On May 20, the last day of Commencement and just hours before the final graduates received their diplomas, CSUN President Dianne F. Harrison, Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Stella Theodoulou and Faculty President Mary-Pat Stein hosted another celebration for the people who helped those students get there: the annual Honored Faculty Reception. 

Sponsored by the Office of the President, Office of the Provost, the Northridge Chapter of the California Faculty Association and the Faculty Senate, the annual celebration recognizes the hard work and achievements of current faculty, as well as those receiving emeritus status.

“Commencement is a culminating event for the students, which makes today the greatest time to honor our faculty — those who have spent the most time with our students, mentoring them, teaching them, working with them side-by-side in scholarly and creative activities,” Harrison said.

In addition to those newly granted emeritus status, the reception honored faculty who have taught at CSUN for 25, 30, 35 and 40 years, as well as faculty members who have made great strides in research and demonstrated unwavering commitment to their students and the university. The honorees were selected by committees comprised of faculty members.

“It really is an honor to be here for everybody, if you’ve been here on campus for one year, 10 years or 15 years, to acknowledge what a great faculty we have,” Theodoulou said. “And I think that’s shown by the fact that so many people stay and make their careers here.”

In the category of Outstanding Faculty, awards were presented to CSUN professors Bradley McAuliff (Psychology) and Edward Jackiewicz (Geography).

Harrison said of McAuliff: “He has received both internal and external recognition honors for his commitment to students, through his robust teaching and mentoring during his tenure at CSUN. As one former student stated, ‘Brad was responsible for giving me the greatest gift any professor can give to a student — the strength and confidence to believe in myself and to realize my full potential.’”

McAuliff’s scholarship has consisted of more than 50 conference presentations, 17 articles and peer-reviewed journals, 14 book chapters and edited volumes, educational presentations, two books, and a degree from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Jackiewicz was a first-generation college student before he became a professor. He is the author of the seminal book, “Placing Latin America,” now in its fourth edition; as well as 22 book chapters, 15 peer-reviewed journal articles, and he has presented at numerous national and international conferences. At CSUN, he has taught in the Master of Public Administration degree program, as well as numerous other courses, and he has received more than 15 internal and external grants. Jackiewicz serves as the Faculty Athletics Representative, as well as chair of the Department of Geography.

“One student noted that Dr. Jackiewicz has changed lives for the better,” Harrison said. “And he does this by broadening their worldviews and bringing the world to CSUN.”

Other awards presented were:

Distinguished Teaching, Counseling or Librarianship Awards:

Tara Fahmie, Psychology

Amalie Orme, Geography

Extraordinary Service Award: 

Aimee Glocke, Africana Studies

Preeminent Scholarly Publications Award: 

Jeffrey Auerbach, History

Visionary Community Service-Learning Award: 

Jessica Baty McMillan, Communication Studies

2019 Emeritus Faculty:

David Aks, Music

Prasanta (Shan) Barkataki, Computer Science

Michael Barnes, Computer Science

Stephen Breen, Mathematics

Carolyn Burch, Secondary Education

Anthony Costantini, Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures

Herman De Bose, Social Work

Jody Dunlap, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Ichiro Hashimoto, Electrical and Computer Engineering

David L. Horne, Africana Studies

Rajabali Kiani-Aslani, Accounting and Information Systems

Sharon Klein, Linguistics

Robert Krol, Economics

Terri Lisagor, Family and Consumer Sciences

Richard E. Marks, Journalism

Maria Helena Noronha, Mathematics

Bharath (AI) Sethuraman, Mathematics

Ezra Shapiro, Journalism

Shirley Svorny, Economics

Frank L. Vatai, History

Faculty Completing 25 Years of Service:

Bernardo Attias, Communication Studies

Anthony Dawahare, English

Xocoyotzin Herrera, Chicana/o Studies

Werner Horn, Mathematics

James Kelley, Art

Ah-Jeong Kim, Theatre

Say-Peng Lim, Physics and Astronomy

Lara Medina, Chicana/o Studies

Bruce Mendelson, Art

Oscar Meza, Music

Robert Montgomery, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Michael Neubauer, Mathematics

Jacek Polewczak, Mathematics

Gigi Rabe, Music

Rosalind Raby, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Scott Williams, Family and Consumer Sciences

Faculty Completing 30 Years of Service:

Edward Alfano, Art

James Bracken, Athletics

Alan Buckley, Political Science

Philip Calvert, Music

Paula Higgins, Theatre

Patricia Miller, Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures

Lucy Parakhovnik, Computer Science

Dean Richards, Psychology

Paula Schiffman, Biology

Judith Schmidt-Levy, University Counseling Services

Paulette Schuster, Recreation and Tourism Management

David Shostac, Music

Merril Simon, Educational Psychology and Counseling

Nate Thomas, Cinema and Television Arts

Birgit Tregenza, Philosophy

Sarah Turner, Journalism

Bahram Zartoshty, Computer Science

Faculty Completing 35 Years of Service:

Anton Lowenberg, Economics

Jody Myers, Religious Studies

Tom Spencer-Walters, Africana Studies

Melanie Williams, Business Law

Wayne Smith, Management

Faculty Completing 40 Years of Service:

Glen Garrett, Music

Diane Lewis-Goldstein, Family Consumer Sciences

Janet Marquard-Tormey, Health Sciences

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