Peer Mentoring for Graduates of Color recently presented 11 professors with the first Faculty of Color Awards. PMGC created the award to recognize the outstanding work of UNM faculty of color in mentoring, research, service and teaching.
Photo: Mariachi Lobo performs at the Faculty of Color Awards reception.
“Faculty of color, we’re often isolated in our departments, and people wonder why we get so close to our students. This is a perfect example of why,” said Maggie Werner-Washburne, one of the award recipients. “I cannot tell you how this has touched us.”
Outstanding Faculty of Color Awards were given to Teresa Córdova, architecture and planning; Claudia Benoit Isaac, Latin American studies director; Nancy Lopez, sociology; Glenabah Martinez, language, literacy and sociocultural studies; Margaret Montoya, law and family and community medicine; Beverly Singer, Native American studies and anthropology; and Nelson Valdes, sociology.
Honorable mentions were given to Mario Rivera, public administration, for mentoring; Maggie Werner-Washburne, biology, for research; David Hilliard, African American studies, for service; and Kirsten Pai Buick, art and art history, for teaching.
Media Contact: Sari Krosinsky, (505) 277-1593; e-mail: michal@unm.edu