Photo caption: Top row (l to r): Jeff Ashby, Rhina Fernandes Williams, Hongli Li and Kenneth Rice; bottom row (l to r): Katie Kurumada, Jason Braasch, G. Sue Kasun and Daniel Conine.
story by Claire Miller
The College of Education & Human Development is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2022 Faculty Awards.
These faculty have published extensively, mentored numerous educators and peers, secured significant grant funding, and represented Georgia State University and the college in school systems, community organizations and in their disciplines.
Faculty awardees will be recognized at a luncheon on Thursday, March 31. For more information about the award recipients, visit https://education.gsu.edu/cehd-faculty-awards.
The 2022 recipients are:
Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award for Graduate Teaching
Jeff Ashby, professor, Department of Counseling and Psychological Services
This award recognizes a full-time faculty member in the college for outstanding achievement in the area of graduate teaching.
Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award for Undergraduate Teaching
Rhina Fernandes Williams, clinical associate professor, Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education
This award recognizes a full-time faculty member in the college for outstanding achievement in the area of undergraduate teaching.
Outstanding Faculty Research Award
Hongli Li, associate professor, Department of Educational Policy Studies
This award recognizes a full-time faculty member in the college for outstanding achievement in the area of scholarship.
Outstanding Faculty Research Mentoring Award
Kenneth Rice, Ken and Mary Matheny Endowed Professor, Department of Counseling and Psychological Services
This award recognizes a full-time faculty member who fulfills in an exemplary way the college’s commitment to providing mentoring in the conduct of research to faculty colleagues and doctoral students.
Outstanding Faculty Service to the Community Award
Katie Kurumada, clinical assistant professor, Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education
This award recognizes a full-time faculty member who fulfills in an exemplary way the college’s commitment to service and has consistently demonstrated exemplary service to the community and/or campus.
Outstanding Faculty Service to the Profession Award
Jason Braasch, associate professor, Department of Learning Sciences
This award recognizes a full-time faculty member who fulfills in an exemplary way the college’s commitment to service and has consistently demonstrated exemplary service to their profession at a national level.
Innovation in International Education Faculty Award
Sue Kasun, associate professor, Department of Middle and Secondary Education
This award recognizes a full-time faculty member in the college for their outstanding achievement in international education.
Amy R. Lederberg Award for Outstanding Research in Educational Psychology
Daniel Conine, assistant professor, Department of Learning Sciences
Established by Dr. Carol Springer Sargent to honor her dissertation chair, Dr. Amy R. Lederberg, this award is given to a new faculty member to support the development of their research agenda and recognize research-related accomplishments.
