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The University Award for Recent Achievement in Scholarship

The University Award for Recent Achievement in Scholarship recognizes scholarly or creative work over the previous five years by a faculty member that represents a major contribution to a field of knowledge or to the arts.

  • 2024 Winner
    Brody Sandel, Department of Biology

    Brody Sandel studies ecosystems--specifically how the impact of humans has changed our land, water, and atmosphere. To accomplish this, they use a combination of field studies and biodiversity databases, while collaborating with scientists from many different fields. They are phenomenally talented at analyzing so-called Big Data – large, complex data sets that continue to grow. Our honoree has co-authored 43 papers in 5 years, and has had 17 SCU students working in their research lab.  In addition to students mentored in their own lab, they have co-authored papers with undergrad students from other research labs, In 2021, they received a prestigious NSF CAREER grant for $627,832 to support his project entitled “Global change and the functional ecology of grasses.

  • 2023 - Michelle Bezanson (Anthropology)
  • 2022 - Colleen Chien (Law)
  • 2021 - On Shun Pak (Mechanical Engineering)
  • 2020 - Jasmín Llamas (Counseling Psychology)
  • 2019 - Chris Kitts, Engineering
  • 2018 - George Cai (Information Systems & Analytics)
  • 2017 - Gary Spitko (Law)
  • 2016 - Siqi Li (Accounting)
  • 2015 - Blake de Maria (Art & Art History)
  • 2014- Yongtae Kim (Accounting
  • 2013- Ed Mauer (Civil Engineering)
  • 2012 - Lisa Kealhofer (Anthropology)
  • 2011 - Fabio Lopez-Lazaro (History)
  • 2010 - Michelle Oberman (Law)
  • 2009 - Michelle Marvier (Biology & Environmental Science)
  • 2008 - SunWolf (Communications)
  • 2007 - Sanjiv Das (Finance)
  • 2006 - Michael Carassco (Chemistry)
  • 2005 - Thomas Plante (Psychology)
  • 2004 - Tim Urdan (Psychology)
  • 2003 - J. David Pleins (Religious Studies)
  • 2002 - Nam Ling (Computer Engineering)
  • 2001 - June Carbone (Law)
  • 2000 - John Hawley (English)