Eight Occidental College professors were honored for exceptional teaching, scholarship, and service on September 17 at the College’s annual faculty awards ceremony.
Darren Larsen, associate professor of geology, and Sabrina Stierwalt, assistant professor of physics, received the Award for Distinguished Creative Activity and Research Mentoring, established in 2023.
Douglas Duquette, resident associate professor of chemistry; Jorgen Harris, assistant professor of economics; and Yurika Wakamatsu, assistant professor of art and art history, received the Linda and Tod White Teaching Prize, which is based on student nominations. It has been presented since 2008 thanks to the generosity of Linda and Tod White ’59.
Alexandra Puerto, associate professor of history, received the Faculty Prize for Advising Excellence. The prize recognizes the essential role that faculty advisers play in upholding the College’s mission to provide “a gifted and diverse group of students with a total educational experience of the highest quality.”
Clair Morrissey, professor of philosophy, was presented with the Janosik-Sterling Award for Service to the College, created in 1993 to honor the memory of Politics Professor Robert Janosik.
Mary Lopez, professor of economics, was presented with the prestigious Graham L. Sterling Memorial Award, established in 1972 to recognize a faculty member with a distinguished record of teaching, service, and professional achievement.
Back row, from left: Douglas Duquette, Jorgen Harris, and Clair Morrissey. Front row, from left: Yurika Wakamatsu, Alexandra Puerto, Sabrina Stierwalt. Not pictured: Darren Larsen and Mary Lopez.
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