The Harry W. Rodgers, III Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award was founded in 1971 to give public recognition to full-time faculty members whose teaching activities demonstrate a high degree of professional excellence. The award was established through the generosity of Harry W. Rodgers, III, '50 and is supported by the Harry W. Rodgers, III, Distinguished Teacher Award Fund. Undergraduate students nominate teachers for the award via Blackboard. Once selected as the Distinguished Teacher of the Year, the faculty member is inducted into the Alpha Sigma Nu Society in April. The award is presented each March at the College's Maryland Day Celebration. |
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| 2008 - Michael Franz, Political Science |
 A professor of Political Science, Dr. Michael Franz holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in political science from Loyola University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree from Illinois State University. He joined the Loyola faculty in 1987, teaches a wide range of courses dealing with political philosophy, and has published a book on the sources of ideology. He has served as chair of Loyola’s Curriculum Committee, founded the Loyola College Political Philosophy Society, and is a representative to Loyola Conference.
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| 2007 - Timothy Stapleton, Philosophy |
An associate professor of philosophy, Dr. Stapleton received his Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University. During his tenure at Loyola, Dr. Stapleton has served as Chair of the Philosophy Department as well as Director of the undergraduate Honors Program. His primary area of specialization is in contemporary European philosophy along with the relationship between philosophy and literature. He has authored and edited a number of books and articles in these areas. |
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| 2006 - Andrew Schoeffield, Biology |
 An associate professor of biology, Dr. Schoeffield received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland Dental School. During his tenure at Loyola, he has served as the College's Pre-Health adviser and as Chair of the Biology Department for more than six years. His research interests include the role of bacteria in aquatic ecosystems; how bacterial populations interact with one another; and how these interactions affect the ecosystem and other organisms within it. |
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| 2005 - Stephen Walters, Economics |
 A professor of economics, Dr. Walters received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, and began teaching at Loyola in 1981. His research interests include industrial organization and regulation, economic analysis of law, sports economics, and urban economics. He is the author of Enterprise, Government, and the Public (McGraw-Hill, 1993) as well as articles in The Journal of Law & Economics, The Southern Economic Journal, The Journal of Labor Research, and other scholarly journals. He also has served as a consultant for government agencies such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and private companies such as the Boston Red Sox baseball club.
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| 2004 - Catherine Castellan, Education |
 An assistant professor of Education, Dr. Castellan received her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland College Park. She began teaching elementary education courses at Loyola College in 1999 and includes a service-learning component in many of her courses. Her research interests include the impact of service-learning on teacher education students and the education of effective mathematics teachers for elementary schools. |
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| 2003 - Nancy A. Williams, Economics |
 An associate professor of economics, Dr. Williams received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research covers a variety of topics related to land use and natural resource pricing. Her most recent article, appearing in the Journal of Housing Economics, is co-authored with department colleagues Fred Derrick and Norman Sedgley, and addresses the impact of school quality on housing prices. She routinely engages in statistical consulting and served as Economics Department Chair from 2001-2004. |
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| 2002 - Michael O'Neal, Education |
 An associate professor of education, Dr. O'Neal received his Ph.D. from the University of Delaware. His research interests include the natural variability of past climates and their resulting effects on global sea level. He has delivered more than 20 presentations around the world and has published a number of papers. |
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| 2001 - Kathleen Siren, Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology |
| An assistant professor of speech-language pathology/audiology, Dr. Siren received her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. Her areas of clinical and research interest include articulation and phonological development and disorders, with a particular emphasis on the acoustic analysis of speech and voice. |
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2000 - Francis G. Hank Hilton, S.J., Economics |
 An associate professor of economics, Fr. Hilton received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Institute for Environmental Studies. He is completing his third year as Chair of the Economics Department and his tenth year on Loyola's faculty.
His research, publications, and private sector consulting focus on the interaction of energy use, economic growth, and environmental improvement. At St. Pius Church in Baltimore, Fr. Hilton is completing his tenth year on staff and his fourth as assistant pastor. |
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1999 - David Rivers, Biology |
| An associate professor of Biology, Dr. Rivers studies the interactions between parasitic wasps and their insect hosts, with a primary focus on how venoms are used in host-parasite relationships. Dr. Rivers also founded and chaired the Scientific Research Task Forces, serves as academic advisor for several students, and has served as a Subject Editor for the journal Annals of the Entomological Society of America. |
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1998 - Ilona McGuiness, Writing |
| The Dean of First-Year Students and Academic Services as well as an associate professor of Writing, Dr. McGuiness received her Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. |
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1997 - Roger Kashlak, Management and International Business |
 A professor of International Business and Management, Dr. Kashlak began teaching at Loyola in 1993. His BS in Economics is from the University of Pennsylvania and his MBA and Ph.D. in International Business from Temple University. His research has focused on topics such as international reciprocity, international joint venture negotiations, global control, international corporate governance, and comparative analyses of leadership and work attitudes. He is an author of International Management (McGraw-Hill, 2005) and articles in journals such as Journal of International Business Studies, Strategic Management Journal, Management International Review and Long Range Planning and serves on various editorial boards. |
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1996 - Heather Thomas, English |
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1995 - Andrea Giampetro-Meyer, Law and Social Responsibility |
| A professor of Law & Social Responsibility, Dr. Giampetro-Meyer received her J.D. from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary. Her research focuses primarily on legal responses to race and gender discrimination in employment. Her current teaching interests are in the areas of law, ethics, and corporate social responsibility. She has earned both national and local awards for teaching and has received the Holmes-Cardozo Award from the Academy of Legal Studies in Business in recognition of excellence in legal scholarship. |
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1994 - Elissa Derrickson, Biology |
 An associate professor of Biology, Dr. Derrickson received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Her research experience involves studies directed at understanding the evolution of growth characteristics in mammals. Techniques include live-trapping and other field methods; statistical analysis of comparative patterns; laboratory analysis of diet quality on growth in mice; and biochemical analysis of milk composition. |
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1993 - Timothy Brown, S.J., Law and Social Responsibility |
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1992 - Charles LoPresto, Psychology |
 An associate professor of Psychology, Dr. LoPresto received his Ph.D. from Howard University. His research interests include various aspects of homophobia/ homonegativity and construction of sexual orientation, stigma associated with sexual minority status, adolescent treatment issues, cognitive-behavioral approaches to treatment, cross-cultural psychology
and men's issues. |
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1991 - E. Barry Rice, Accounting |
 An assistant professor emeritus of Accounting and CPA, Mr. Rice received his MBA from the University of Maryland, College Park. During his 27-year tenure, he served twice as Chair of the Accounting Department. He has been recognized by the Maryland Association of CPAs, the American Institute of CPAs and the American Accounting Association for being a pathfinder in using technology in accounting education.
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1990 - Donald Keefer, Biology |
 A professor of Biology, Dr. Keefer received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1974. After joining the Loyola community in 1983, he served as Chair of the Biology Department for 15 years. During this time, he has developed educational software packages to accompany several major biology textbooks. His research interests run the gamut from the effects of hormones on neuronal architecture and receptor levels to the effects of wasp venom on insect neuronal ultrastructure. Since stepping down as Chair, he has also served as rifle coach for the Loyola College Marksmanship Club.
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1989 - Doris Van Doren, Marketing |
 A professor of Marketing, Dr. Van Doren received her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in College Park. Her dissertation was based on a study of the requirements for job success and self-development of retail personnel. Her major focus has been increasing productivity and developing personnel through effective management and marketing skills. In 1996, she was recognized as one of Loyola's Top Eight Teachers with the distinction of Affecting Eternity. Since 1988, she has lead the International Marketing European Study Tour. This global experience is incorporated in her managerial approaches to training. |
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1988 - Barbara Mallonee, Writing |
 An associate professor of Writing, Ms. Mallonee received her M.A.T. and M.L.A. from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. |
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1987 - Bernard Weigman, Engineering Science |
| A professor emeritus of Engineering Science, Dr. Weigman received his Ph.D. from the Unversity of Notre Dame. |
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1986 - Antonia Keane, Sociology |
| An associate Professor of Sociology, Dr. Keane has applied her skills to a wide variety of public service activities, including chairing both the Governor's Commission on Juvenile Justice and Baltimore City Council Task Force on Rape, serving as a consultant to the U. S. Department of Justice, lecturing at the Baltimore City Police Academy and spending eight years as a special consultant to the Baltimore City Police Department's Youth Division. She was a founding member of the Youth Diversion Project of SouthEast Baltimore. She has served on legal services committees of the Baltimore City Bar Association and the University of Maryland School of Law. |
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1985 - John Gray, Law and Social Responsibility |
 A professor of Law and Social Responsibility, Dr. Gray received his J.D. from the University of Baltimore. From 1995 to 2002, he served as the Faculty Coordinator for Loyola's MBA degree program at the Universidad Jesuita Alberto Hurtado in Santiago, Chile, and has also served as graduate dean and as interim dean of the Sellinger School. He serves as an arbitrator with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and is a mediator for the Baltimore District Office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He has served as a special assistant attorney general in the Securities Division of the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Maryland and on a number of local and national nonprofit boards. He is currently on the Board of Directors of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Maryland and is Vice Chair of the Board of Baltimore Mental Health System, Inc. He co-authored The Legal Environment of Business (Southwestern 1988) and has published in a variety of journals.
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| 1984 - Timothy J. McNeese, Chemistry |
 A professor of chemistry, Dr. McNeese received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. He has served as Chair of the Chemistry Department and as a member of a variety of college committees during his tenure at Loyola. His research interests in Inorganic Chemistry are concerned with the synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of organometallic compounds.
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1983 - Sue Abromaitis, English |
| A professor of English, Dr. Abromaitis received her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. |
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1982 - P. Andrew McCormick, Modern Languages and Literature |
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1981 - George Mackiw, Mathematical Sciences |
| A professor of Mathematical Sciences, Dr. Mackiw has chaired the Mathematical Sciences department and has led Loyola's successful application for a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. He speaks Ukrainian fluently. |
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1980 - Hans Mair, Political Science |
 An associate professor emeritus of Political Science, Dr. Mair died on September 4, 2007 at the age of 77. Throughout his extensive teaching career, Dr. Mair was known for fostering rich classroom discussions with generations of Loyola students. He was a strong advocate of the interactive classroom experience, rather than the authoritarian style of education he knew growing up in Austria. He was also heavily involved in the College’s extracurricular activities, performing alongside students in theater pieces and singing in the Loyola Chorale. Dr. Mair received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University and he specialized in international politics and European government, teaching courses such as international relations, comparative government and contemporary history.
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1979 - Faith Gilroy, Psychology |
 A professor emerita in Psychology, Dr. Gilroy received her Ph.D. from St. Louis University. Her scholarly interests include business applications of psychology, attribution theory, conformity, attitudinal measurement, women's issues, gerontology, career patterns, and gender choice of offspring. |
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1978 - Francis Trainor, Writing |
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1977 - Francis Cunningham, Philosophy |
| An associate professor of Philosophy, Dr. Cunningham received his Ph.D. from Fordham University. |
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1976 - James Maier, Biology |
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1975 - Bernard Nachbahr, Philosophy |
| A professor of Philosophy. First director of the Center for Humanities. |
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1974 - Malke Morris, Modern Languages and Literature |
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1973 - Thomas Scheye, English |
| A distinguished professor of English, Dr. Scheye received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. His interests include Renaissance Literature, Shakespeare, and Milton. |
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1972 - Richard McCoart, Mathematical Sciences |
| A professor of Mathematical Sciences, Dr. McCoart received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina. |
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1971 - James Rozics, Computer Science |
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