Faculty Awards & Honors
Our faculty are consistently awarded for their achievements in teaching, research, and service.
Powering the Rutgers University–Camden experience: Scholars who enjoy international reputations and deliver inspirational educations.
Our faculty are consistently awarded for their achievements in teaching, research, and service.
Rutgers–Camden faculty are some of the best in their fields, creating new knowledge and sharing it both in and out of the classroom.
Explore some of the recent published works of our distinguished faculty.
Each year, the Chancellor’s New Faculty Research Symposium provides a venue to highlight the work of a number of newer faculty members.
The following awards are just a few examples of how Rutgers–Camden honors its professors for their achievements in teaching, research, and service.
Provided by the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation of Philadelphia, the award honors outstanding teachers at colleges and universities across southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey.
This award is considered Rutgers’ highest honor for innovation in the classroom
Established in 1993, this award has become one of the top honors that Rutgers bestows upon its faculty in recognition of outstanding scholarly achievement and exceptional service to the University. The award commemorates the life and legacy of Dr. Daniel Gorenstein, a noted mathematician on the Rutgers–New Brunswick Campus.
This University-wide award celebrates faculty who forge effective connections between their research and teaching endeavors.
This award was presented annually by the Rutgers University–Camden Alumni Association based on nominations from campus graduates.
Rutgers University–Camden researchers in the diverging fields of biological information (DNA) and biological function (proteins) will soon connect through an innovative program that uses software engineering and artificial intelligence to promote collaboration among scientists. Codes4Life (C4L) is supported by a $2 million National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) grant awarded to Grace Brannigan, associate professor of physics and director of the Center for Computational and Integrative Biology (CCIB) at Rutgers–Camden.
The C4L research team comprises scientists trained in computational genomics, evolutionary genomics, computational biophysics, and computational chemistry, who will collaborate on projects focused on the interface between genetics and proteins. Read more about this exciting project!
Dr. Susan Mokhberi (Associate Professor, History)
The Persian Mirror: Reflections of the Safavid Empire in Early Modern France (Oxford University Press)
Dr. Cati Coe (Professor, Anthropology)
The New American Servitude: Political Belonging among African Immigrant Home Care Workers (NYU Press)
Dr. Stephen Danley (Associate Professor, Public Policy)
A Neighborhood Politics of Last Resort: Post-Katrina New Orleans and the Right to the City (McGill-Queen’s University Press)
Dr. Cindy Dell Clark (Associate Professor, Anthropology)
All Together Now: American Holiday Symbolism Among Children and Adults (Rutgers University Press)
Jeffery Dorwart (Professor Emeritus, History)
Dorwart's History of the Office of Naval Intelligence 1865–1945 (U.S. Naval Institute)
Dr. Howard Marchitello (Professor, English)
Remediating Shakespeare in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (Palgrave MacMillan)
Dr. Margaret Marsh (University Professor of History and Dean Emerita, Faculty of Arts and Sciences)
The Pursuit of Parenthood: Reproductive Technology from Test-Tube Babies to Uterus Transplants (Johns Hopkins University Press)
Chinyere Osuji (Assistant Professor, Sociology)
Boundaries of Love: Interracial Love and the Meaning of Race (NYU Press, 2019)
Dr. Shauna Shames (Associate Professor, Political Science)
Survive and Resist: The Definitive Guide to Dystopian Politics (Columbia University Press)
Rutgers University–Camden is at the forefront of cutting-edge research and exceptional creative activities. Our faculty members are leaders within their disciplines, exploring issues of great significance in today’s world. Each year, the Chancellor’s New Faculty Research Symposium provides a venue to highlight the work of a number of newer faculty members.