A&S faculty recognized at Celebration of Excellence

Acting President Neville Pinto and Acting Provost Dale Billingsley recognized nine outstanding faculty members from the College of Arts & Sciences at the 2016 Celebration of Faculty Excellence Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the Brown and Williamson Club.
A&S faculty recognized at Celebration of Excellence

By JOHN DREES

Acting President Neville Pinto and Acting Provost Dale Billingsley recognized nine outstanding faculty members from the College of Arts & Sciences at the 2016 Celebration of Faculty Excellence Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the Brown and Williamson Club.

“We have a great faculty – a truly amazing faculty – at the University of Louisville,” Pinto said. “We have a faculty who excel in teaching, service, scholarship, research, and creative activity. You are a faculty who care. You are a faculty who raise the bar for all of us as a university.”

The College of Arts & Sciences award winners included:

Outstanding Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity

Paul Griner, English

Distinguished Faculty Award in Teaching

Mark Austin, Sociology 

Exemplary Multicultural Teaching Award

Derrick Brooms, Sociology 

Community Engagement Faculty Award

Carol Hanchette, Geography/Geosciences

Endowed Faculty

Elizabeth Jones, Pan-African Studies

Patents and Licenses

Michael Nantz, Chemistry

Gerald Hammond, Chemistry

Frederick Luzzio, Chemistry

Bo Xu, Chemistry

Celebration of Excellence