Faculty, Students Honored at Celebration of Excellence in Learning and Teaching

Akron, Ohio, April 8, 2008 ― The University of Akron honored six outstanding faculty and students Monday at its seventh annual Celebration of Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT).

Dr. Janice Yoder of Akron, professor of psychology, received the Outstanding Teacher-Scholar Award.

Janis Lorman of Stow, a speech pathologist with more than 35 years of experience, received the Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Award.

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant – Doctoral Awards went to Alison O'Malley of Stow, in the Department of Psychology, and Jodi Ross of Akron, Department of Sociology.

The Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant – Master's Award was presented to Thomas Craig of Akron, Department of Geography and Planning.

Dr. William Donovan of Akron, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, received the Outstanding Teacher/Mentor of First-Year Students Award.

Before coming to UA, Yoder taught psychology and directed the Center for Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she received the Distinguished Teaching Award and the Martine D. Meyer Award for Excellence in Teaching.

She also taught at Webster University and the U.S. Military Academy. She received the Heritage Award for Distinguished, Longstanding and Substantial Contributions to Feminist Teaching from the Society for the Psychology of Women and is a fellow of the American Psychological Association.

Lorman received bachelor's and master's degrees in speech pathology and a master's degree with emphasis in audiology from Kent State University.

She has received the Elwood Chaney Outstanding Clinician Award from the Ohio Speech and Hearing Association and the Distinguished Service Award from the Akron Regional Speech and Hearing Association. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology.

O'Malley, a doctoral candidate in industrial/organizational psychology, received her bachelor's degree (summa cum laude) in psychology from Butler University and a master's degree in industrial/organizational psychology from The University of Akron.

She has received the Outstanding Women Student, Stuart Research Fellowship and the Edward Lee Yeager Memorial awards. She has presented five articles at scientific conferences and published four in refereed journals, including the Teaching of Psychology.

Ross, a doctoral candidate in UA's Department of Sociology, received a bachelor's degree (summa cum laude) and master's degree in sociology from The University of Akron.

She has received the Outstanding Women Graduate Scholar Award, the Outstanding Service Award, the Patricia Conley Peer Mentor Award and the Most Outstanding Sophomore while at The University of Akron. She has published or presented 16 articles at academic conferences.

Craig is studying for a master's degree in geography. Before to coming UA, he received a bachelor's degree in secondary education from Concordia University.

Donovan is an assistant professor of chemistry at The University of Akron and the director of the Northeast Ohio Center for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teacher Education. He earned his doctorate in philosophy from Purdue University with an emphasis in chemistry education. He has received the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences Chairs' Outstanding Achievement Award for Teaching.

CELT conference sponsors are the university's Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost, the Institute for Teaching and Learning, and the Office of the Vice President of Information Technology and Information Technology Services.

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