Scholars of Excellence
Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
The Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award recognizes USF Graduate Faculty who
demonstrate the highest level of quality in the mentoring of graduate students in
teaching, research, and service. Some of the qualities of an exceptional graduate
student
mentor include, but are not limited to:
- Committed efforts to assist the mentee with networking, job placement and professional development.
- Provision of sound counsel and advocacy on academic and non-academic issues.
- Selflessness in the commitment of time.
- Service as a role model for teaching, research, and outreach.
- Maintenance of a long term commitment with the mentee past graduation and throughout the trajectory of their career.
- Elevation of the productivity and success of the mentee beyond what they could normally achieve.
2021 Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award Recipient
Yu Chen
Molecular Medicine
Morsani College of Medicine
2021 Outstanding Graduate Mentor Honorable Mentions
Aisha Durham
Communication
College of Arts and Sciences
Jerome Breslin
Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology
Morsani College of Medicine
Past Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award Winners
2021
| Award | Name | Discipline | College |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Recipient |
Yu Chen | Molecular Medicine | Morsani College of Medicine |
| Honorable Mention | Aisha Durham | Communication | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Honorable Mention | Jerome Breslin | Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology | Morsani College of Medicine |
2020
| Award | Name | Discipline | College |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipient | Jianfeng Cai | Chemistry | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Honorable Mention | Robert Dedrick | Educational Measurement and Research | College of Education |
| Honorable Mention | Robert Frisina | Biomedical Engineering | College of Engineering |
2019
| Award | Name | Discipline | College |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipient | Chuanmin Hu | Professor of Marine Science | College of Marine Science |
| Honorable Mention | Valerie Harwood | Professor of Integrative Biology | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Honorable Mention | Raymond Miltenberger | Professor of Applied Behavior Analysis | College of Behavioral and Community Sciences |
2018
| Award | Name | Discipline | College |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipient | Les Shaw | Professor of CMMB | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Honorable Mention | Kathy Hyer | Professor of Aging Studies | College of Behavioral and Community Sciences |
| Honorable Mention | Rasim Guldiken | Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Honorable Mention | Manh-Huong Phan | Physics | College of Arts and Sciences |
2017
| Award | Name | Discipline | College |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipient | C. Victor Fung | Professor of Music Education | College of The Arts |
| Honorable Mention | Jonathan Rottenberg | Professor of Psychology | College of Arts and Sciences |
2016
| Award | Name | Discipline | College |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipient | Pamela Hallock Muller | Professor of Marine Science | College of Marine Science |
| Honorable Mention | Sara Green | Associate Professor of Sociology | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Honorable Mention | Michael Lynch | Professor of Criminology | College of Behavioral and Community Sciences |
2015
| Award | Name | Discipline | College |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipient | Sylvia Thomas | Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Honorable Mention | Sarina Ergas | Professor of Civil and Electrical Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Honorable Mention | Kevin A. Yelvington | Professor of Anthropology | College of Arts and Sciences |
2014
| Award | Name | Discipline | College |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipient | Paul Spector | Distinguished Professor of Psychology | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Honorable Mention | Nancy Romero-Daza | Professor of Anthropology | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Honorable Mention | Camilla Vasquez | Associate Professor of World Languages | College of Arts and Sciences |
2013
| Award | Name | Discipline | College |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipient | Tammy Allen | Professor of Psychology | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Honorable Mention | Sanjukta Bhanja | Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Honorable Mention | Mya Breitbart | Associate Professor of Marine Science | College of Marine Science |