YSU faculty members honored

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

Twenty-five Youngstown State University faculty members earned honors last month at the 2015 Distinguished Professor Awards.

The Distinguished Professor Award event is in the DeBartolo Stadium Club at Stambaugh Stadium on the YSU campus.

For excellence in teaching: Philip Brady, English; G. Andy Chang, mathematics and statistics; Helen Han-Haas, management; Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez, philosophy and religious studies; Rachael Pohle-Krauza, human ecology; Molly Roche, nursing; Jeremy Schwartz, accounting and finance; Stephanie Tingley, English; Alan Tomhave, philosophy and religious studies.

For excellence in scholarship: Diane Barnes, history; Scott R. Irelan, theater and dance; Don Martin, counseling, special education and school psychology; Gang Peng, management; Alicia Prieto Langarica, mathematics and statistics; Bruce Waller, philosophy and religious studies; Jane L. Wetzel, physical therapy.

For excellence in service: Tiffany Anderson, English; James Andrews, physics and astronomy; Ramesh Dangol, management; John Hazy, criminal justice and forensic science; Deborah Mower, philosophy and religious studies; Joseph Palardy, economics; Helene Sinnreich, history; William Vendemia, management.

Watson Merit Award: Jake J. Protivnak, counseling, special education, and school psychology.