2025 CCI Faculty and Staff Awards
On May 1, the College of Computing and Informatics recognized faculty and staff in its annual award ceremony and luncheon upon the end of the Spring semester. Congratulations to all of our staff and faculty on all of their accomplishments and for making the 2024-25 school year a resounding success!
Please see below a list of all awardees and those who were recognized in this year’s ceremony:
CCI Faculty & Staff 2025 Award Recipients:
Outstanding Faculty Research Award: Dr. Meera Sridhar
Essam El-Kwae Student-Faculty Research Award: Dr. Xi (Sunshine) Niu and Zhe Fu
CCI Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award: Dr. Bill Chu
CCI Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award: Dr. Alex Dornburg
CCI Outstanding Staff Award: Mary McLean
CCI Staff Leadership Award: Dr. Jody Marshall
CCI Staff Teamwork Award: Becky Boucher
Special Contributions to Student Success in Computing Award: Ilana Rivkovich
CCI Dean’s Award: Ethan Nguyen
CCI Faculty Promotions
Promotion to Professor:
- Dr. Jessica Schlueter, Bioinformatics and Genomics
- Dr. Erik Saule, Computer Science
Promotion to Associate Professor with Permanent Tenure:
- Dr. Elizabeth Cooper, Bioinformatics and Genomics
- Dr. Minwoo Lee, Computer Science
- Dr. Liyue Fan, Computer Science
CCI New Faculty for 2024-2025 Academic Year:
- Brian Todd Dobbs: Teaching Assistant Professor, SIS
- Miranda Parker: Assistant Professor, SIS
- Rrezarta Krasniq:, Assistant Professor, SIS
- Matthew Thayer: Lecturer, CS
- Jinzhen Wang: Assistant Professor, CS
- Aileen Benedict: Visiting Lecturer, CS
- Laurel Powell: Teaching Assistant Professor, CS
- Stephanie Schuckers: Bank of America Distinguished Professor in Computing & Informatics, CS
- Michael Schuckers: Professor, SDS
- Lauren Slane: Teaching Assistant Professor, CS
CCI New Staff for 2024-2025 Academic Year:
- Tracey Glover, ICC
- Kyle Hairston, SDS
- Kimberlee Summerville, Student Center
- Will Lineburger, OneIT