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. 

The 2023 awardees include:

• 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