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<\/a>Dr. Kristen Keith, left, and Christina Hennen won Outstanding Adviser Awards.<\/p><\/div>Recipients of the Outstanding Adviser Award are: <\/P><\/p>\n Christina Hennen<\/strong>, associate director of student services for the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department in the College of Engineering. The UT alumna has worked at her alma mater since 2007.<\/p>\n \u201cChristie has made this past five years at UT a lot easier. Her guidance, kindness, encouragement and enthusiasm are things I will never forget,\u201d one nominator wrote. Another noted, \u201cStudents regard Christie as being both professional and a friend. She has been responsible for starting a Peer Mentoring Program in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department. She identifies upperclassmen who work with students in freshman laboratories and who spend extracurricular time with them. The program has greatly improved student retention.\u201d<\/p>\n Dr. Kristen Keith<\/strong>, associate professor of economics and undergraduate adviser for the Department of Economics in the College of Languages, Literature and Social Sciences. She joined the University as an assistant professor in 1994.<\/p>\n \u201cHer availability, commitment and care toward her students have contributed to my success at UT. Dr. Keith always executes professionalism, respect and dedication toward her students. She is approachable, understanding and knows her facts,\u201d one nominator wrote. \u201cDr. Keith has helped me overcome my math fears while helping my analytical skills grow stronger.\u201d Another wrote, \u201cHer open-door policy, upbeat personality and nurturing attitude have made my experience at UT rewarding and academically fulfilling. Because of her caring attitude, Dr. Keith forms long-lasting academic relationships; past students regularly stop by her office.\u201d<\/p>\n Outstanding Researcher Awards went to, from left, Dr. Stanislaw M. Stepkowski, Jane Bradley and Llewellyn Joseph Gibbons.<\/p><\/div>Recipients of the Outstanding Researcher Award are:<\/P><\/p>\n Jane Bradley<\/strong>, professor of English and director of creative writing in the College of Languages, Literature and Social Sciences. She joined the UT faculty in 1990.<\/p>\n Since Powerlines<\/em> was named a notable book of the year by The New York Times Book Review, Bradley has published Living Doll<\/em> and Are We Lucky Yet?<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThe reception to her latest novel, You Believers, has<\/em> been broadly enthusiastic: \u2018a compelling crime story and a credible picture of the intersection of rural poverty and the New South\u2019 declared Library Journal, and Booklist celebrated Bradley\u2019s \u2018unending compassion and chilling assessment of the kind of harm that people are able and willing to inflict on one another,\u2019\u201d one nominator wrote. \u201cYou Believers<\/em> was selected by Barnes & Noble as one of the best books of 2011. Translated into both Slovak and French, the novel has gained worldwide attention.\u201d <\/p>\n Llewellyn Joseph Gibbons<\/strong>, associate professor of law in the College of Law. He has been teaching at UT since 1998. <\/p>\n \u201cProfessor Gibbons\u2019 articles have been cited by courts in California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin and Virginia. He has given presentations on topics relating to intellectual property or ecommerce in the United States, Argentina, China, the United Kingdom, Finland, Italy, Lithuania and Switzerland,\u201d one nominator wrote. \u201cProfessor Gibbons is the author of more than 25 law review articles, book chapters and other publications. He is a co-author of a book, Mastering Trademark Law<\/em> (Carolina Press 2013), and is writing a book, Trademark Myths: The Law, Science and Economics of Trademark Law.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n He is an elected member of the American Law Institute and a fellow of the Center for Intellectual Property Rights at Zhongan University in Wuhan, China. <\/p>\n Dr. Stanislaw M. Stepkowski<\/strong>, professor of medical microbiology and immunology in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences. He joined the UT faculty in 2008.<\/p>\n \u201cDr. Stepkowski is an internationally recognized expert in the field of transplantation immunology, especially in the rapidly growing and clinically important area of immunosuppressive therapeutics,\u201d a nominator wrote. \u201cOver the last 20 years, he has unveiled various mechanisms by which rapamycin and cyclosporine affect immune responses. His group also has developed several novel immunosuppressive agents to prevent graft rejection.\u201d<\/p>\n He has published more than 200 papers in highly ranked, peer-reviewed journals and delivered more than 300 presentations at international and national meetings. He holds four U.S. patents in the areas of immunosuppressive therapeutics. His research has been supported continuously by grants from the National Institutes of Health. <\/p>\n Jennifer Rockwood, left, and Dr. Lynne Hamer received the Edith Rathbun Award for Outreach and Engagement.<\/p><\/div>Recipients of the Edith Rathbun Award for Outreach and Engagement are:<\/P><\/p>\n Dr. Lynne Hamer<\/strong>, associate professor of foundations of education in the Judith Herb College of Education. She joined the UT faculty in 1994.<\/p>\n \u201cSince 2007, Dr. Hamer\u2019s work in community engagement is based out of the Padua Alliance for Education and Empowerment, which is a collaboration between the Padua Community Center and the UT Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership. Its current work is to support educational opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students in college classes, and for pre-school through 12th-grade students through extracurricular educational activities,\u201d one nominator wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Padua Alliance provides opportunities for future professionals in service professions (education, counseling, social work) to learn how to be actively engaged in communities and thus to experience self-growth, both personally and professionally. It provides neighborhood residents access to high-quality educational opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n Jennifer Rockwood<\/strong>, senior lecturer in theatre and film in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. She has worked at UT 27 years.<\/p>\n \u201cJennifer\u2019s contribution to theater, and thus to the arts, in northwest Ohio is unparalleled. The sheer number of projects in which she has been involved is testimony to her commitment, her intensity and her devotion to theater,\u201d one nominator wrote. <\/p>\n \u201cFrom her direction of \u20188,\u2019 the controversial play dealing with the rights of same sex partners to marry in California, with its thought-provoking examination of a highly sensitive and emotionally charged topic, to her direction of \u2018God of Carnage,\u2019 an adult comedy staged to benefit the Toledo School for the Arts, Jennifer\u2019s latitude within, and mastery of, her medium is evident.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>