SC&I Celebrates Honors Day 2024 on May 3
The annual event recognizes faculty members, students, and staff.
Honors Day, a spring tradition at SC&I, is hosted by SC&I to recognize and celebrate the exceptional work and accomplishments of select faculty members, students, and staff.
This year, the event was held on May 3, 2024 at the College Avenue Student Center in New Brunswick.
SC&I congratulates the awardees, whose contributions benefitted the university and SC&I communities, alumni, and others.
2024 Faculty and Staff Honorees
Communication Department Faculty Awards
Distinguished Achievement in Teaching
Public Speaking Coordinator and Associate Teaching Professor Nikolaos Linardopoulos
Distinguished Achievement in Research
Associate Professor Maria Venetis
Distinguished Achievement in Service
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice Mark Beal
Distinguished Achievement as a Lecturer
Academic Director for Communication Certificate Programs Ken Hunter
Distinguished Achievement as a Teaching Assistant
Doctoral Student Lauren Lee
Doctoral Student Hayley Nolan-Cody
Journalism and Media Studies Department Faculty Awards
Distinguished Achievement in Teaching
Assistant Teaching Professor David Love
Distinguished Achievement in Research
Assistant Professor Youngrim Kim
Distinguished Achievement in Service With the Barbara Reed Faculty Award
Associate Professor of Professional Practice Mary D’Ambrosio
Professor Regina Marchi
Faculty Excellence Award with the Roger Hernandez/Karyn Collins Part-Time Faculty Excellence Award (awarded posthumously)
Lecturer Teresa Politano
Distinguished Achievement as a Teaching Assistant
Doctoral Student Bahareh Badiei
Library and Information Science Department Faculty Awards
Distinguished Achievement in Teaching
Professor Marija Dalbello
Assistant Teaching Professor Kaushal Trivedi
Distinguished Achievement in Research
Assistant Professor Shagun Jhaver
Distinguished Achievement in Service
Teaching Professor Nancy Kranich
Distinguished Achievement as a Lecturer
Jennifer LaGarde
Distinguished Achievement as a Teaching Assistant
Distinguished Achievement in Teaching
Charlotte Brown
Awards given by Academic Programs to Students
Master of Communication and Media Program
Outstanding Student of the Year
Laine Klimek
David Janes
Weronika Wyparlo
Patrice Wessel
Lillianna Shields
The Angela DiMartini Service Award
Rachel Castria
Outstanding Academic Achievement
Saubhagya Joshi
Hildegard Z. Creager
Maryalice Rocks
Outstanding Service to the Master’s Program
2024 Outstanding Continuing Doctoral Student in the Area of Communication
Arpita Jindani
Outstanding Continuing Doctoral Student in the Area of Media Studies
Bahareh Badiei
Outstanding Continuing Doctoral Student in the Area of Information Science
Juliana Mestre
Outstanding Continuing Doctoral Student in Interdisciplinary Studies
Alyvia Walters
Outstanding Graduating Ph.D. Student
DSA Outstanding Faculty Honor Award
Associate Professor of Communication Shawnika Hull
Service Excellence Award
Faculty Support Assistant Danielle Yglesias
Student Counselor for Continuing Students Alexis W. Dothard
Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications Marissa Anema
Learn more about the Rutgers School of Communication and Information on the website.