Below are awards and honors 91´óÉñ College of Education faculty, staff and students have earned between March and mid-April 2025:
Department Abbreviations
CHSE | Counseling, Higher Education and Special Education
HDQM | Human Development and Qualitative Methodology
TLPL | Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership
Florence Brooks M.Ed. ’25 (TLPL); Cecelia Dworak ’24, M.Ed. ’25 (TLPL); Delmy Liliana Morales Alvarez ’25 (TLPL); Katherine Morris ’25 (TLPL); Laura Shin M.Ed. ’25 (TLPL); Samuel Van Valkenburgh ’25 (CHSE/HDQM) and Holden Zeidman ’25 (TLPL) were recognized as Teachers of Promise by the Maryland State Department of Education.
Drew S. Fagan, clinical professor (TLPL), received a 2025 University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Public Service. This award is the highest honor that the Board bestows to recognize exemplary faculty achievement. Each year, the Board honors faculty excellence in five categories: mentoring, teaching, public service, scholarship or research, and creative activity.
Kimberly Griffin M.A. ’01, dean and professor (CHSE), and KerryAnn O'Meara Ph.D. ’00, professor emerita (CHSE), were named 2025 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Fellows. The AERA Fellows Program honors scholars for their exceptional contributions to, and excellence in, education research.
Loren Jones, associate clinical professor (TLPL), and Alison Jovanovic, principal faculty specialist (TLPL), both received 2025 Provost's Excellence Awards for Professional Track Faculty. Jones was honored for Excellence in Research, and Jovanovic was recognized for Excellence in Service.
Jing Liu, assistant professor in education policy (TLPL), received an Early Career Award from the Association for Education Finance and Policy. This award recognizes junior scholars with exemplary early career trajectories whose research substantially contributes to the field of education finance and policy. In addition, Liu was recognized for exemplifying research excellence at the university’s 2025 Maryland Research Excellence Celebration.
Tania D. Mitchell, associate provost for community engagement and professor (CHSE), was named one of the Top 40 Women in Higher Education by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. This honor celebrates leading women who are making a difference in academia.
