Each year several awards are given to faculty members who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to the University:
Awards and Honors
The Outstanding Faculty Research Award
The Outstanding Faculty Research Award is presented to a member of the faculty who demonstrates the highest standards of excellence in their research, scholarship, and contributions to their field. read more
The Pohlhaus-Stracciolini Award for Teaching Excellence
The Pohlhaus-Stracciolini Award for Teaching Excellence is presented to an adjunct faculty member who demonstrates a commitment to the life of the mind and to the well-being of students through teaching that is intellectually stimulating, challenging, and accessible, with efforts extending beyond the classroom. read more
The Outstanding Faculty Mentor Teaching Award
The Outstanding Faculty Mentor Teaching Award is presented to a full-time faculty member who has excelled at mentoring students, especially in scholarly research, at the undergraduate and/or graduate level. read more
The Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Outstanding Teaching
The Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Outstanding Teaching is presented to a faculty member who excels in undergraduate teaching. read more
Junior Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
The Junior Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching is presented to a faculty member who has been in a full time position for less than seven years and has developed extraordinarily effective teaching approaches. read more
Faculty Award for Innovative Teaching
The Faculty Award for Innovative Teaching is given annually to a full-time professor whose courses employ creative techniques to enhance student learning and growth. read more
Lafferty Award
The Lafferty award recognizes faculty members who have made a distinctive and lasting contribution to enhancing the quality of the student experience by engaging with students in significant ways outs idea traditional teaching or research relationship and beyond their formal advising duties. read more
University Mid-Career Service Award
The University Mid-Career Service Award recognizes faculty members would have made extraordinary contributions to the welfare and functioning of their departments, colleges,the University, and their profession. Such service must have exceeded the normal requirements of the candidate’s position, and must have been minimally compensated. read more
The Lawrence C. Gallen, OSA, Faculty Service Award
The Lawrence C. Gallen, O.S.A. Faculty Service Award is presented to an individual member of the Villanova University faculty who has, over many years, contributed outstanding service to the Villanova University community. read more
The Meyer Innovation and Creative Excellence (ICE) Award
The Meyer Innovation and Creative Excellence Awards were created and endowed in 2009 by Patrick Meyer '74 VSB in honor of the Meyer family (Patrick '74, Edward '86, and C. Paul '30) to recognize a spirit of innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship that enhances Villanova University.
The University Scholarly Achievement Award
The University Scholarly Achievement Award will recognize excellence on the part of faculty for published research, scholarship, and/or creative expression. The awards will be given for accomplishments in the preceding three academic years.
The University Mid-Career Scholar Award
The University Mid-Career Scholar Award will recognize a growing body of scholarship or creative achievement made by a mid-career faculty member.
Faculty Awarded Tenure with Promotion to Associate Professor
Dr. Val Lucas Watson Accountancy
Dr. Caitlin Dannhauser Finance
Dr. Raisa Velthuis Finance
Dr. Flannery Stevens Management
Dr. Sherry Burrell Nursing
Dr. Megan Povelones Biology
Dr. Alyssa Stark Biology
Dr. Terence Yee Education and Counseling
Dr. Kaitlyn Muller Mathematics and Statistics
Dr. Amber Stuver Physics
Dr. Benjamin Sachs Psychological and Brain Sciences
Dr. Deena Weisberg Psychological and Brain Sciences
Dr. Roderick Cooke French and Francophone Studies
Dr. Laura Sandez Spanish
Dr. Chih-Yan (Ken) Sun Sociology-CRM
Rev. Dr. Christiane Lang Hearlson Theology/Religious Studies
Dr. Mojtaba Vaezi Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Meltem Izzetoglu Electrical and Computer Engineering
Faculty Awarded Tenure
Dr. Tracy Oliver Nursing
Dr. Nathan Badenoch Global Interdisciplinary Studies
Faculty Awarded Promotion to Professor
Dr. Jonathan (Adam) Langley Biology
Dr. Daniel Kraut Chemistry
Dr. Thomas Ksiazek Communication
Dr. Qi Wang Communication
Dr. Alan Drew English
Dr. Lisa Rodrigues Geography and the Environment
Dr. Timothy McCall History
Dr. Margaret Grubiak Humanities
Dr. Edward Sobel Theatre
Dr. Huajing (Lucy) Chen Accountancy
Dr. Rabih Moussawi Finance
Dr. John Sedunov Real Estate and Finance
Faculty Awarded Promotion to Associate Professor Emeritus
Dr. Angela DiBenedetto Biology
Dr. Mark Sullivan History
Faculty Awarded Promotion to Professor Emeritus
Dr. Paul Danove Theology/Religious Studies
Dr. Deborah Kendzierski Psychological and Brain Sciences
CNT Faculty Awarded Promotion
Faculty Promotion to Associate Professor of Practice
Dr. Lauri Oliver Dean of Engineering Office
Dr. Monika Sywak Finance
Faculty Awarded Promotion to Associate Teaching Professor
Dr. Bright Nsowaa Mathematics and Statistics
Dr. Constance Murphy Chemistry
Dr. Paul Camacho Humanities
Dr. Ian Clausen Augustine and Culture Seminar Program
Dr. Jennifer Constantine Jackson Theology
Dr. Liam Kavanagh Augustine and Culture Seminar Program
Dr. Rishtee Batra Marketing and Business Law
Dr. Stephanie Walkup Civil and Environmental Engineering
Faculty Awarded Promotion to Clinical Associate Professor
Dr. Margaret Lyons Nursing
Faculty Awarded Promotion to Associate Instructor
Ms. Kristin Obermyer Computing Science
Faculty Awarded Promotion to Teaching Professor
Dr. Jennifer Joyce Augustine and Culture Seminar Program
Dr. John Paul Spiro Augustine and Culture Seminar Program
Faculty Awarded Promotion to Teaching Professor Emeritus
Dr. Peter Staffeld Chemical Engineering
In addition to annual awards, Villanova recognizes faculty who have demonstrated excellence in teaching, research and service through the Endowed Chairs Program. In honoring a faculty member with an endowed chair, we in effect charge them to be premier scholars, academic leaders, and models for other faculty. As they fulfill their obligations as chair holders, they produce value -- in the classroom, in the laboratory, in public venues, and, among their colleagues in their departments and colleges. Additional criteria for appointment include compatibility with the particular academic specifications established by the donor of the chair or professorship and compatibility with and ability to contribute to the University's Catholic and Augustinian values and mission.
| Endowed Deanship Name |
Current Dean |
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| Connelly Endowed Deanship | Dr. Donna Sullivan Havens, M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing | |
| The Helen and William O'Toole Endowed Deanship | Dr. Wen Mao, School of Business | |
| The Drosdick Endowed Deanship | Dr. Michele Marcolongo, Dean of Engineering |
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| Endowed Chair Name | Current Chairholder | |
| The Augustinian Endowed Chair in the Thought of St. Augustine | Dr. James R. Wetzel Philosophy Department |
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| Heimbold Endowed Chair in Irish Studies |
Mr. Maurice Fitzpatrick Center for Irish Studies |
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| James R. Birle Endowed Chair in Energy Technology, inaugurated 8/22/2005 |
Dr. Alfonso Ortega, Mechanical Engineering Department | |
| Edward A. Daylor Endowed Chair in Civil Engineering inaugurated 12/14/94 |
Dr. Bridget Wadzuk Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
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| Robert M. Birmingham Endowed Chair in Humanities inaugurated 9/17/98 |
Dr. Judith Giesberg History Department |
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| Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Christian Theology inaugurated 12/2/92 |
Sr. Ilia Delio, OSF Theology & Religious Studies Department |
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| David R. Cook Endowed Chair of Philosophy, inaugurated 3/30/93 | Dr. William Desmond Philosophy Department |
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| John F. Connelly Endowed Chair in Management, inaugurated 10/15/98 | ||
| The Robert J. and Mary Ellen Darretta Endowed Chair in Finance, inaugurated 12/7/10 | Dr. Michael S. Pagano, Finance Department | |
| The Dennis M. Cook Endowed Gregor Mendel Chair in Genetics, inaugurated June 2013 | Dr. Dennis Wykoff Biology Department |
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| Nance K. Dicciani PhD ’69 Endowed Professor in Chemical Engineering, inaugurated 8/20/2019 | Dr. Jacob Elmer, Chemical and Biological Engineering Department | |
| The Harron Family Endowed Chair in Communication, Fall 2019 | Dr. Raka Shome Communication Department |
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| Thomas G. Labrecque Endowed Chair in Business, inaugurated 11/11/99 | Dr. Stephen Andriole Accounting and Information Systems |
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| Gerald M. Lemole, M.D., Endowed Chair in Integrated Biology effective 8/22/08 |
Dr. Aaron Bauer Biology Department |
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| Luckow Family Endowed Chair in English inaugurated 11/2/11 |
Dr. Lisa Sewell English Department |
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| Moritz Endowed Chair in Systems Engineering inaugurated 10/5/06 |
Dr. C. Nataraj Mechanical Engineering |
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| Diane L. and Robert F. Moritz, Jr. Endowed Chair in Nursing Research inaugurated 8/2013 |
Dr. Helene Moriarty Nursing |
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| Richard J. and Barbara Naclerio Endowed Chair in Business inaugurated 11/2006 |
Dr. Jeremy Kees, Marketing & Business Law | |
| Herbert G. Rammrath Endowed Chair in International Business inaugurated 4/2007 |
Dr. Jonathan Doh, Management and Operations |
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| The Anne Quinn Welsh Endowed Chair and Director of Honors Program inaugurated 5/2012 | Dr. Anna Bonta Moreland, Theology |