Celebrating the 2025 BSOS Faculty and Staff Awards Recipients
On Monday, May 12, faculty, staff and graduate students in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences gathered to honor and celebrate the individuals selected to receive the 2025 Dean’s Medal, and awards highlighting recipients’ commitment to scholarship and service.
“One of my favorite traditions in our college is the annual awards ceremony. Recognizing and celebrating the service, achievements and talent of our community is truly a pleasure,” said Dean Susan Rivera. “We congratulate all of this year’s honorees, and all who were nominated.”
The Dean’s Medal is the college's highest honor, and was awarded to Dr. Eric Wish. From 1990 through 2022, Wish was Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR), now renamed the Center for Substance Use, Addiction and Health Research, at UMD. Wish is also a professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
“CESAR was established by the state of Maryland in 1989, after the untimely death of Len Bias, to create an interdisciplinary BSOS center of excellence in substance abuse research, teaching and policy. To me, the Dean’s Medal is an acknowledgement of CESAR's many accomplishments over the past 36 years in fulfilling the founders’ lofty goals,” Wish said.
The 2025 BSOS faculty and staff award recipients are:
Dean's Medal:
Eric Wish
Early Career Impact:
Fiona Shen-Bayh, Fanita Tyrell and Yiqun Xie
Excellence in Advising and Administration:
Amy McLaughlin
Excellence in Mentorship:
Jennifer Wessel and Janelle Wong
Excellence in Research:
Kathleen Cunningham and Angel S. Dunbar
Excellence in Service:
David Cunningham
Excellence in Service for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice:
Jeanette Snider and Shibley Telhami
Excellence in Teaching:
Amelia Branigan and Amanda Chicoli
Outstanding Staff—Exceptional Contribution:
Joanne Leffson-Bryant and Stephanie Scribner
Outstanding Staff—Service to Students:
Sheila Goebel
Phillips Award for Graduate Research in the Public Interest:
M Pease
Pictured: Dean Rivera awards Eric Wish the BSOS Dean’s Medal
Published on Fri, May 16, 2025 - 10:07AM