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Faculty Accolades

March 2, 2023
20 People to Know in Higher Education: Monique Smith
As manager of faculty diversity and development at Pitt, Smith is charged with faculty development and increasing diversity by creating equity-minded programs, training and events.

February 17, 2023
Kamesha Spates's Article Wins North Central Sociological Association's Scholarly Achievement Award
Dr. Kamesha Spates co-authored “Repertoire of Resilience: Black Women’s Social Resistance to Suicide” with Dr. Brittany Slatton. The article was selected for the North Central Sociological...

January 23, 2023
Dr. Robin Brooks's Book Wins Honorable Mention
The Caribbean Studies Association awarded Honorable Mention for its 2022 Barbara T. Christian Literary Award to Class...

January 12, 2023
Dean Valerie Kinloch Named Top 200 Education Scholar Nationally
Valerie Kinloch, Renée and Richard Goldman Endowed Dean and professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education, was recognized as one of the nation’s most impactful education scholars...

December 7, 2022
Gooden is incoming co-editor/Editor of flagship journal of Linguistics
Shelome Gooden is newly elected incoming co-editor/Editor of Language, the flagship journal of the...

December 7, 2022
Ron Idoko at Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures Series
Associate Director Ron Idoko represented the University of Pittsburgh’s Center on Race and Social Problems when he introduced author Clint...

November 14, 2022
Gooden Emphasizes Teaming in Publication of New Book
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Shelome Gooden recently celebrated the publication of her book, “Social and structural aspects of...

November 1, 2022
Temple named editor-in-chief of Journal of Black Studies
Christel Temple, professor of Africana Studies, has been named editor-in-chief of the Journal of Black Studies, effective in January 2023.

October 28, 2022
Congrats to Monique Smith: TALI Emerging Leader
Faculty Affairs Manager Monique Smith is among 26 individuals named to The Advanced Leadership Institute's second cohort of the Emerging Leaders Program.

October 6, 2022
Two Win NIH Director’s New Innovator Awards
Two Pitt faculty members received the prestigious award to support unconventional approaches to major challenges in biomedical and behavioral research.

September 6, 2022
Pitt psychiatry team earned a $16.2 million grant renewal from the NIMH
The ETUDES Center will use the funds to combat adolescent suicide with a focus on Black and Hispanic youth.

August 23, 2022
Amanda Boston wins Critical Sociology award for best paper by a young scholar
In his memory and in recognition of his commitment to nurture junior scholars, the Editorial Board of Critical Sociology has created the...

June 15, 2022
Peck Palmer Appointed AAAC President Elect
Octavia Peck Palmer, PhD, FAACC, has been elected to serve on the AACC board of directors as president-elect starting in August 2022. Following this, she will serve successive terms as the...

May 19, 2022
Vanitha Swaminathan named co-editor of the Journal of Marketing
Pitt Business professor Vanitha Swaminathan has been named a co-editor for the Journal of Marketing, the premier scholarly journal in the marketing field, effective in July 2022.

May 12, 2022
Roberts Wins Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize
Assistant Professor of History Alaina E. Roberts has been awarded the Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize for her first book, I've Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native...