Outstanding Faculty Awards
2022-2023
Rising Star Award
Teaching
Dr. Joshua Anderson
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Department of History & Philosophy
Star Award
Teaching
Dr. Andrew Wynn
Assistant Professor/
Coordinator, STEM Teaching Unit
Department of Mathematics & Economics
Rising Star Award
Outstanding Service
Dr. Cheryl Mango
Associate Professor of History & Executive Director, National HBCU Studies Data Collection & Research Center at 51ºÚÁÏ
Department of History & Philosophy
Rising Star Award
Research/Scholarship/Creative Activities
Dr. Sergio Da Silva
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics & Economics
Rising Star Steller Award
Teaching/Research/Scholarship/Service
Dr. Naha Farhat
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics & Economics
Star Steller Award Teaching/Research/Scholarship/Service
Dr. Patricia Perry-Rivers
Associate Professor of Management
Director of the 51ºÚÁÏ Center for Entrepreneurship
Reginald F. Lewis College of Business
Dedicated – Rising Star Award-Research/Scholarship/ Creative Activities for Faculty (50% or Higher)
Dr. Zelalem Mersha
Assistant Professor in Plant Pathology
Agriculture Research Station
Star Award in Research/ Scholarship/ Creative Activities for Faculty with 50% or Higher Research Appointments
Dr. Toktam Taghavi
Associate Professor of Horticulture
Agricultural Research Station
Dedicated-Star Award (Teaching-Non-Tenure Track)
Dr. Kathryn H. Shows
Instructor, Assistant Professor of Biology
Department of Biology
Previous Outstanding Faculty Recipients
Contact Us
For more information, contact OFA Committee Chair Rafat A. Siddiqui, Ph.D. at rsiddiqui@vsu.edu.