Through the Lancaster Campus Points of Pride initiative, we celebrate and amplify faculty and staff achievements by featuring them online and often through other platforms such as social media or the OHIO News site.
If you have an accomplishment or success you would like to share, we welcome you to submit your story!
2025 Points of Pride
Faculty
- Jen Steele- Founded Sociology-Criminology Club (SOC-CRIM) - An academic forum for students majoring in Sociology-Criminology, Sociology Pre-Law, Law Enforcement Technology, and Criminal Justice. The club provides opportunities to discuss and explore societal and crime-related issues while learning about relevant career paths. (January)
2024 Points of Pride
Faculty
- Celebrate Women Committee- Recipients of the 2024 PACC Diversity Champion Award - Cathleen Battiste-Presutti, Cenell Boch, Sarah Bogdewiecz, Judy Carey Nevin, Jaime Cox, Sheila Daniels, Pam Kaylor (Co-Chair), Amber Landis, Rebecca Petty, Kreig Prior, Angela Richcreek, Brooklyn Stallworth and Candice Thomas-Maddox (Co-Chair) (June)
- Kevin Cordi - Winner of the Anne Izard Storyteller’s Choice Award for a book he edited and contributed to (July)
- Kevin Cordi- Winner of the 2024 Outstanding Tenure Track Faculty Award (June)
- Kevin Cordi- Winner of the 2024 Rising Star Teacher Award (June)
- Kevin Cordi- Featured on an OEA podcast with a Dayton educator Katie Fuller on “Public Education Matters” with the Ohio Education Association. Public Education Matters | Storytelling as an organizing tool. Plus, Sandy Smith Fischer for STRS. (transistor.fm) (May)
- Suzanne Cromlish- Winner of Ohio University's Department of Social and Public Health Chair's Award for Excellence in Teaching and Advising (September)
- Deb Dunning- Published a chapter in the book “Re-exploring Play and Playfulness in Early Childhood Education” with colleagues (August)
- Victor Jones- Winner of the 2024 RHE Outstanding Instructional Faculty Award (May)
- Pamela Kaylor- 2024 Faculty Fellow, Inclusive Pedagogy Academy . Dr. Amy Chadwick, Dr. China Verhoff-Billotte, and Dr. Pamela Kaylor will be leading the Inclusive Pedagogy Academy for 2024-2025. This is her 2nd year leading the Center for Teaching, Learning & Assessment sponsored Academy. She has also conducted workshops for Scripps College of Communications prior to leading the CTLA academy. (August)
- Lisa Skeens- Presenter at the National Lilly Teaching Conference ( lillyconferences.com ) in Traverse City, Michigan. Her talk on "Instructional Strategies to Support First-Generation Students Who Experience Anxiety" emphasized inclusive teaching approaches that help ease classroom anxiety and empower first-gen students to achieve their academic goals (October)
- Jen Steele- Published research "Beyond urban centers: Investigating general strain theory and opioid use among rural adolescents" in the Journal of Criminal Justice (August)
- Jen Steele- In an effort to provide real-world insight into the complexities of the criminal justice system, Dr. Jen Steele, Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, led her (SOC 2600) criminal justice class on an eye-opening visit to the Southeastern Correctional Facility , a low/medium-security men’s prison. Dr. Steele regularly incorporates this field visit into her curriculum every fall in SOC 2600, underscoring her commitment to bridging classroom learning with practical experiences. (November)
- Matt Wanat- Winner of the 2024 PTK Professor of the Year award (May)
- Matt Wanat- Received promotion to Professor of English (May)
Staff
- Judy Carey Nevin- Selected to be an author volunteer for the 60 for 60 campaign recognizing the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer
- Jaime Cox- Started MA coursework in COMS
- Kreig Prior- Joined Friends of the Fairfield County DD Board