Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Faculty Mentoring Awards

Supporting effective faculty mentoring of graduate students is one of Rackham’s top priorities. Outstanding mentors guide students throughout their professional training with respect and concern, serving as advisor, teacher, advocate, sponsor, and role model. To recognize excellence in mentorship, Rackham asks graduate students and faculty for nominations for three awards: the Rackham Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award, the Rackham Master’s Mentoring Award, and the John H. D’Arms Faculty Award for Distinguished Graduate Mentoring in the Humanities. The following faculty are being recognized for their records of excellence as mentors of graduate students:

Rackham Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award

• Christine Aidala, Professor of Physics
• Sara McClelland, Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Associate Professor of Psychology
• Mary O’Riordan, Frederick C. Neidhardt Collegiate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
• Amy Schulz, University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor and Professor of Health Behavior and Health Equity
• Ji Zhu, Susan A. Murphy Collegiate Professor of Statistics

Rackham Master’s Mentoring Award

• Tung-Hui Hu, Associate Professor of English Language and Literature
• Jan Stegemann, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Macromolecular Science and Engineering

John H. D’Arms Faculty Award for Distinguished Graduate Mentoring in the Humanities

• Mark Clague, Professor of Music
• Kristin Dickinson, Associate Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures
• Ian Moyer, Richard Hudson Research Professor of History and Associate Professor of History