UMass ADVANCE is pleased to announce the 2022 ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentor Award winners. This annual award recognizes the critically important work faculty members perform in mentoring and supporting their colleagues’ professional development and success. The winners were selected from a competitive pool of nominees and were honored by Provost McCarthy during the ADVANCE Distinguished Lecture event on March 22.  Timnit Gebru gave the keynote address “The Hierarchy of Knowledge in Machine Learning and Its Consequences” to an audience of over 175 attendees on Zoom.

“We congratulate this year’s ADVANCE faculty mentor award winners for the important work they do as mentors and sponsors of their colleagues,” said ADVANCE PI, Laurel Smith-Doerr. “Peer mentoring is an important component of faculty equity. It helps build inclusive communities and makes UMass faculty feel valued and included.”

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The UMass ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentor Award in the College of Education was awarded to: Laura Valdiviezo, professor, department of teacher education and curriculum studies.

 

 

 

 

 

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The UMass ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentor Award in the College of Engineering was awarded to: Jessica Schiffman, interim department head and associate professor of chemical engineering.

 

 

 

 

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The UMass ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentor Award in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts was awarded to: Asha Nadkarni, associate professor of English

 

 

 

 

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The UMass ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentor Award in the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences was awarded to: Brendan O'Connor, associate professor, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences.

 

 

 

 

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The UMass ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentor Award in the College of Natural Sciences was awarded to: Isla Castañeda, associate professor, department of geosciences and Commonwealth Honors College.

 

 

 

 

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The UMass ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentor Award in the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing was awarded to: Jeungok Choi, associate professor of nursing.

 

 

 

 

 

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The UMass ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentor Award in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences was awarded to: Rodrigo Zamith, assistant professor of journalism.

 

 

 

 

 

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The UMass ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentor Award in the Isenberg School of Management was awarded to: Bruce Weinberg, professor of marketing.

 

 

 

 

 

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The UMass ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentor Award in the Library was awarded to: Paulina Borrego, sciences and engineering librarian.

 

 

 

 

 

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The UMass ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentor Award in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences was awarded to: Jane Kent, professor of kinesiology.