Exemplary Faculty Mentor Awardees Citations

 

Iowa State’s formal mentoring program for new faculty began as a project of the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost in the late 1990’s. The Exemplary Faculty Mentor Award recognizes faculty mentors who go above and beyond the formal expectations of Iowa State’s mentoring program. Winners are nominated by their “mentees” for the positive impact they have made in their lives and careers. 

2024 Awardees:

  • Ossama Abdelkhalik, Professor and Vance D. Coffman Faculty Chair, Aerospace Engineering
  • Dawn Bowker, Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Nursing Education, Food Science and Human Nutrition
  • Michael Bugeja, Distinguished Professor, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication
  • Jacob  Dawson, Associate Teaching Professor, English
  • Albert Jergens, Professor; Donn E. and Beth M. Bacon Professorship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery; Associate Chair of Research and Graduate Studies, Veterinary Clinical Sciences
  • Sung Kang, Professor, Graphic Design
  • Holly Lipsey, Associate Teaching Professor and Director of Undergraduate Education, Kinesiology
  • James McCalley, Distinguished Professor and Jack London Chair in Power Systems Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Peter Orazem, Emeritus University Professor, Economics
  • Maren Wolff, Clinical Assistant Professor, Food Science and Human Nutrition

 

Sung Kang and Tera Jordan

Jacob Dawson and Tera Jordan

Holly Lipsey and Tera Jordan

Ossama Abdelkhalik and Tera Jordan

Previous awardees:

 

  • Rachel Allbaugh, Associate Professor, Veterinary Clinical Sciences and Lora and Russ Talbot Endowed Professor in Veterinary Medicine
  • Karin Allenspach-Jorn, Professor, Veterinary Clinical Sciences
  • Byron Brehm-Stecher, Associate Professor, Food Science and Human Nutrition
  • Haozhe Chen, Professor, Supply Chain Management and Walker Professor in Logistic and Supply Chain Management
  • Ann Gansemer-Topf, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Education, School of Education
  • Peter Martin, University Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
  • William Meeker, Distinguished Professor, Statistics
  • Aubrey Mendonca, Associate Professor, Food Science and Human Nutrition
  • Andrea Quam, Associate Professor, Graphic Design
  • Daniel Russell, Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
  • Xiaolu Wang, Associate Professor, Finance
  • Olena Watanabe, Associate Professor, Accounting
  • Gary Wells, Distinguished Professor, Psychology and Wendy and Mark Stavish Chair in Social Sciences
  • Eliot Winer, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Director, Virtual Reality Applications Center
  • Karin Allenspach-Jorn, Professor, Veterinary Clinical Sciences
  • Julia Dominguez, Associate Professor, World Languages and Cultures
  • Heidi Hohmann, Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
  • Elisabeth Huff-Lonergan, Professor, Animal Science
  • Aileen Keating, Professor, Animal Science
  • Leonor Leandro, Professor, Plant Pathology and Microbiology
  • Steve Martin, Distinguished and University Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Margaret Mook, Associate Professor and Associate Chair, World Languages and Cultures, and Director of Classical Studies
  • Jay Newell, Professor and Allen Essman Faculty Fellow, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication
  • Joseph Sebranek, Distinguished Professor and Morrison Chair in Meat Science, Animal Science