Past Recipients of the Award for Global Engagement

The all-University Award for Global Engagement is given to faculty and staff members in recognition of outstanding contributions to global education and international programs at the University or in their field or discipline.

2023

Jennifer Powers

Professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, and Plant and Microbial Biology, College of Biological Sciences, Twin Cities

June Nobbe

Assistant Vice Provost for Student Life, Office for Student Affairs, Twin Cities

Tasoulla Hadjiyanni

Professor, Interior Design, College of Design, Twin Cities

2022

Claudia Muñoz-Zanzi

Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Twin Cities

Dan Nolan

Assistant Professor, German Studies, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Duluth

Maria Hordinsky

Professor and Chair, Department of Dermatology, Medical School, Twin Cities

2021

Abimbola Asojo

Professor of Interior Design, Associate Dean for Research, Creative Scholarship, and Engagement, Interior Design, College of Design, Twin Cities

James L. David Smith

Professor, Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, Twin Cities

Sofia Mogilevskaya

Research Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, Twin Cities

2020

Elizabeth Lightfoot

Professor, Social Work, College of Education and Human Development, Twin Cities

Sarah-Jane (Saje) Mathieu

Associate Professor, Department of History, College of Liberal Arts, Twin Cities

William Toscano

Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Twin Cities

2019

Katharine Pelican

Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Twin Cities

Luis Ramos-Garcia

Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, College of Liberal Arts, Twin Cities

Venugopal Mukku

Associate Professor, Department of Math, Science, and Technology, Department of Math, Science, and Technology, Crookston

2018

Brian Steffenson

Lieberman-Okinow Endowed Chair of Cereal Disease Resistance, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences, Twin Cities

Joan DeJaeghere

Professor, Comparative and International Development Education, College of Education and Human Development, Twin Cities

Michael Anderson

Director, English Language Programs, College of Continuing and Professional Studies, Twin Cities

Sabine Engel

Director, International Programs, Institute on the Environment, Twin Cities

2017

Dennis Falk

Distinguished Teaching Professor, Social Work, College of Education and Human Service Professions, Duluth

John Deen

Professor, -, College of Veterinary Medicine, Twin Cities

Ragui Assaad

Professor, Global Policy Area, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Twin Cities

2016

Anne M. D' Angelo

Assistant Dean, Global Initiatives, Carlson School of Management, Twin Cities

R. Michael Paige

Professor Emeritus, Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, College of Education and Human Development, Twin Cities

Robert A. Stein

Everett Fraser Professor of Law, --, Law School, Twin Cities

2015

Christopher J. Johnstone

Director, International Initiatives and Relations, College of Education and Human Development, Twin Cities

Khary D. Hornsby

Director, International & Graduate Programs, Law School, Twin Cities

Randall Singer

Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Twin Cities

2014

Alan R. Lifson, MD, MPH

Professor, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, Twin Cities

J. Brian Atwood

Professor and Chair, Global Policy, Former Dean, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Twin Cities

Terry L. Roe

Professor; Director, Department of Applied Economics; Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy (CIFAP), College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resources Sciences, Twin Cities

2013

Aydın Yücesan Durgunoğlu

Professor and Interim Department Head, Psychology, College of Education and Human Service Professions, Duluth

Nathan Whittaker

Academic Adviser, TRiO Student Support Services, College of Education & Human Development, Twin Cities

Paul Imbertson

Teaching Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, Twin Cities

2012

Kevin Dostal Dauer

Coordinator of Residential Life, Housing and Residential Life, --, Twin Cities

Michael Houston

Assistant Dean, Global Initiatives, Carlson School of Management, Twin Cities

Paul Glewwe

Professor, Applied Economics, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, Twin Cities

2011

Kumar G. Belani

Professor, Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Twin Cities

Zhuangyi Liu

Professor, Mathematics, Mathematics and Statistics, Duluth

2010

Claudia Parliament

Professor, Applied Economics, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, Twin Cities

Harouna A. Maiga

Associate Professor, Agricultural and Natural Resources, --, Crookston

James D. Neaton

Professor, Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Twin Cities

2008

John R. Vreyens

Director, International Programs in Food, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, Twin Cities

Mahmood A. Zaidi

Professor Emeritus, Human Resources, Carlson School of Management, Twin Cities

Phillip K. Peterson and Paul G. Quie

Co-Directors, International Medical Educational and Research (IMER) program, School of Medicine, Twin Cities

2007

Allen Isaacman

Regents Professor, History, College of Liberal Arts, Twin Cities

John J. Cogan

Professor Emeritus, Educational Policy and Administration, College of Education and Human Development, Twin Cities

Vernon E. Weckwerth

Professor, Healthcare Administration, School of Public Health, Twin Cities

2006

Harry Lando

Professor, Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, Twin Cities

Meredith McQuaid

Associate Dean, Administration and International Programs, Law School, Twin Cities

Zbigniew Bochniarz

Former Senior Fellow, Humphrey Institute, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Twin Cities

2005

Josef A. Mestenhauser

Professor Emeritus, Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development, College of Education and Human Development, Twin Cities