Each year, the UMBC community honors and celebrates the accomplishments of our outstanding faculty and staff at the Presidential Faculty & Staff Awards. Each awardee is selected by a committee of their peers.
2022 PFSA Nominations
- Faculty Awards: Nominations closed on October 1, 2021.
- Staff Awards: Nomination deadline is October 30, 2021; please visit this site for more information on the award categories and nomination process.
- Presidential Teaching/Research Professor Awards: Nomination deadline is November 5, 2021; click here for more information on the nominations process and guidelines.
2021 Presidential Faculty & Staff Awards
Kathryn McKinley, Professor, English
2021-2024 Presidential Teaching Professor
Erle C. Ellis, Professor, Geography and Environmental Systems
2021-2024 Presidential Research Professor
Damian Doyle ’99, M.S. ’16, Associate Vice President, Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions, Division of Information Technology
2021-2022 Presidential Distinguished Professional Staff
Terisa M. White, Executive Administrative Assistant, Office of Academic and Pre-Professional Advising and the Registrar’s Office
2021-2022 Presidential Distinguished Non-Exempt Staff
University System of Maryland Board of Regents’ Faculty Award
Laura Hussey, Associate Professor, Political Science; and Director, Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars Program
2021 Excellence in Mentoring
2020-2021 Jakubik Family Endowment Staff Award
Romy Hübler ’09, M.A. ’11, Ph.D. ’15, Assistant Director, Center for Democracy and Civic Life
2020-2021 Karen L. Wensch Endowment Award for Outstanding Non-Exempt Staff
Kathy Chetelat, Interlibrary Loan Supervisor, Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery
2020-2021 UMBC Research Faculty Excellence Award
Rubén Delgado, Assistant Research Professor, Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology