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Six headshots of Loyola Chicago's College of Arts and Sciences faculty members.

Faculty Recognition

Highlighting Our Faculty

The College of Arts and Sciences houses a robust faculty with expertise across all of the college's academic departments and interdisciplinary programs. Whether it is innovative teaching in the classroom, groundbreaking research, or exemplary work in the Chicagoland community, we strive to recognize our college faculty for their professional and personal accomplishments.

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“We lift up the Sujack Award recipients each year as exemplars of what takes place every day at Loyola: high-level teaching and high-level scholarship working hand-in-hand to deepen knowledge and transform lives.” Peter J. Schraeder, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Highlights

Loyola Chicago's College of Arts and Sciences Professor of Religious Studies, Tracy Pintchman

Tracy Pintchman

Professor of Religious Studies, Department of Theology

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Vershawn Sanders-Ward, an Instructor of Dance, and Matt Ulery, an Instructor of Bass in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts

Loyola Performing Arts Instructors Recognized by Walder Foundation

Vershawn Sanders-Ward, an Instructor of Dance, and Matt Ulery, an Instructor of Bass

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Loyola Chicago's College of Arts and Sciences Associate Professor, Yoel E. Stuart

Yoel Stuart

Associate Professor, Department of Biology

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Faculty Accomplishments

Loyola Chicago's College of Arts and Sciences Mausumi Mahapatra

Mausumi Mahapatra

Awarded $110K Grant from American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund

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Loyola Chicago's College of Arts and Sciences Amanda Ward

Amanda Ward

Received $175K Grant to Reduce Women’s Incarceration in Illinois

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Loyola Chicago's College of Arts and Sciences Xiang Wan

Xiang Wan

Awarded $250K NSF-LEAPS Grant

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Sujack Awards

Edwin T. and Vivijeanne F. Sujack Award for Teaching Excellence award winners from Loyola's College of Arts and Sciences.

The Edwin T. and Vivijeanne F. Sujack Awards

The Sujack Teaching Awards were established in 1994 by Edwin T. and Vivijeanne F. Sujack in order to take special notice each year of two outstanding teachers in the College of Arts and Sciences. These awards recognize the superb teaching of undergraduate students. In addition the recognition, each faculty member’s home department receives a cash award to be used in support of activities that will enhance teaching at the department level. Recipients of the Award have in common a dynamic presence in the classroom, a willingness to try new ways of teaching and a devotion to students that goes beyond the ordinary classroom experience. These faculty members embody the Jesuit ideal of higher education in their dedication to high standards, to critical thinking, and to the principle that knowledge must be put to the benefit of humanity.

Sujack Awards 2024 Recipients

Faculty Research Excellence Award

  • Alexandru Grigorescu, Professor, Political Science
  • Don Stemen, Professor, Criminal Justice and Criminology

Master Researchers

  • Emily Cain, Associate Professor, Theology
  • Perla Gámez, Associate Professor, Psychology
  • Nan Miles Xi, Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
  • Weiming Yu, Associate Professor, Biology

Master Teachers

  • Catherine Nichols, Senior Lecturer, Anthropology
  • Jennifer Parks, Professor, Philosophy
  • Polina Pine, Senior Lecturer, Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Sherrie Weller, Senior Lecturer, English

Teaching Excellence Award

  • Haysun Kang, Associate Professor, Fine and Performing Arts
  • Michael Schumacher, Lecturer, Criminal Justice and Criminology

Sujack Ceremony Program