Advancing Academic-Research Careers (AARC) Award Recipients

2022 Recipients

Maria Bane, Eastern Kentucky University
Teaching Mentor: Charles Hughes, Eastern Kentucky University
Research Mentors: Vrushali Angadi, University of Kentucky; Joseph Stemple, University of Kentucky (faculty emeritus)

Casey Keck, Towson University
Teaching Mentor: Alex Johnson, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Research Mentor: Louise Keegan, Moravian University

Nimisha Muttiah, State University of New York, College at Cortland
Teaching Mentor: Ann Blanton, State University of New York, College at Cortland
Research Mentors: Kathryn Drager and David McNaughton, The Pennsylvania State University

Sri Nandamudi, Grand Valley State University
Teaching Mentor: Denise Ludwig, Grand Valley State University
Research Mentors: Ciara Leydon, Sacred Heart University; Courtney Karasinski, Grand Valley State University

Kate Nealon, Kean University
Teaching Mentors: Lisa Edmonds, Teachers College, Columbia University; Jennifer Gardner, Kean University
Research Mentor: Lauren Bislick, University of Central Florida

Melissa Polonenko, University of Minnesota
Teaching Mentor: Lizbeth Finestack, University of Minnesota
Research Mentor: Peggy Nelson, University of Minnesota

Prarthana Shivabasappa, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
Teaching Mentor: Jerry Hoepner, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
Research Mentor: Raúl Rojas, The University of Texas at Dallas

Michelle Turner Swartz, Thomas Jefferson University
Teaching Mentor: Kathryn Cabbage, Brigham Young University
Research Mentor: Laura Koenig, Adelphi University

Lesley Sylvan, Montclair State University
Teaching Mentor: Janet Koehnke, Montclair State University
Research Mentor: Elaine Hitchcock, Montclair State University

Celia Zhang, University of the Pacific
Teaching Mentor: Gabriella Musacchia, University of the Pacific
Research Mentor: Matthew Fitzgerald, Stanford University

Previous Recipients

2021

Crystle Alonzo, San Diego State University
Shruti Deshpande, St. John’s University
Hope Gerlach, Western Michigan University
Ann Guernon, Lewis University
Tyson Harmon, Brigham Young University
Roha Mariam Kaipa, Oklahoma State University
Thea Knowles, University at Buffalo
Victoria McKenna, University of Cincinnati
Katrina Nicholas, California State University, East Bay
Claire Wofford, Western Carolina University

2020

Carly Alicea, Nazareth College
Alisa Baron, The University of Rhode Island
Milijana Buac, Northern Illinois University
Natalie Covington, University of Minnesota
Suma Devanga, Western Michigan University
Felicidad Garcia, Temple University
Katelyn Kotlarek, University of Wyoming
Karissa Marble Flint, Wichita State University
Carlos Nye, University of New Mexico
Siva Priya Santhanam, Metropolitan State University of Denver