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Thirty-one women were recognized this month by UCF Faculty Excellence for Women’s Month, including five from the College of Sciences. The awardess were chosen by their colleagues and peers for their work on campus and in the community. They will be honored March 31 at a Burnett House reception.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s honorees from the College of Sciences are:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Charissa de Bekker, assistant professor, biology, College of Sciences<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Shana Harris, assistant professor, anthropology, College of Sciences<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Qun Huo, associate professor, chemistry and NanoScience Technology Center, College of Sciences<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Ellen Kang, assistant professor, physics and NanoScience Technology Center, College of Sciences<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Linda Walters, professor, biology, College of Sciences<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Kenicia Wright, assistant professor, School of Politics, Security and International Affairs, College of Sciences<\/p>\n The other winners are:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2013 <\/strong>Camilla Ambivero \u201907 \u201910MS \u201913PhD, assistant professor, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Sonia Arellano, assistant professor, writing and rhetoric, College of Arts and Humanities<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Kathleen Bastedo, senior instructional designer, Center for Distributed Learning<\/p>\n \u2013 Devon Bazata \u201916MA, visiting instructor, interdisciplinary studies<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Rose Beiler, associate professor, history, College of Arts and Humanities<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Sarah Bush, associate professor, School of Teacher Education, College of Community Innovation and Education<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Feroza Daroowalla, associate professor, medical education, College of Medicine<\/p>\n \u2013 Lynda Dennis \u201900MPA \u201904PhD, associate instructor, accounting, College of Business Administration<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Tina Dow, assistant professor, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Regina Francies, lecturer, Nicholson School of Communication and Media, College of Arts and Humanities<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Barbara Fritzsche, associate dean, College of Graduate Studies<\/p>\n \u2013 Jane Hostetler \u201977 \u201979MA, associate instructor, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Health Professions and Sciences<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Olga Karasik, assistant professor, internal medicine, College of Medicine<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Kelly Kibler, assistant professor, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science<\/p>\n \u2013 Jacqueline LaManna \u201913PhD, assistant professor, nursing practice, College of Nursing<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Carolyn Massiah, associate professor, marketing, College of Business Administration<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Caroline Pratt Marrett, associate lecturer, School of Teacher Education, College of Community Innovation and Education<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Nazanin Rahnavard, associate professor, electrical and computer engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Kathleen Richardson, professor, College of Optics and Photonics<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Asli Tasci, associate professor, tourism events and attractions, Rosen College of Hospitality Management<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Jennifer Tucker, clinical assistant professor, School of Kinesiology and Physical Therapy, College of Health Professions and Sciences<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Jeanine Viau, lecturer, philosophy\/women\u2019s studies, College of Arts and Humanities<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Cynthia Walters, associate instructor , School of Teacher Education , College of Community Innovation and Education<\/p>\n \u2013 Amanda Wilkerson \u201916EdD, assistant professor, educational leadership and higher education, College of Community Innovation and Education<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Natasha Williams, medical instructor librarian, Harriet F. Ginsburg Health Sciences Library, College of Medicine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thirty-one women were recognized this month by UCF Faculty Excellence for Women’s Month, including five from the College of Sciences. The awardess were chosen by their colleagues and peers for their work on campus and in the community. They will be honored March 31 at a Burnett House reception. This year\u2019s honorees from the College […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":25944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[32,34,35,38,39,5967,14,16,28,29],"tags":[612,6421,6306,2080,2804,3046],"class_list":["post-25943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anthropology","category-biology-departments","category-chemistry-departments","category-breaking-news","category-faculty-news","category-notables","category-physics-departments","category-political-science-departments","category-top-news","category-ucf-news","tag-charissa-de-bekker","tag-ellen-kang","tag-kenicia-wright","tag-linda-walters","tag-qun-huo","tag-shana-harris"],"yoast_head":"\n