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2026 LAS Faculty Excellence Awards

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is pleased to celebrate its exemplary faculty by announcing the 2025 Liberal Arts and Sciences Faculty Excellence Awards winners.  The recipients were recognized at the LAS 2026 Faculty Excellence Awards Ceremony in April.  Click here to see the full gallery of event photographs.

Dean Benjamin Wither and Alicia Carriquiry2025 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences award winners. LAS award recipients celebrated at this event include:

Peng Liu
Department of Statistics
Laurence H. Baker Chair in Biological Statistics

Gulbahar Beckett
Department of English
Angela B. Pavitt Professor in English

Alicia Carriquiry
Department of Statistics
Patricia S. Conn Statistics Professor

Dipali Gurudutt Sashital
Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Roy J. Carver Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Wallapak Tavanapong
Department of Computer Science
Kingland Professor in Data Analytics or Cognitive Machine Learning

Jonathan Hassid
Department of Political Science
Lucken Faculty Fellowship

Mack Shelley
Department of Political Science
Whitaker-Lindgren Faculty Fellowship

Zhengyuan Zhu
Department of Statistics
Kingland Fellowship in Data Analytics or Cognitive Machine Learning

Charles Kerton
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Cassling Family Faculty Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching

Olga Mesropova
Department of World Languages and Cultures
Shakeshaft Master Teacher in Humanities and Social Sciences

To view a historical list of LAS and University awards, dating back to 1964, click here.