Faculty & Staff Achievements
Renata Ancona, Adjunct Professor — Art + Architecture, and Matt Peek, Adjunct
Professor — Art + Architecture, won the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s
best practice award and an American Institute of Architects, California Council
merit award for small projects for 2011 for their design of a flood-proof house
in Stinson Beach that can withstand hurricanes and tsunamis.
Noah Borrero, Assistant Professor — Teacher Education, was a panelist discussing
“Urban Education: Reframing the Conversation About the ‘Achievement Gap’” at
the University of San Francisco in February.
Patrick Camangian, Assistant Professor — Teacher Education, presented “Let’s Get Free:
Applying an Education for Liberation” at Race Forward, a lecture series
organized by Stanford University’s African and African American Studies program
with the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity in February. He
was also a panelist discussing “Urban Education: Reframing the Conversation
About the ‘Achievement Gap’” at USF in February.
Katie Faulkner, Adjunct Professor — Dance, received the San Francisco Bay Guardian
GOLDIE award in dance for 2011. The annual award honors achievements in visual
and performing arts throughout the Bay Area.
Emma Fuentes, Assistant Professor — International and Multicultural Education,
authored “Practicing Citizenship: Latino Parents Broadening Notions of
Citizenship Through Participatory Research” in the Latino Studies journal in
December 2011.
Joaquin Jay Gonzalez, Associate Professor — Politics, and Angelo Merino, Adjunct
Professor — Asian Studies, co-authored the book “From Pancho to Pacquiao:
Philippine Boxing In and Out of the Ring,” published in January. Gonzalez also
wrote the book “Diaspora Diplomacy: Soft Power Influences From Philippine
Migration,” published in December 2011.
Lisa Harper, Faculty — MFA in Writing, authored “A Double Life: Discovering
Motherhood” in March, which ranked as the fourth Small Press Highlight of 2011
by Critical Mass, the blog of the National Book Critics Circle Board of
Directors.
Uma M. Jayakumar, Assistant Professor — Leadership Studies, co-edited the book “Creating
Campus Cultures: Fostering Success Among Racially Diverse Student Populations” in
December.
Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg, Assistant Professor — Politics, was honored by the White House in
January as one of its Champions of Change, part of President Barack Obama’s Winning the
Future initiative.
Richard Kamler, Professor Emeritus — Art + Architecture, exhibited “Richard Kamler: A
Retrospective” at USF’s Thacher Gallery from Jan. 27 to March 4.
Shabnam Koirala-Azad, Assistant Professor — International and Multicultural Education, was a
panelist discussing the documentary film “Education Under Fire” at the
University of Southern California in February. The documentary covers the
Bahá’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) and its mission to provide Iranian
Bahá'ís access to learning resources. Koirala-Azad was a BIHE instructor during
the summers of 2010 and 2011.
Cathleen McCarthy, Adjunct Professor — Dance, won the 2012 Isadora Duncan Dance Award in
Sustained Achievement. The annual award recognizes contributions to the Bay
Area dance community spanning 10 years or more.
Terence Patterson, Professor — Counseling Psychology, was appointed to the Mental Health
Board of San Francisco and began his three-year term in January.
D.A. Powell, Associate Professor — English, wrote “Useless Landscape, or A Guide
for Boys: Poems,” published in February.
Dean Rader, Associate Professor — English, Honors Program in the Humanities, won
the 2011 Writers’ League of Texas Book Award for “Works & Days” in
February. He was featured in The Cincinnati Review for his poem “Self-Portrait
as Dido to Aeneas” in January. The poem was selected for The Best American
Poetry series in 2012.
Aaron Shurin, Professor — MFA in Writing, published “Citizen,” a book of poems, in
January.
James Lance Taylor, Associate Professor — Politics, was honored by the magazine Choice:
Current Reviews for Academic Libraries for his book “Black Nationalism in the
United States: From Malcolm X to Barack Obama.” The book was named one of the
2011 Outstanding Academic Titles in January.
Seth Wachtel, Assistant Professor — Art + Architecture, Environmental Studies, with
USF community design outreach students, the Quesada Gardens Initiative, and
Bayview residents, won the 2011 Neighborhood Empowerment Network award in
December for Best Green Community Project for the Bridgeview Community Teaching
and Learning Garden.
— Updated 3-28-2012
