Faculty Honored for Service, Scholarship At Celebrating Faculty Excellence 2019

Mark Stockman

Physics & Astronomy

(approved by Regents in Summer 2018)

This honor is bestowed on distinguished faculty whose innovative scholarly achievements are recognized nationally and internationally. This is the highest academic appointment in the University System of Georgia. Mark Stockman is the founding Director of the Center for Nano-Optics and holds the title of Distinguished University Professor. Dr. Stockman is regarded as a pioneer and world-leader in a new field of physics called nanoplasmonics. Through his research,he invented the concept of Spaser (Surface Plasmon Amplification by Stimulated Emissions of Radiation). Among other achievements, his research has led to the development of products to aid terrorism expert in detecting explosives in the air and help oncologists in determining the progression of cancer.

Richard Plemper

Institute for Biomedical Sciences

Dr. Plemper is a world-renowned scientist leading a highly successful research program focusing on human respiratory viruses of major clinical importance, such as influenza, pediatric pathogens and respiratory viruses. His research has developed a fully automated drug discovery facility at Georgia State that carries out major drug screening campaigns to irradiate respiratory viruses — the leading cause of infant mortality from viral diseases in the United States.

Lindsey Cohen

Department of Psychology

Dr. Cohen is an internationally recognized expert in the assessment and intervention for pediatric procedural pain and pain management, with a focus on children and infants. Dr. Cohen has created a new direction for research into chronic and recurrent pain for conditions such as sickle cell disease and cystic fibrosis.

Jonathan Todres

College of Law

Jonathan Todres is among the world’s foremost experts in child trafficking and is nationally and international recognized as the lead voice on children’s rights and health law. Professor Todres has developed and taught courses in Public Health Law and Global Perspectives on Children and the Law, which have become staples in the health law certification program. He has published two books and has two more in production in the Oxford University Press and Johns Hopkins University Press.

Alumni Distinguished Awards

Marise Parent

Neuroscience

The Alumni Distinguished Professor Award recognizes a high-achieving senior faculty member who embodies the balance between teacher and scholar.

Dr. Marise Parent is the Associate Director of the Neuroscience Institute and a globally recognized expert in the bases of memory. She has initiated a new line of work to examine the role that memory plays in food intake, and her research has found that our memory of the previous meal is important in determining the timing and size of our next meal. Dr. Parent has been awarded a $1.2 million grant from the National Institute of Health to pursue this innovative research.

Instructional Effectiveness

Ashley Holmes

English

Dr. Ashley Holmes uses pedagogical approaches that involve students in service-learning partnerships and client-based projects. Dr. Holmes closely guides students through their projects, mentoring them in public-facing research and preparing them for the job market.

Her book Public Pedagogy in Composition Studies—a comparative, cross-institutional study of how writing programs and instructors “go public” with pedagogy—was published with the Conference on College Composition and Communication’s Studies in Writing and Rhetoric series in 2016.

Outstanding Faculty Achievement

The Outstanding Faculty Achievement Award recognizes a tenure-track faculty member who has been at Georgia State for four to 10 years and has made outstanding achievements across the areas of scholarship, teaching and service.