Provost’s Faculty Enhancement Awards
Lecturer of the Year
Award Narratives
Friday, March 26, 2010
Peter Folan, S.J.
Peter Folan, S.J., received an appointment as lecturer in the Department of Philosophy after having served so well as an adjunct faculty member in 2008-09. During these past two years, Professor Folan has established himself as an extremely popular faculty member with incredibly strong student evaluations. But looking beyond this popularity, one will note that he is a very careful, reflective and meticulous educator. This is clearly evident in his syllabi which are detailed in a way so that they serve as important educational tools for his courses.
Excellence in the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
Kevin S. Wilkerson, Ph.D.
Dr. Kevin Wilkerson only joined the University in 2004 as a faculty member in the Department of Counseling and Human Services, but he has established a superb record for his work in teaching and learning, both on campus and in the national arena. His work encompasses the traditional classroom setting and includes his restructuring of certain key program course courses, his role as mentor to more than 30 graduate-level counseling students, and his leadership in the CACREP (Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs). Dr. Wilkerson’s involvement with the Educational Trust Transforming School Counseling Initiative program allows him to engage the broader community in issues related to contemporary school counseling, and he is recognized as one of the best national trainers in this initiative.
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Excellence in the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
ROBERT L. McKEAGE, Ph.D.
Dr. Robert L. McKeage has been the creative force behind the University’s Business Leadership Honors Program for the past 15 years. His tenure as the director of the program has been characterized by constant innovations in curriculum and pedagogy which have benefited not only our students, but also educators across the nation who have heard his presentations or read his articles about education for leadership. His work includes study of emotional and spiritual intelligence, experiential exercises, overcoming cross-cultural differences, and nurturing self-discovery. For many years, Dr. McKeage has been in the forefront in classroom applications of technology, and he has been a recipient of a State of Pennsylvania Higher Education Technology grant.
Excellence in Scholarly Publication
ABHIJIT ROY, D.B.A.
Dr. Abhijit Roy, from our Marketing/Management Department, is receiving broad recognition as a leading scholar in critical areas of growing importance in the marketing discipline. Some of his articles involve topics on marketing to and through associations, online marketing, development of marketing students’ critical-thinking skills, international marketing, and marketing ethics and values. His articles appear in Journal of Database Marketing, Journal of Businessto-Business Marketing, Journal of Marketing Education, Journal of International Marketing and Industrial Marketing Management. Dr. Roy has presented at 21 business and marketing conferences since 2002. We are pleased that the quantity of his work is also characterized by the Ignatian values of our University mission as exemplified by his articles: “The Promise of Social Entrepreneurship” and “Redeveloping an Urban Slum: A Case Study and Marketing Implications.”
Excellence in Advancing Global Learning
ANN A. PANG-WHITE, Ph.D.
Dr. Ann Pang-White joined the Department of Philosophy in 1997. She is rightfully recognized as a remarkably popular and effective educator. But she is also a well-established scholar having published 13 articles and more than two dozen conference presentations. Born in Taiwan and having earned her baccalaureate degree at Tung-Hai University, Professor Pang-White has incorporated her heritage into many of her scholarly and teaching projects. We are happy that she chose to dedicate some of her time to leading our faculty and administrators to the successful development and completion of a new interdisciplinary program in Asian Studies. She has worked with great diligence in establishing cooperative programs with Wuhan University and with Henan College of Education and we await with great optimism the outcome of the University’s proposal to the People’s Republic of China’s Office of Chinese Language Council International for a University of Scranton–based Confucius Institute.
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