Advancing Academic-Research Careers (AARC) Award Recipients

2025 Recipients

Grace T. Clark, Montclair State University
Teaching Mentor: Lesley Sylvan, Montclair State University
Research Mentor: Christine Holyfield, University of Arkansas

Cara Donohue, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Teaching Mentor: Jordan Hazelwood, Appalachian State University
Research Mentor: Kate Hutcheson, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Manaswita Dutta, Portland State University
Teaching Mentor: Rik Lemoncello, Portland State University
Research Mentor: Gerasimos Fergadiotis, Portland State University

Alicia Guadalupe Escobedo, California State University, San Bernardino
Teaching Mentor: Sabrina Horvath, Medical University South Carolina
Research Mentor: Janna Oetting, Louisiana State University

Imani Evans, Thomas Jefferson University
Teaching Mentors: Reva Zimmerman, West Chester University and Christine Spence, Virginia Commonwealth University
Research Mentor: Jason Chow, Vanderbilt University

Leslie E. Kokotek, University of Louisville
Teaching Mentor: Alan Smith, University of Louisville
Research Mentor: Kelly Farquharson, Florida State University

Brittany Lee, Chapman University
Teaching Mentor: James McCann, Gallaudet University
Research Mentor: Elizabeth Schotter, University of South Florida

Nancy C. Marencin, University of South Florida
Teaching Mentors: Howard Goldstein, University of South Florida and Nicole Patton Terry, Florida State University
Research Mentor: Richard Wagner, Florida State University

Juliana Ronderos, Teachers College, Columbia University
Teaching Mentor: Michelle Troche, Teachers College, Columbia University
Research Mentor: Carol Scheffner Hammer, Teachers College, Columbia University

Hannah P. Rowe, Northeastern University
Teaching Mentor: Therese O'Neil-Pirozzi, Northeastern University
Research Mentor: Jonathan Peelle, Northeastern University

Previous Recipients

2024

Christopher Apfelbach, University of Minnesota
Genesis D. Arizmendi, University of Arizona
Eleanor Gulick, University of Wyoming
Hana Kim, University of South Florida
Charlie Lunaris, University of Northern Colorado
Ting-fen Lin, California State University, Fresno
Jisook Park, University of South Florida
Yalian Pei, Syracuse University
Rebecca Summy, The University of Alabama
Si On Yoon, New York University

2023

Rebecca Bawayan, Moravian University
Teresa Girolamo, San Diego State University
Kelly Jahn, The University of Texas at Dallas
Erin L. Meier, Northeastern University
Brandon Merritt, The University of Texas at El Paso
Amy K. Peterson, University of Wyoming
Chelsea Privette, The University of Texas at Austin
Gabriella Reynolds, Long Island University Post
Elizabeth Roepke, Saint Louis University
Pumpki Lei Su, The University of Texas at Dallas
Soumya Venkitakrishnan, California State University, Sacramento