The University of Toledo recognized faculty members who led the University in contributing new or advanced knowledge through research publications or made original contributions in the arts during the past several years.
Announced on May 18, the 2021 Awards for Creative and Scholarly Activity were awarded to 26 faculty members in recognition of their scholarly or creative activity during the 2017-19 period.
“I am impressed with the high quality of the publications and creative works of our faculty that bring attention to their good work and that of The University of Toledo among the international community of scholars,” said Dr. Frank Calzonetti, vice president for research. “Through this awards process, we are able to call attention to work that may otherwise go unnoticed to our campus community.”
The contributions include articles published in prestigious and widely read journals, papers by UToledo authors that have been highly cited by other researchers and books written by UToledo faculty members, among other methods to measure a significant impact in their respective fields of expertise.
“All of these measures are indications that these scholars are not just outstanding among their UToledo peers, but have a large international audience and impact,” said Wade M. Lee-Smith, research engagement and science librarian at University of Toledo Libraries.
The Creative and Scholarly Activity Award recipients are:
• Shelley Cavalieri, College of Law, for the high-quality article “On Amplification: Extralegal Acts of Feminist Resistance in the #metoo Era,” which was published in the Wisconsin Law Review.
• Dr. Saurabh Chattopadhyay, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, for numerous high-quality, highly cited journal articles in publications such as Immunity; Cell, Host & Microbe; and Frontiers in Immunology, among others.
• Dr. Jon Elhai, College of Arts and Letters, for highly cited journal articles in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Journal of Affective Disorders, Computers in Human Behavior, Personality and Individual Differences, and Psychiatry Research.
• Dr. Matt Foss, College of Arts and Letters, for numerous play performances and awards, including the National David Mark Cohen Playwrighting Award in 2019 for “All Quiet on the Western Front.”
• Dr. Andrew Geers, College of Arts and letters, for a highly cited journal article in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.
• Dr. Blair Grubb, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, for his numerous high-quality journal publications, including a groundbreaking article in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
• Dr. Edward Janak, Judith Herb College of Education, for his recently published manuscript, “Brief History of Schooling the United States: From Pre-Colonial Times to the Present.”
• Dr. Dae-Wook Kang, College of Engineering, for a highly cited journal article in Scientific Reports.
• Dr. Ajith Karunarathne, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, for the high-quality article on blue light-induced phototoxicity, “Blue Light Excited Retinal Intercepts Cellular Signaling,” published in Nature Scientific Reports.
• Bryan Lammon, College of Law, for the highly cited article “Finality, Appealability and the Scope of Interlocutory Review,” which was published in the Washington Law Review.
• Dr. Jason Levine, College of Arts and Letters, for highly cited journal articles in Journal of Affective Disorders, Computers in Human Behavior and Personality and Individual Differences.
• Dr. Andrew Mattison, College of Arts and Letters, for his recently published manuscript, “Solitude and Speechlessness: Renaissance Writing and Reading in Isolation.”
• Dr. Kimberly McBride, College of Health and Human Services, for citation impact and a highly cited journal article Health Education and Behavior.
• Deborah Orloff, College of Arts and Letters, for the photographic series “Elusive Memory,” and her remarkable record of domestic and international art exhibitions.
• Nicole Porter, College of Law, for the high-quality article “Cumulative Hardship,” which was published in the George Mason Law Review.
• Dr. Neil Reid, College of Arts and Letters, for his editorial work on the manuscript “Agritourism, Wine Tourism, and Craft Beer Tourism: Local Responses to Peripherality through Tourism Niches,” and high-quality journal publications in the Journal of Wine Economics, Growth and Change and Urban Development Issues, among others.
• Dr. Youseff Sari, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, for numerous high-quality articles in journals such as Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience and Behavioural Brain Research, among others.
• Dr. Chunhua Shan, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, for a highly cited journal article in the Journal of Differential Equations.
• Lee Strang, College of Law, for his recently published manuscript, “Originalism’s Promise: A Natural Law Account of the American Constitution.”
• Dr. Henry Streby, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, for high-quality, groundbreaking journal articles in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
• Dr. Jami Taylor, College of Arts and Letters, for journal publications in Political Science and Politics and American Politics, among others, and for the manuscript “The Remarkable Rise of Transgender Rights.”
• Dr. Mojisola Tiamiyu, College of Arts and Letters, for highly cited journal articles and citation impact from publications in Personality and Individual Differences and Psychiatry Research.
• Dr. Akaki Tikaradze, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, for numerous high-quality articles in journals such as Advances in Mathematics and International Mathematics Research, among others.
• Dr. Matam Vijay-Kumar, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, for high-quality journal publications in the Journal of the American Heart Association, Vascular Pharmacology and Gut.
• Dr. Eileen Walsh, College of Nursing, for highly cited journal articles and citation impact from publications in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
• Dr. Yanfa Yan, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, for high-quality, highly cited journal articles in Energy & Environmental Science, Nature Energy, Science, Nature Reviews Materials and Nature, among others.
