Faculty Awards

2026 Faculty Internal Grant Recipients

Faith & Justice Research Grant

• Arnab Banerji, Theatre Arts, CFA

Performing Belonging: Asian American and South Asian faith practices in American Theatre

• Emily Blevins, Psychological Sciences, BCLA

Examination of Church-Based Racial Reparations Initiative

• Polina Durneva, Information Systems and Business Analytics, CBA

Toward a Social Justice Framework for Patient-Facing Generative AI in Healthcare

• Ivy Fofie, Communication Studies, CFA

Decolonial Materialism: Gender, Sexuality and Local Language Media in Ghana

• Brad Stone, Philosophy, BCLA

Genealogy for Those Who Must Endure into the Future: A Critique of Afropessimism

• Ace Vo, Information Systems and Business Analytics, CBA

Food Deserts and social vulnerability in 6 cities

Faith & Justice Curriculum Development Grant

• Vanessa Bermudez, Psychological Science, BCLA

Development, Identity, and Resilience in Latine Youth and Families

• Elizabeth Drummond, History, BCLA & Jonas Mureika, Physics, SCSE

Quantum Leap: Paradigm Shifts in an Age of Anxiety -- A team-taught interdisciplinary course

• Priscilla Leiva, Chicana/o Latina/o Studies, BCLA

Sports, Cities, and Power: Who Wins and Who Pays?

• Zhen (Richard) Tang, Marketing and Business Law, CBA

Data, Community, and Justice: Engaging the Gritty Reality of Our World through Analytics

Academic Technology Committee Grant

• Robert Welch, Environmental Science, SCSE

Matilija Mission VR: Virtual Field Experiences for Earth Systems Science

• Robert Rovetti, Mathematics, SCSE

The Use and Misuse of AI-enabled Calculators and Glasses

• Robert Senter, Chemistry and Biochemistry, SCSE

Creation of Interactive Labs for General Chemistry Lab

• Zaki Eusufzai, Economics, BCLA

Designing Online GPS Activities for the Introductory Statistics

• Shan Wang, Accounting, CBA

Integrating Text Analysis of Corporate Disclosures into Accounting and Governance Education

• Julian Saint Clair, Marketing, CBA

Disrupting Categorical Invisibility: An AI-Driven Mastery Tool for Critical Theory in Marketing

• Ashley Ireland, Teaching and Learning, SOE

Leadership Simulations: Synchronous to Asynchronous Practice

Experiential Learning for Mission Core (ELM CORE) Curriculum Development Grant

• Vandana Thadani, Psychological Science, BCLA

Psychology and Education (PSYC 4100)

• Sarah Joy Bittick, Biology, SCSE

Biology (BIOL) 4230: Marine Conservation Biology

• Emily Beglarian, Health & Human Sciences, SCSE

Health and Human Sciences (HHSC) 3100: Health Services for Marginalized Populations

• Evgeniya Pyatovskaya, Communication Studies, CFA

Communication Studies (CMST) 3350: Nonprofit Communication Campaigns

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Curriculum Development Grant

• Joyce Green, Marital & Family Therapy, CFA

Expanding MFTH 620 & 622: A Sustainable Service-Learning Immersion in Guatemala

• Kirstin Noreen, Art & Art History, CFA

Integrating UN SDGs into ARHS 4240: Italian Renaissance Art

• Shayna Sura, Environmental Science, SCSE

Expanding ENVS 1020: Integrating Environmental Science with Sustainability and UN SDGs

Delphi Award: Non-Tenure-Track-Faculty (NTTF) Professional Development Grant

Recipients did not apply for specific titled grants; rather, they requested funding for professional development opportunities described in their submissions.

• My Chau, Asian American Studies, BCLA
• Johan Cristobal, Mathematics, SCSE
• Alexander Diones, Political Science & International Relations, BCLA
• Tanya Everett, Screenwriting, SFTV
• Austin Foley Holmes, Theological Studies, BCLA
• Charles Howard, Production Film & Television, SFTV
• Alexandros Kyriakidis, Modern Greek Studies, BCLA
• Kathleen McLaughlin, Studio Arts, CFA
• Jessica Montoro, Psychological Science, BCLA
• Kimberly Rohm, Marketing, CBA
• Wei Yiu, Women’s & Gender Studies, BCLA
• PK Ziainia, Production Film & Television, SFTV

Retirees

Ben Fitzpatrick

Karen Smalley

Bernadette Musetti

Diane Benedict

Francisco Ramos 

Lawrence Kalbers

Years of Service

Ten Years of Service:

Steve Heller

Amanda Herring

Karol Hoeffner

Louvenia Jackson

Zining Li

Allison Noyes

Kayoko Okada

Leena Pendharkar

Mairead Sullivan

Sylvia Zamora

Fifteen Years of Service:

Anna Bargagliotti

Feryal Cherif

Deepa Dabir

Li Dai

Andrew Dilts

Gil Klein

Yanping Ma

Adilifu Nama

Margarita Ochoa

Gene Park

Andrew Rohm

Joshua Spizman

Gustavo Vejarano

Yanjie Wang

Twenty Years of Service:

Han Dai-Yu

Elizabeth Drummond

Maire Ford

Anna Harrison

Velitchka Kaltcheva

Tom Klein

Ruben Martinez

Anna Muraco

Kirstin Noreen

Nicolas Rosenthal

Stephen Shepherd

Tracy Tiemeier

Alissa Crans

Stella Oh

Twenty-Five Years of Service:

Jeff Phillips

Kelly Younger

Thirty Years of Service:

Patrick Shanahan

Thirty-Five Years of Service:

Holli Levitsky

Yongsun Paik

Janie Steckenrider (On Leave)

Nazmul Ula

Robert Winsor

Forty Years of Service:

Suzanne Larson

Ray Toal

Fifty Years of Service:

Thomas Reilly