Advancing Academic-Research Careers (AARC) Award Recipients

2024 Recipients

Christopher Apfelbach, University of Minnesota
Teaching Mentor: Benjamin Munson, University of Minnesota
Research Mentor: Phillip Gander, University of Iowa

Genesis D. Arizmendi, University of Arizona
Teaching Mentor: Michael Orosco, University of Kansas
Research Mentor: Raúl Rojas, University of Kansas

Eleanor Gulick, University of Wyoming
Teaching Mentor: Louise Keegan, Moravian University
Research Mentor: Jamie Azios, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Hana Kim, University of South Florida
Teaching Mentor: Jacqueline Hinckley, Nova Southeastern University
Research Mentor: Leora Cherney, Northwestern University

Charlie Lunaris, University of Northern Colorado
Teaching Mentor: Kimberly Murza, University of Northern Colorado
Research Mentor: David Hydock, University of Northern Colorado

Ting-fen Lin, California State University, Fresno
Teaching Mentor: Vickie Yu, California State University, Northridge
Research Mentor: Andrew Lovering, University of Oregon

Jisook Park, University of South Florida
Teaching Mentor: Pui Fong Kan, University of Colorado Boulder
Research Mentor: Shelley Gray, Arizona State University

Yalian Pei, Syracuse University
Teaching Mentor: Jamie Desjardins, Syracuse University
Research Mentor: Ellyn Riley, Syracuse University

Rebecca Summy, The University of Alabama
Teaching Mentor: Kaitlin Lansford, Florida State University
Research Mentor: Kelly Farquharson, Florida State University

Si On Yoon, New York University
Teaching Mentors: Tara McAllister, New York University; Susannah Levi, New York University
Research Mentor: Sudha Arunachalam, New York University

Previous Recipients

2023

Rebecca Bawayan, Moravian University
Teresa Girolamo, San Diego State University
Kelly Jahn, The University of Texas at Dallas
Erin L. Meier, Northeastern University
Brandon Merritt, The University of Texas at El Paso
Amy K. Peterson, University of Wyoming
Chelsea Privette, The University of Texas at Austin
Gabriella Reynolds, Long Island University Post
Elizabeth Roepke, Saint Louis University
Pumpki Lei Su, The University of Texas at Dallas
Soumya Venkitakrishnan, California State University, Sacramento

2022

Maria Bane, Eastern Kentucky University
Casey Keck, Towson University
Nimisha Muttiah, State University of New York, College at Cortland
Sri Nandamudi, Grand Valley State University
Kate Nealon, Kean University
Melissa Polonenko, University of Minnesota
Prarthana Shivabasappa, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
Michelle Turner Swartz, Thomas Jefferson University
Lesley Sylvan, Montclair State University
Celia Zhang, University of the Pacific