04/30/2025
By Joseph Hartman

I am pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 UMass Lowell Faculty Excellence Awards. These awards honor the exceptional achievements of UMass Lowell faculty who have demonstrated outstanding commitment to teaching, mentoring and community engagement. Awardees were nominated by their colleagues and students, and selected through a competitive review process by the Faculty Excellence Awards Committee.

We look forward to formally celebrating our winners at the 2025–26 Faculty Symposium this fall. Please join me in congratulating our extraordinary colleagues!

Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching:

  • Johanna Choo, Biological Sciences, Kennedy College of Sciences
  • Hannah Johnson, Psychology, College of Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching:

  • Jason Rydberg, School of Criminology and Justice Studies, College of Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

Award for Excellence in Online Teaching:

  • Rebecca Markovits, Psychology, College of Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
  • Katherine Shrieves, English, College of Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

Award for Excellence in Teaching for Adjunct Faculty:

  • John McAvoy, Management, Manning School of Business

Award for Excellence in Mentoring Students:

  • Gulden Camci-Unal, Chemical Engineering, Francis College of Engineering
  • Ann-Marie Matteucci, Public Health, Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences

Award for Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Faculty:

  • Ann Dean, English, College of Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
  • Joseph Gonzales, Psychology, College of Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

Award for Excellence in Community Engagement:

  • Stephanie Block, Psychology, College of Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences