Faculty Achievements and Awards

Violinist and UB professor Melissa White has been named the new artistic director of Clarion Concerts, where she aims to honor tradition while championing inclusivity and new voices in chamber music.

In recognition that academic integrity is the foundational value of all teaching, learning and research efforts, the Office of Academic Integrity recognizes individuals who help to elevate this important value at our institution. While all members of our UB community are expected to uphold integrity standards, this recognition is reserved for those who set an example for others in their commitment to integrity.

A new program-length realization of Stockhausen’s “Plus Minus” by Birge Cary Professor Ming Tsao, titled “Plus or Minus,” will have its world premiere at the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik Festival on May 3, 2025, in Witten, Germany.

Professor Andreas Daum has been selected to receive the DAAD Alumni Association’s Excellence Award for International Exchange, recognizing his outstanding contributions to transatlantic academic collaboration, teaching, mentoring, and research.

Eero Laine, associate professor and chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance, along with fourteen co-authors from around the world, began writing a book together when the Performance Studies International Conference was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Mourning the Ends: Collaborative Writing and Performance" was recently published by Punctum Books as part of the Advanced Methodologies: New Research Ontologies series.

The Gionfriddo Research Group’s newly featured "Analytica Chimica Acta" article presents innovative, solvent-free methods to detect volatile PFAS—advancing environmental monitoring and earning a spot on the journal’s cover.

Kaila Stipancic has received ASHA’s prestigious Early Career Contributions in Research Award, recognizing her outstanding promise and impactful work in the field of speech-language-hearing sciences.

UB Choro wowed a packed crowd at Silo City with a lively Brazilian music set, marking its rise as a vibrant student-faculty ensemble bridging UB and Buffalo’s music scene.

Sarah Handley-Cousins, associate teaching professor in the Department of History co-wrote a book with three other doctoral UB alumni. "Spiritualism's Place: Reformers, Seekers, and Seances in Lily Dale," is a history of Lily Dale, NY, the spiritualist intentional community located near Fredonia.

Deborah Reed-Danahay, professor of Anthropology, published a book entitled "Sideways Migration: Being French in London” with Routledge in Nov. 2024.

Constance DeVereaux, associate professor and director of arts management, has been selected as a fellow at University of Ottawa.

Tanya Shilina-Conte, assistant professor of English, published a book entitled "Black Screens, White Frames: Gilles Deleuze and the Filmmaking Machine” with Oxford University Press in Nov. 2024.

Hal Langfur, associate professor in the Department of History, is the co-winner of The Warren Dean Memorial Book Prize (2024) for his recently published book, "Adrift on an Inland Sea: Misinformation and the Limits of Empire in the Brazilian Backlands."

Alessandro Sebastiani's new book, "Roma antica e l'ideologia nazionale italiana. Trasformazioni di una città dal Risorgimento al fascismo", was released by Carocci Editore in Oct. 2024.

Stephanie Poindexter, assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, has been awarded the 2024 Early Career Achievement Award by the American Society of Primatologists (ASP).

The Power List 2024 is comprised of 60 leaders and influencers in analytical science whose work is transforming the world around us for the better.

The Department of English's Jamie (Jay) Barber has been named a Faculty Champion by the University of Vermont's Center for Community News. Barber is a clinical assistant professor and director of the Journalism Certificate Program.

The six College employees recognized for consistently superior professional achievement and the ongoing pursuit of excellence are Bernard Badzioch, Jason Benedict, Xuedong Hu, Teri Metz, Michael Rembis and Shanna Snider.

The Department of Psychology's Craig Colder and the Department of Chemistry's Eva Zurek were promoted to the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system by the Board of Trustees.

"Whiteout: How Racial Capitalism Changed the Color of Opioids in America" has won two awards.

The Department of History's Victoria Wolcott has published an edited collection, "Utopian Imaginings: Saving the Future in the Present."

Katherine Zubovich's new book, Making Cities Socialist, was published by Cambridge University Press in March 2024.

The Department of Chemistry's Emanuela Gionfriddo was included among the inaugural group of 20 Rising Stars in Measurement Science by American Chemical Society (ACS) Measurement Science Au.

Hal Langfur, associate professor in the Department of History, won the Roberto Reis Book Award from the Brazilian Studies Association in the senior scholar category for his recently published book, "Adrift on an Inland Sea: Misinformation and the Limits of Empire in the Brazilian Backlands."

Robin Mitchell has been named series editor for a new monograph series: "Noir(e): Race and Belonging in the Afro-French World."

Miriam Thaggert’s book, "Riding Jane Crow: African American Women on the American Railroad," has been listed as one of three finalists for the Rosalyn Terborg-Penn Book Prize.

Robin Mitchell has been selected as jury member for the Laurence Wylie Prize in French Cultural Studies.

Ling Bian and Jessie Poon, both full professors in the Department of Geography, have been elected 2024 Fellows of the American Association of Geographers.

Assistant Professor Priya R. Banerjee and Professor Andreas Daum have been selected as recipients of the 2023-24 President Emeritus and Mrs. Meyerson Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring Award.

The Department of Chemistry's Emanuela Gionfriddo has been awarded the 2024 Young Investigator Award from the Chinese American Chromatography Association.

M. Nicole Horsley, Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of Africana and American Studies, has two new publications: “Aftertaste” in The Black Scholar and “Chapter 2: Femininity” in Rethinking Women's and Gender Studies Volume 2.