UMass ADVANCE Announces 2023 Faculty Peer Mentor Award Winners

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UMass ADVANCE is pleased to announce the 2023 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 Tricia Serio during the ADVANCE Distinguished Lecture on March 28th, at which Enobong (Anna) Branch gave the keynote address, “Working in Black and White in the Knowledge Economy.”

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

• The UMass ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentor Award in the College of Education was awarded to Theresa Y. Austin, professor of language, literacy and culture
   
• The UMass ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentor Award in the College of Engineering was awarded to Don J. DeGroot, professor of civil and environmental engineering
   
• The UMass ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentor Award in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts was awarded to Miliann Kang, professor of women, gender, sexuality studies
   
• The UMass ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentor Award in the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences was awarded to Hava T. Siegelmann, provost professor of information and computer sciences
   
• The UMass ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentor Award in the College of Natural Sciences was awarded to Lara Al Hariri, senior lecturer II of chemistry
   
• The UMass ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentor Award in the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing was awarded to Gabrielle Abelard, clinical associate professor of nursing
   
• The UMass ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentor Award in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences was awarded to Amanda Walker Johnson, associate professor of anthropology
   
• The UMass ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentor Award in the Isenberg School of Management was awarded to Christopher P. Agoglia, Richard Simpson Endowed Professor of Accounting
   
• The UMass ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentor Award in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences was awarded to Aline Gubrium, associate professor and program head of Community Health Education