2023 Awardees

2023 Presidential Faculty & Staff Awards

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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 ’99, Assistant Director, Writing Center, Academic Success Center
Lecturer, English

E F Charles LaBerge, Ph.D. ’03, Professor of the Practice (CSEE)
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

2022-2023 Jakubik Family Endowment Staff Award


Samirah Hassan ’10, M.A. ’14, Program Manager, Media and Communication Studies

2022-2023 Karen L. Wensch Endowment Award for Outstanding Non-Exempt Staff


Emma Sellers ’03, M.A. ’07, 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 ’74, Research Professor, Physics