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10 Dean’s Awards Recipients Named for 2020

Congrats from Dean McClain

The Graduate School has selected 10 recipients for its 2020 Dean's Awards, which recognize outstanding efforts in mentoring, teaching, and creating an inclusive environment for graduate education at Duke.

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring

Each faculty award winner receives a $3,000 prize, while each student recipient gets $2,000.

Faculty

William Darity

Samuel DuBois Cook Distinguished Professor of Public Policy
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Jennifer Roizen

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
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David Wong

Susan Fox Beischer and George D. Beischer Professor of Philosophy
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Ph.D. Students

Christina Bejjani

Psychology & Neuroscience
Adviser: Tobias Egner
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Cherie Conley

Nursing
Adviser: Isaac Lipkus Reiner
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Gwenaëlle Thomas

Neurobiology
Adviser: Kafui Dzirasa and Marc Caron
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Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

Each winner receives $2,000. This award is for Ph.D. students only.

Chelsea Garber

Economics
Adviser: Christopher Timmins
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Hannah Rogers

English
Adviser: Nancy Armstrong
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Brenda Yang

Psychology & Neuroscience
Adviser: Elizabeth Marsh
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Dean’s Award for Inclusive Excellence in Graduate Education

Each winning department or program receives $5,000 to be used at its discretion.

Duke Research in Engineering Program
(nominated by Ashutosh Chilkoti and Marc Sommer)
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