rachel Carson Assistant Professor of Marine Affairs and Policy
Linda Orr
Professor, French
2005 Award Recipients
This year's awardees have diligently applied themselves in various ways to ensuring that the experience of dedicated scholars remains accessible to the full spectrum of eager and curious minds that enter Duke's graduate community.
Linda K. George
Professor of Sociology and Professor of Psychology: Social and Health Sciences
William M. Reichert
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry and Director, Center for Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering
Alexander Rosenberg
R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Biology
2004 Award Recipients
The 2004 award recipients have demonstrated how dedicated mentoring of graduate students can transform the academic experience for all involved, allowing both mentor and student to contribute more prolifically and significantly to the academic community than either otherwise could.
John H. Aldrich
Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science
Salvatore V. Pizzo
Professor and Chairman, Department of Pathology
Lori A. Setton
Mary Milus Yoh and Harold L. Yoh, Jr. Bass Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
The Duke University Graduate School would like to acknowledge the mentoring award models of Harvard University and Washington University in St. Louis. These models provided a framework for the preparation of the Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring.
Last Updated (by wat@duke.edu): 02/22/2008