Honored Faculty Awards 2023

  • Four people stand together and pose for the camera. Pavithra Prasad stands holding her award in a red folder.

    Faculty President Michael Neubauer stands with Pavithra Prasad, winner of the 2023 Exceptional Creative Accomplishments Award along with CSUN Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Meera Komarraju and Faculty Vice President Theresa White (far right) at the Honored Faculty Awards Reception at the Orchard Conference Center, May 22, 2023. Photo by David J. Hawkins.

  • Group poses for the camera. Doris Abrishami is in the center, holding her award.

    Faculty President Michael Neubauer and Vice President Theresa White (left) and Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Meera Komarraju (far right) stand with Doris Abrishami, winner of the Highly Influential and Sustained Innovation Award. Last year's honoree, Ellen Stohl (seated) presented the award to Abrishami at the Honored Faculty Awards Reception at the Orchard Conference Center on May 22, 2023. Photo by David J. Hawkins.

  • Four women stand together smiling at the camera.

    There were smiles all around at the Honored Faculty Awards Reception at the Orchard Conference Center on May 22, 2023. From left, Jinah Kim, Melissa Tindage, Pavithra Prasad and Aimee Carillo Rowe from the Department of Communication Studies. Photo by David J. Hawkins.

After a weekend filled with commencement ceremonies to celebrate students, on May 22 California State University Northridge took time to celebrate its faculty. The annual Honored Faculty Awards Reception was celebrated with a luncheon at the Orchard Conference Center.

This tradition honors faculty members for a variety of achievements, including those celebrating milestones in their years of service at CSUN. Professors who have reached emeritus status are also given special recognition.

Faculty President Michael Neubauer and Faculty Vice-President Theresa White opened the festive event with welcoming remarks. CSUN President Erika D. Beck and Provost Meera Komarraju also spoke — Beck handed out the emeritus honors to 27 faculty members. Komarraju awarded service year recognitions to 27 faculty members who have served 25, 30 and 35 years. CSUN Foundation Board Chair Robert D. Taylor ’82 (Engineering) and President of the Association of Retired Faculty Ronald McIntyre were also on hand to offer greetings and congratulations.

Congratulations to our honored CSUN Faculty Members. Here is the list of honorees:

Outstanding Faculty Award Winners, 2023

Elizabeth Leister, Emerging Media Production, and Melissa Tindage, Communication Studies

The Preeminent Scholarly Publication Award

Jinah Kim, Communication Studies

The Distinguished Teaching, Counseling or Librarianship Award

Elizabeth Blakey, Journalism

Robert Kim, Marketing

Jeanne Robertson, Biology

The Visionary Community-Based Service Learning Award

Danielle Spratt, English

The Extraordinary Service Award

Margeaux Gamboa-Wong, Asian American Studies

The High-Impact Innovation Award

Sakile Camara, Communication Studies

The Highly Influential Sustained Innovation Award

Doris Abrishami, Health Sciences

The Exceptional Creative Accomplishment Award

Pavithra Prasad, Communication Studies

More information about the Faculty Awards can be found the CSUN Faculty Senate website. https://www.csun.edu/faculty-senate/faculty-awards