SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University recently honored its 2016 cohort of Faculty Researchers of the Year, recognizing six faculty members from the South Orange and Maplewood area for their leadership and courage in the pursuit of new knowledge.
This year’s local Researcher of the Year honorees include:
- Charles Sullivan of Maplewood and Timothy Glynn of South Orange, both of the School of Law, worked as a team on an article concerning the Federal Arbitration Act, which used the conceit of a mythical Supreme Court case. They also collaborate on a textbook of employment law and publish widely individually and with other legal scholars.
- The Rev. Thomas Guarino of South Orange and of the Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology, with a colleague recently published a book reflecting on 20 years of conversation between Catholics and Evangelical Christians. Guarino has already contributed to a podcast, guest lectures at other institutions, and journal websites discussing his book and the topic in general.
- Maplewood resident Alisa Hindin and Warren resident Mary Mueller, both of the College of Education and Human Services, were nominated as a team and recently collaborated on a well-received book about involving parents in school boards, which has also been the topic of co-authored articles.
- South Orange resident Weining Wang of the College of Arts and Sciences has developed a state-of-the-art solar cell library and publishes on the effectiveness of solar cells in top journals of materials science.
The other side of research is teaching, and the University also awarded Faculty Teacher of the Year honors and recognized Faculty Adjunct Teachers of the Year.
The local Teachers of the Year honorees include:
- West Orange resident Thomas Rondinella of the College of Communication and the Arts, who was honored for his teaching in introduction to visual theory, digital cinema production and others; and
- Bloomfield resident Jillian Guinto of the College of Education and Human Services, another Adjunct Faculty of the Year honoree noted for her teaching of dance fundamentals.
Among the benefits of both awards are a development fund from which faculty can draw to attend conferences on teaching or research, to obtain equipment or publications relevant to their specialties, and other support purposes.
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