Faculty and Graduate Student Awards for Mentoring in Creative Inquiry

Each year the university recognizes one faculty and one graduate student Creative Inquiry mentor for their exemplary mentorship to their CI students at the Spring University Awards Ceremony. Nominations for the 2024 recipients of these awards for mentoring in Creative Inquiry are open November 9, 2023 – March 1, 2024.
To be considered for this award, undergraduate CI students must nominate the mentors and a review committee selects recipients. When a graduate student is nominated, the graduate student’s faculty mentor is given the opportunity to submit an additional letter of support.
The Phil and Mary Bradley Faculty Award for Mentoring in Creative Inquiry
The Faculty Award for Mentoring in Creative Inquiry is presented each spring in recognition of outstanding work with undergraduate students. Nominations are accepted from student participants in Creative Inquiry. The award is made possible by generous gifts from Phil and Mary Bradley and consists of a plaque and a salary supplement.
Previous Faculty Award Winners
- 2023 — Cathy Bodinof Jachowski, Associate Professor, Forestry and Environmental Conservation
- 2022 — Angela Naimou, Associate Professor, English
- 2021 — Mark Schlautman, Professor, Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
- 2020 — Jessica Larsen, Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- 2019 — Anastasia Thyroff, Associate Professor, Marketing
- 2018 — Arelis Moore de Peralta, Assistant Professor, Languages; Youth, Family and Community Studies
- 2017 — Vladimir Reukov, Research Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
- 2016 — Michael Sehorn, Associate Professor, Genetics and Biochemistry
- 2015 — Michael J. Childress, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- 2014 — Heather Walker Dunn, Research Assistant Professor, Animal and Veterinary Sciences
- 2013 — Molly Kennedy, Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
- 2012 — John DesJardins, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
- 2011 — Delphine Dean, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
- 2010 — June J. Pilcher, Alumni Distinguished Professor, Psychology
- 2009 — Karen Kemper, Associate Professor, Public Health Sciences
- 2008 — Susanna Ashton, Associate Professor, English
- 2007 — Mark Charney, Professor, Performing Arts

The Graduate Student Award for Mentoring in Creative Inquiry

The Graduate Student Award for Mentoring in Creative Inquiry is presented each spring in recognition of outstanding work with undergraduate students. Nominations are accepted from undergraduate student participants in Creative Inquiry projects. The award consists of a plaque and a salary supplement.
Nominate your Graduate Student Mentor
Previous Award Winners
- 2023 — Vishal Manjunatha, Food, Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences
- 2022 — Lauren Stoczynski, Biological Sciences
- 2021 — Kea Payton, Biological Sciences
- 2020 — John Cannaday, Forestry and Environmental Conservation
- 2019 — Kylie Smith, Biological Sciences
- 2018 — Christopher Mayerl, Biological Sciences
- 2018 — Drew Morris, Psychology
- 2017 — Dotan Shvorin, Industrial Engineering
- 2016 — Alice Brawley, Psychology