Faculty Focus
性视界 faculty help build awareness and boost the reputation of the university. We鈥檙e pleased to highlight some of their recent accomplishments.
Fall 2026
Borra College of Health Sciences
Dr. Angelica Guillen, assistant professor of social work, presented Voices of Resilience: Older Mexican Women, Intersectionality, and the Legacy of Jane Addams in Community Empowerment at the In the Spirit of Jane Addams international conference at the University of Warsaw in September 2025.
Dr. Suhad Tabahi, associate professor of social work, was selected for the U.S. Department of Agriculture鈥檚 E. Kika De La Garza Fellowship program for Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Fellows meet with USDA agencies to learn about opportunities available to their institutions and students.
Dr. Jill White, associate professor emerita of nutrition sciences, was the recipient of the 2026 Excellence in Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA) Promotion Award from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Kayla Jackson-Wolff 鈥16, MSW 鈥18, university minister and adjunct instructor in the School of Social Work, received the 2026 Black Excellence Award from 性视界 for leadership, service and elevating inclusion, access to education and resources for Black students at DU.
College of Business, Information Studies, and Technology
Dr. Brooke Reavey, professor of marketing, was selected to participate in the ANA Educational Foundation鈥檚 2026 Visiting Professor Program at Fordham University鈥檚 Center for Positive Marketing in June.
Dr. Cecilia Salvatore, professor emerita of Library and Information Studies, was the recipient of the 2026 St. Catherine of Siena, OP, Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award from 性视界.
Dr. Karen Snow, professor and PhD program director in the School of Information Studies, was a panelist for Fresno State Library鈥檚 Womack Lecture Series webinar, Critical Cataloging & Librarianship Today: Ethics, Power, and Possibility, in April.
Dr. Troy Swanson MLIS 鈥00, adjunct instructor in the School of Information Studies, was named 2026 Academic Librarian of the Year by the Illinois Library Association.
Rosary College of Arts, Education, and Sciences
Dr. Jeff Carlson, professor emeritus of theology, received the Hugh McElwain Distinguished Service Award for Faculty from 性视界.
Dr. Anjali Chaudhry, professor of management, was presented the 2026 Excellence Award for Teaching from Principles of Responsible Management Education North America.
Endpapers, an essay by Dr. Jodi Cressman, professor of English, was shortlisted for the 2026 Disquiet Prize in Nonfiction.
Dr. Claudia Herrera-Montero, assistant professor of theology, was elected to the presidential line of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States (ACHTUS). She will serve one year as vice president, followed by president-elect and then president.
Bill Kerr, professor of graphic design, and his wife, Weeks Ringle, exhibited their modern quilt designs during a spring 2026 public show at Concordia University Chicago.
Dr. Tim Milinovich, professor of theology, was named general editor of the Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph series and its sister series, CBQ Imprints. He also joined the editorial board of the Biblical Studies from the Catholic Biblical Association series.
Dr. Nkuzi Nnam, professor of philosophy and director of Black World Studies, gave the keynote address at the 2026 Umu Igbo United Conference, held March 29 in Chicago. The topic of his address was Examining the Igbo Landing and Igbo Masquerades, Connecting Our Past Defiance to Our Present Divinity.
Spring 2026
Borra College of Health Sciences
Dr. Dylan Bellisle, assistant professor in the School of Social Work, co-authored the article 鈥淐hild Tax Credit Utilization in Immigrant Households: A Focus on Child Investment and College Funds,鈥 in SN Business & Economics.
Dr. Kevin Miller, assistant professor in the School of Social Work, presented research on 鈥淵outh Perspectives on Identity and Internalization in Out-of-School Programs鈥 at the 11th International Congress of Clinical and Health Psychology in Children and Adolescents in M谩laga, Spain.
Dr. Julia Sonnichsen, program director of Physician Assistant Studies, and Dr. Cheng Hsieh, lecturer, presented 鈥淗iring a Retention Specialist to Improve Student and Program Outcomes鈥 during the 2025 Physician Assistant Education Association annual conference.
College of Business, Information Studies, and Technology
Dr. David Aron, professor of marketing, presented 鈥淵ou Own Your Origin Story: Creating Identity and Coaching Confidence Through Narrative,鈥 at the London Arts-Based Research Centre conference.
Dr. Bill Crowley, professor in the School of Information Studies, authored 鈥淟ibrary Censorship as a Health and Safety Issue鈥 in The Political Librarian, December 2025.
Dr. Jennifer Dunn, professor of communication arts and sciences, presented the paper 鈥淟ove is Blind: A Case for Applying Ethical Research Standards to Social Experiment Reality Television,鈥 at the National Communication Association鈥檚 annual convention in Denver, Colorado, in November 2025.
Dr. Sujin Huggins, professor in the School of Information Studies, served as jury chair of the 2026 Coretta Scott King Book Awards, which honor African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults.
Dr. Keerti Banweer, assistant professor of computer science, presented two research papers at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Frontiers in Education Conference, held in November 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee: 鈥淎 Qualitative Study of How Computer Science Students Develop Debugging Skills in a Curriculum鈥 and 鈥淐ode Insight: Evaluating an Active Learning Framework for Novice Programmers to Promote the Development of Code Review Skills.鈥
Dr. Elvira Kizilova, assistant professor of marketing and international business, presented her co-authored research, 鈥淚mpact of Reproductive Health Legislation on Women鈥檚 Perceived Access to Health Services,鈥 at the Marketing and Public Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Sakthi Mahenthiran, associate professor of accounting, co-authored the paper 鈥淐ulture, Trust, and Procedural Justice on Sustainable Organizational Information Sharing in Cloud Computing Adoption,鈥 which was honored with a Best Paper Award at the 2025 Insight 360 International Conflux of Business, Law and Sustainable Futures Conference.
Dr. Kara Malenfant, assistant professor in the School of Information Studies, co-authored the chapter 鈥淒igital Equity in Higher Education鈥 in the 2025 book Legislative Advocacy and Public Policy Work for Academic and Research Library Workers: Perspectives and Strategies.
Dr. Brooke Reavey, professor of marketing and the John and Jeanne Rowe Distinguished Professor in the Brennan School of Business, earned second place in the 2025 Fox School of Business International Case Study Competition (AI, Automation and Analytics track), for her peer-reviewed case, 鈥淎lbertsons: Customer Insights to Increase Adoption of a New mHEALTH App,鈥 which she co-authored.
Dr. Cecilia Salvatore, professor in the School of Information Studies and coordinator of DU鈥檚 Archives and Cultural Heritage Program, was the recipient of the Spirit of Uplift Award from the Maywood-based nonprofit Uplift, Inc. The award recognized the work of Salvatore and SOIS students in helping to preserve and archive the collection held by the West Town Museum of Cultural History in Maywood.
Rosary College of Arts, Education, and Sciences
Dr. Daniela Andrei, professor of chemistry, was selected to join the 2026 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad (USNCO) coaching program, which helps prepare high school students for the 2026 USNCO local and national exams.
Dr. Jodi Cressman, professor of English, participated in a summer writing fellowship at the prestigious Bread Loaf Writers Conference in Middlebury, Vermont. The conference was founded in 1926 by Robert Frost to bring emerging and contemporary writers together for writing and mentorship.
Dr. Aly Dram茅, associate professor of history, published the book The Institutionalization of Islam in Southern Senegal: Intermarriage, Qur鈥檃nic Education, and Jihad (University of Michigan Press, 2025).
Dr. Claudia Herrera-Montero, assistant professor of theology, presented the peer-reviewed paper 鈥淧articipando: Imagining Mujerista Theology through Participatory Action Research (PAR) with College-Age Latinas鈥 at the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States Annual Colloquium in 2025.
Dr. Jane Hseu, professor of English, was named president of the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame Board.
Dr. Clodagh Weldon, vice president for Mission and Ministry and professor of theology, was the recipient of the Emerging Colleague Award from the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities and the Catholic Higher Education Mission Officers Network. The award recognized her work in promoting and facilitating mission integration at 性视界.