Faculty Recognition Events
Each year promotion, tenure, and emerita/us status decisions are made at the February meeting of the Simmons Board of Trustees.
On March 20,2024, the Center for Faculty Excellence and the Provost’s Office held a Promotion & Tenure Celebration for this year’s honorees to celebrate their outstanding accomplishments and each of their significant milestones.
Visit the Simmons University Library LibGuide that features profiles of honorees and the works they have selected to highlight in honor of their achievements.
Simmons Faculty in the News
Professor Hamilton-Mason Honored by Haymarket People’s Fund
The Haymarket People's Fund has described Professor Johnnie Hamilton-Mason as “an interdisciplinary researcher” and honored her for her work in support of the Fund.
SLIS Dean Sanda Erdelez Receives Croatian Women of Influence Award
The School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) Dean Sanda Erdelez was selected as a winner of the Croatian Women of Influence Award, a recognition of leadership, innovation, and community impact of Croatian women around the world.
Professor of Communications Bob White Featured in Oral History Collection of Artists During COVID-19
During the COVID-19 lockdown (2020–2021), local photographer and filmmaker Jerry Russo interviewed hundreds of artists about their experiences of isolation, including Professor of Communications Bob White. The University of Massachusetts Amherst has since archived this oral history collection.
Professor Gary Bailey Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth
According to the Mass.gov press release, this event “was a testament to the unwavering commitment of all involved to create a more inclusive and supportive environment for young people of all gender identities and sexual orientations.”
Navigating the North Star: Assistant Professor Tatiana M.F. Cruz Receives Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Award
The American Council on Education Women’s Network Massachusetts has recognized Tatiana M.F. Cruz, Assistant Professor and Interdisciplinary Program Director of Africana Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies, and her collaborator Dr. Kamille Gentles-Peart (Roger Williams University) for co-founding and directing the North Star Collective, a group of colleges and universities in New England that are committed to faculty racial equity.
Professor Suzanne Leonard Discusses “Sex and the City’s” Toxic Masculinity in Los Angeles Times
“Audiences [today] are much more aware of the dangers of toxic masculinity, and that doesn't read as sexy anymore. I think you have more sophisticated feminist viewers,” says Leonard.
Advancing Harm Reduction: The Case for Overdose Prevention Centers
A conversation with Jeffrey Steen, Assistant Professor in the Simmons University School of Social Work.
Award Named in Honor of former Professor Randi Lite
The Clinical Exercise Physiology Association (CEPA) Annual Conference Committee has established the Randi Lite Lifetime Achievement Award. Named for former Biology Professor of Practice and Director of Exercise Science Randi Lite, who was a founder and first president of CEPA...