Faculty Recognition
Highlighting Our Faculty
The College of Arts and Sciences houses a robust faculty with expertise across all of the college's academic departments and interdisciplinary programs. Whether it is innovative teaching in the classroom, groundbreaking research, or exemplary work in the Chicagoland community, we strive to recognize our college faculty for their professional and personal accomplishments.
Faculty Highlights
Faculty Accomplishments
Sujack Awards
The Edwin T. and Vivijeanne F. Sujack Awards
The Sujack Teaching Awards were established in 1994 by Edwin T. and Vivijeanne F. Sujack in order to take special notice each year of two outstanding teachers in the College of Arts and Sciences. These awards recognize the superb teaching of undergraduate students. In addition the recognition, each faculty member’s home department receives a cash award to be used in support of activities that will enhance teaching at the department level. Recipients of the Award have in common a dynamic presence in the classroom, a willingness to try new ways of teaching and a devotion to students that goes beyond the ordinary classroom experience. These faculty members embody the Jesuit ideal of higher education in their dedication to high standards, to critical thinking, and to the principle that knowledge must be put to the benefit of humanity.
Sujack Awards 2024 Recipients
Faculty Research Excellence Award
- Alexandru Grigorescu, Professor, Political Science
- Don Stemen, Professor, Criminal Justice and Criminology
Master Researchers
- Emily Cain, Associate Professor, Theology
- Perla Gámez, Associate Professor, Psychology
- Nan Miles Xi, Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
- Weiming Yu, Associate Professor, Biology
Master Teachers
- Catherine Nichols, Senior Lecturer, Anthropology
- Jennifer Parks, Professor, Philosophy
- Polina Pine, Senior Lecturer, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Sherrie Weller, Senior Lecturer, English
Teaching Excellence Award
- Haysun Kang, Associate Professor, Fine and Performing Arts
- Michael Schumacher, Lecturer, Criminal Justice and Criminology