Each year, the UMBC community honors and celebrates the accomplishments of our outstanding faculty and staff at the Presidential Faculty & Staff Awards. More Information on our Winners Coming Soon.
2023 Presidential Faculty & Staff Awards
Presidential Distinguished Faculty Awards
Kyung-Eun Yoon, Principal Lecturer, Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication
2023-2026 Presidential Teaching Professor
Matthew Pelton, Professor, Physics
2023-2026 Presidential Research Professor
Presidential Distinguished Staff Awards
Trisha Wells, Assistant Vice Provost, Division of Professional Studies
2023-2024 Presidential Distinguished Professional Staff
Shannon Mize, Business Services Specialist, Graduate School
2023-2024 Presidential Distinguished Non-Exempt Staff
2023 University System of Maryland Board of Regents’ Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship or Research
Charissa Cheah, Professor, Psychology
2023 University System of Maryland Board of Regents’ Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship or Research
Anupam Joshi, Professor and Chair, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering; and Director, UMBC Center for Cybersecurity
2023 University System of Maryland Board of Regents’ Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship or Research
2022-2023 Diane M. Lee Teaching Awards
Elaine MacDougall, Assistant Director, Writing Center, Academic Success Center
Lecturer, English
E F Charles LaBerge, Professor of the Practice (CSEE)
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
2022-2023 Jakubik Family Endowment Staff Award
Samirah Hassan, Program Manager, Media and Communication Studies
2022-2023 Karen L. Wensch Endowment Award for Outstanding Non-Exempt Staff
Emma Sellers, Program Management Specialist, Political Science
2022-2023 Marilyn E. Demorest Awards for Faculty Advancement
Suzanne Braunschweig, Principal Lecturer, Geography and Environmental Systems, Interdisciplinary Science Program
2022-2023 Teresa Lupinek Endowment Award
Elle Trusz, Business Manager, Center for Social Science Scholarship
2022-2023 UMBC Research Faculty Excellence Award
Larrabee Strow, Research Professor, Physics