Celebrating Spartans: Honoring Faculty and Staff

Staff Award Winners

• Spartan Spirit Award — Jahmal Williams, Office of Diversity
• Distinguished Service Award — Darcel Wood, Office of the Registrar
• Critical Employee Award — Regino Garcia, Utility Infrastructure
• Staff of the Year Award — Janet Sundrud, Finance Support & Innovation

Faculty Award Winners

• Outstanding Lecturer — Ninos Malek, Economics
• Outstanding Professor — Neil Switz, Physics and Astronomy
• President’s Scholar — Roberto J. González, Anthropology
• Distinguished Service Award — Cara Maffini, Child and Adolescent Development

Staff Award Winners

• Spartan Spirit

  • The purpose of this award is to honor a San José State staff member, manager, or auxiliary employee who displays exceptional Spartan spirit and pride.

    2024-2025 Winner: Jahmal Williams - Office of Diversity

    • Honorable Mention: James Ursin - Case Management
    • Honorable Mention: Katrice Gibson - Graduate Admissions & Program Evaluations
• Distinguished Service

  • The purpose of this award is to honor an SJSU staff member or an auxiliary staff member who has worked for San José State University for more than 10 years and has displayed a commitment to excellent service to the campus community.

    2024-2025 Winner: Darcel Wood - Office of the Registrar

    • Honorable Mention: Annie Nobuhiro - Child & Adolescent Development
    • Honorable Mention: Maggie Morales - Veterans Resource Center
• Critical Employee

  • The purpose of this award is to honor an SJSU staff or auxiliary staff member who shines behind the scenes to support our campus.

    2024-2025 Winner: Regino Garcia - Utility Infrastructure

    • Honorable Mention: Diane Alissa Mamaril - Research Foundation Central Office
    • Honorable Mention: Brenjielyn Cuneta - Case Management
• Staff of the Year

  • This award recognizes an exemplary SJSU staff or auxiliary staff member who has made a valuable contribution to the campus in the past three years.

    2024-2025 Winner: Janet Sundrud - Finance Support & Innovation

    • Honorable Mention: John Douglas - Moss Landing Marine Labs
    • Honorable Mention: Subrina Martin - Student Athlete Resource Center

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Faculty Award Winners

• Outstanding Lecturer

  • The Outstanding Lecturer Award recognizes a lecturer who has a record of excellence in facilitating student learning, has demonstrated extraordinary commitment to students and has made unique contributions to San José State University.

    2024-2025 Winner: Ninos Malek - Economics

• Outstanding Professor

  • This award recognizes a faculty member for overall excellence in their academic assignment.

    2024-2025 Winner: Neil Switz - Physics & Astronomy

• President's Scholar

  • This award recognizes established scholars or artists who have achieved national or international recognition based on the quality of their scholarship, performance, or creative activities.

    2024-2025 Winner: Roberto J. González - Anthropology

• Distinguished Service

  • This award recognizes exemplary service and leadership contributions to the University and the community or profession in a way that brings credit to San José State University.

    2024-2025 Winner: Cara Maffini - Child & Adolescent Development

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• Honorees by Department
  • • Zeni Espinosa - Acad Business & Strategic Ops - 25
    • Ron Rogers - Acad Innovation & Inst Effect - 25
    • Lisa Passarelli - Academic Preparation Programs - 35
    • Linda Ziegler - Accessible Education Center - 10
    • Catherine Lycurgus - Accounting & Finance - 10
    • Esperanza Huerta Espinosa - Accounting & Finance - 10
    • Maria Bullen - Accounting & Finance - 10
    • Stoyu Ivanov - Accounting & Finance - 15
    • Helen Brubeck - Accounting & Finance - 25
    • Arjun Buxi - Accounting & Finance & Communication Studies - 10
    • Robert Benzio - Aerospace Engineering - 10
    • Nikos J. Mourtos - Aerospace Engineering - 40
    • A.J. Faas - Anthropology - 10
    • Elizabeth Weiss - Anthropology - 20
    • Andrew Blanton - Art and Art History - 10
    • Valerie Mendoza - Art and Art History - 20
    • Victoria Collom - Aviation - 25
    • Kenneth Youngman - Biological Sciences - 15
    • Scott Shaffer - Biological Sciences - 15
    • Nora Balabanian - Biological Sciences - 20
    • Susan Lambrecht - Biological Sciences - 20
    • Julio Soto - Biological Sciences - 25
    • Rodney Myatt - Biological Sciences - 45
    • Alessandro Bellofiore - Biomedical Engineering - 10
    • Alan Wong - Bus Devt & Global Strategy - 10
    • Tuyet Mai Nguyen - Business & Admin Services - 15
    • Catherine Dougherty - Business Graduate Programs - 20
    • Hilda Diaz - Business Student Success Ctr - 20
    • Anita Manuel - Career Center - 20
    • Donna Rizando - Career Center - 10
    • Stephanie Garcia - CHA Student Success Ctr - 10
    • Claire Komives - Chemical & Materials Engr - 25
    • Aklilu Kidane - Chemistry - 10
    • Elizabeth Migicovsky - Chemistry - 10
    • Annalise Van Wyngarden - Chemistry - 15
    • Gilles Muller - Chemistry - 20
    • Stephen "Capp" Cappelloni - Chemistry - 35
    • Brooke Lustig - Chemistry & Chemical & Materials Engr - 30
    • Cara Maffini - Child & Adolescent Development - 10
    • Janene Perez - Child & Adolescent Development - 15
    • Krissy Hassett - Child & Adolescent Development - 20
    • Maureen Smith - Child & Adolescent Development - 25
    • Alejandra Contreras - Child Development Center - 10
    • Hina Habib - Civil & Environ Engineering - 10
    • Madhu Thummaluru - Civil & Environ Engineering - 10
    • Mohamed Soliman - Civil & Environ Engineering - 10
    • Siu-wang Huang - Civil & Environ Engineering - 10
    • Karen Philbrick - College of Business - 15
    • Ellen Middaugh - College of Education - 10
    • Anh Nguyet Nguyen - College of Health & Human Sci - 10
    • Keay Edwards - College of Humanities & Arts - 30
    • Shannon Miller - College of Humanities & Arts - 10
    • Justin Croly - College of Science - 15
    • Librado Veliz Jr. - College of Science - 25
    • Kenny Gong - College Support - 25
    • Kendall Ward - Communication Studies - 10
    • Kathleen McConnell - Communication Studies - 15
    • Paul Cascella - Communicative Disorders & Sci - 10
    • Anita Schaack - Communicative Disorders & Sci - 20
    • Chengqiang Zhang - Computer Engineering - 10
    • Zhenyu Wu - Computer Engineering - 10
    • Frank Lin - Computer Engineering - 20
    • Ahmad Yazdankhah - Computer Science - 10
    • Kaushik Patra - Computer Science - 10
    • Mei-Chong Lee - Computer Science - 10
    • Ron Mak - Computer Science - 15
    • Teng-Sheng Moh - Computer Science - 20
    • Alesya Petty - Computer Science & English - 10
    • Debra Hunter - Computer Science & Linguistics & Language Dev - 10
    • Cuong Doan - Computing Services - 10
    • Debashish Basak - Computing Services - 15
    • Nolan Liu - Computing Services - 25
    • Laura Miller - Conrad Chemistry - 10
    • Sarah Strader-Garcia - Counseling & Psychological Svcs  - 10
    • Michael Randle - Counselor Education  - 25
    • Andrea Tully - Ctr for Comm Lrng & Ldrship  - 10
    • Angelica Villalpando - Custodial Services - 15
    • Johnny Neeley - Custodial Services - 25
    • Brandon Moore - Design - 10
    • John Guenther - Design - 10
    • Angela Wu - Design - 15
    • Gregory Hom  - Design - 15
    • Jean-Benoit Levy - Design - 15
    • Virginia San Fratello - Design - 15
    • Cameron Chun - Design - 20
    • David Chai - Design - 20
    • John Clapp - Design - 30
    • Sonia Wright - Development Univ Advancement - 10
    • Maria Cruz - Division of Student Affairs - 10
    • Maria Echeverria - Division of Student Affairs - 10
    • Anthony Bolaños - E-Campus - 10
    • Mark Brady - Economics - 20
    • Anna Wisholek - Educ Opportunity Program - 20
    • John Jabagchourian - Educational Leadership & Child & Adolescent Development - 15
    • Christopher Hoang Pham - Electrical Engineering - 20
    • Sotoudeh Hamedi-Hagh - Electrical Engineering - 20
    • David Parent - Electrical Engineering - 25
    • Lili He - Electrical Engineering - 25
    • Tan Nguyen - Electrical Engineering - 25
    • Lisa Chen - EM Tech Impl & Comm - 10
    • Jillana Hart - EM Tech Impl & Comm - 30
    • Aldrin Osha - Energy & Utilities - 20
    • Douang Viengxay  - Energy & Utilities - 20
    • Sean Owyang - Energy & Utilities - 20
    • Jill Logan  - English - 10
    • Joanne Lamb  - English - 10
    • Richard McNabb - English - 10
    • Tom Moriarty - English - 10
    • Mary Warner - English - 20
    • Sara Cook - English - 20
    • Nancy Stork - English - 30
    • Revathi Krishnaswamy - English - 30
    • Aparna Kanungo - Engr Off-Campus Programs - 20
    • Will Russell - Environmental Studies - 20
    • Juan Serna - Film and Theatre - 10
    • Sarah Kate Anderson - Film and Theatre - 10
    • William Guess - Film and Theatre - 10
    • Barnaby Dallas - Film and Theatre - 20
    • Christine Guzzetta - Film and Theatre - 20
    • Thuy Oka - Financial Aid & Scholarships - 25
    • Rebecca Fan - General Services Center - 10
    • Helen Nguyen - General Services Center - 25
    • Kimberly Blisniuk - Geology - 10
    • Ellen Metzger - Geology - 35
    • Sarika Pruthi - Global Innovation & Leadership - 10
    • Sharon Qi - Global Innovation & Leadership, IT Prog Mgt & Ops Excellence - 10
    • Alvin Musgrave - Global Innovation & Leadership - 15
    • Arvinder Loomba  - Global Innovation & Leadership - 25
    • Tonya Person - Grad Adm & Prog Eval - 10
    • Joaquin Villarreal - Ground Services - 20
    • Samuel Avila - Ground Services - 20
    • Anthony Sutton - Hammer Theatre - 10
    • Araceli Padre - Health Services - 20
    • Katherine Chilton - History - 10
    • Allison Katsev - History - 20
    • Jonathan Roth - History - 30
    • Mary Pickering - History - 30
    • Jooyeon Ha - Hospitality, Tourism & Event M - 10
    • Maria Alvarado Gaona - Housing Building Maintenance - 10
    • Margaret Hom - Housing Building Maintenance - 45
    • Ari Cushner - Humanities - 10
    • Matthew Moore - Humanities - 10
    • Valerie Lo - Humanities - 10
    • Susan Verducci-Sandford - Humanities - 20
    • Todd Ormsbee - Humanities - 20
    • Bill McCraw - Humanities - 60
    • Ricardo Gil - HVAC Shop - 10
    • Joseph Barjis - Industrial & Systems Engr - 10
    • Saadet Erdogan - Industrial & Systems Engr - 10
    • Ashraf Shirani - Info Systems and Technology - 25
    • Hien Huynh - Information Security - 10
    • Andy Yeung - Instructional & Meeting Spaces - 25
    • Ahmed Banafa - Interdisciplinary Engineering - 10
    • Javier Valencia - Interdisciplinary Engineering - 10
    • Barbara Murphy-Wesley - Interdisciplinary Engineering - 15
    • Bonnie Hsia - Interdisciplinary Engineering & Computer Engineering - 10
    • Evelyn Tsao - Int'l Student & Scholar Svcs - 10
    • Dona Nichols - Journalism & Mass Comm - 25
    • Edith Kinney - Justice Studies - 10
    • Jeremiah Garrido - Justice Studies - 10
    • Megan Schlegel - Justice Studies - 10
    • Michael Vallerga - Justice Studies - 10
    • Claudio Vera Sanchez - Justice Studies - 15
    • Arman Medina - Kinesiology - 10
    • Brittany Manrubia - Kinesiology - 10
    • Carina Rodriguez-Tsai - Kinesiology - 10
    • Daniel Bohigian - Kinesiology - 10
    • James Fonda - Kinesiology - 10
    • Karen Moreno - Kinesiology - 10
    • Farzaneh Ghiasvand - Kinesiology - 15
    • Ted Butryn - Kinesiology - 25
    • Stanley Butler - Kinesiology - 35
    • Effie Chiu - Linguistics & Language Dev - 15
    • Mahsa Modirzadeh - Linguistics & Language Dev - 15
    • Marilyn Easter - Marketing & Business Analytics - 25
    • Guangliang Chen - Mathematics - 10
    • Michael Vartanian - Mathematics - 15
    • Slobodan Simic - Mathematics - 20
    • Linda Roper - Mathematics - 25
    • Tuanh Nguyen - Mathematics - 25
    • Syed Zaidi - Mechanical Engineering - 10
    • Sargon Ishaya - Mechanical Engineering - 20
    • Burford Furman - Mechanical Engineering - 30
    • Paul Kutler - Mechanical Engineering & Aviation - 20
    • Michael Voss - Meteorology and Climate Sci - 20
    • Thang Cin - MLK Library Facility - 15
    • Manuel Ledesma - MLK Library Security - 20
    • Birgitte McDonald - Moss Landing Marine Lab - 10
    • John Douglas - Moss Landing Marine Lab - 35
    • Jonathan Prince - Moss Landing Marine Labs - 15
    • Adam Newman - Moss Landing Marine Labs - 20
    • Stacey Swenson - Moss Landing Marine Labs - 20
    • Sean Mundell - Moss Landing Marine Labs - 25
    • Michael Feinholz - Moss Landing Marine Labs - 35
    • Suzanne Austin - Network Services - 10
    • Andrene K. Kaiwi-Conner - New Student & Family Programs - 30
    • Mojgan Haririfar - Nursing - 15
    • Paula Edwards - Nursing - 20
    • Giselle Pereira Pignotti - Nutrition, FoodSci & Packaging - 10
    • Edmund Tang - Nutrition, FoodSci & Packaging - 15
    • Jamie Kubota - Nutrition, FoodSci & Packaging - 15
    • Lynne Andonian - Occupational Therapy - 20
    • Alison George - Occupational Therapy - 30
    • Jahmal Williams - Office of Diversity - 10
    • Pamela Bustillo - Office of the Registrar - 10
    • Sophom Lanh - Office of the Registrar - 20
    • Santiago Gomez - Parking Services - 10
    • Ben Cabudoy - Parking Services - 25
    • Amour Dulos - Parking Services - 35
    • Andrea Smith-Landucci - Peer Connections - 15
    • Deanna Peck - Peer Connections - 25
    • Nathan Osborne - Philosophy - 10
    • Fern Alberts - Philosophy - 15
    • John Wilhelmsson - Philosophy - 15
    • Lisa Bernasconi - Philosophy - 25
    • Ehsan Khatami - Physics & Astronomy  - 10
    • Vakini Santhanakrishnan - Physics & Astronomy - 10
    • Alej Garcia - Physics & Astronomy - 35
    • Ramendra Bahuguna - Physics & Astronomy - 35
    • Catherine Voss - Plaxton Student Services - 10
    • Ronnie Galos - Plumbing Shop - 10
    • Karthika Sasikumar - Political Science - 15
    • Albert Schendan - Political Science - 20
    • James Brent - Political Science - 30
    • Larry Gerston - Political Science - 45
    • Trang Duong - Professional Educ - 20
    • Jed Soliven - Provost/SVP Academic Affairs - 10
    • Jessica Larsen - Provost/SVP Academic Affairs - 20
    • Mike Dillinger - Psychology - 10
    • Patrick Cravalho - Psychology - 10
    • Sarah Nadeau - Psychology - 10
    • Shinchieh Duh - Psychology - 10
    • Debi Bakowski - Psychology - 15
    • Jennifer Gregg - Psychology - 20
    • Sean Laraway - Psychology - 20
    • Steven Del Chiaro - Psychology - 20
    • Susan Snycerski - Psychology - 20
    • Joshua Baur - Public Health & Recreation - 10
    • Roshni Shah  - Public Health & Recreation - 10
    • Suzy Ross - Public Health & Recreation - 25
    • Myles Reed - RF Central Office - 15
    • Hoang Tran - RF Central Office - 25
    • William Yabumoto - RF Central Office - 40
    • Mona Hall - SA System & Student Succ Prog - 10
    • Dan Nathan-Roberts - School of Information - 10
    • Emily Holmes - School of Information - 10
    • Ruth Barefoot - School of Information - 10
    • Sean Gaffney - School of Information - 15
    • Dale David - School of Information PaCE - 20
    • Michael Hill - School of Management - 10
    • Nancy Long - School of Management - 20
    • Forrest Byram - School of Music - 10
    • Frank Levy - School of Music - 10
    • Fred Cohen - School of Music - 10
    • Jason Lewis - School of Music - 15
    • Steven Lin - School of Music - 15
    • Aaron Lington - School of Music - 20
    • Victoria Lington - School of Music - 20
    • Pablo Furman - School of Music - 35
    • Jessica Rose - School of Social Work - 10
    • Amy D'Andrade - School of Social Work - 20
    • Blanca Tavera - School of Social Work - 20
    • Meekyung Han - School of Social Work - 20
    • Peter Alan Lee - School of Social Work - 25
    • Frederick Prochaska - School of Social Work - 30
    • Migdalia Reyes - School of Social Work - 30
    • Sharon Watkins - Service Desk - 10
    • Alfred Eclipse - Service Desk - 20
    • Immaculate Cantos - Shared Services SWC - 10
    • Stephen Garcia - Shared Services SWC - 10
    • Angela Castillo - Sociology & Interdisc Soc Sci - 10
    • Faustina DuCros  - Sociology & Interdisc Soc Sci - 10
    • Preston Rudy - Sociology & Interdisc Soc Sci - 20
    • Susana Gallardo - Sociology & Interdisc Soc Sci - 20
    • Christopher Cox - Sociology & Interdisc Soc Sci - 25
    • Sabine Rech - SOS-MS Biotechnology & Biological Sciences - 25
    • Holly Wade - Special Education - 10
    • Joseph Totter - Special Education - 10
    • Lisa Simpson - Special Education - 10
    • Alicia Henderson - Special Education - 25
    • Peg Hughes - Special Education - 25
    • Amy Villa - Sports Information - 25
    • Peter Van Coutren - Steinbeck Center - 15
    • Leon Nguyen - Strategic Plan, Portfolio Mgt. - 25
    • Willie Simon - Strategic Plan, Portfolio Mgt. - 40
    • Lilly Pinedo Gangai - Student Success, DSA - 10
    • Eduardo Muñoz-Muñoz - Teacher Education - 10
    • Helen Smith - Teacher Education - 10
    • Mark Felton - Teacher Education - 25
    • Robert Werkman - Technology - 10
    • Ali Zargar  - Technology - 40
    • Yvette Vejar - Undergrad Admissions & Outreach - 15
    • Blanca Millan - Undergrad Admissions & Outreach  - 20
    • Jenny Ta-Dang - Undergrad Admissions & Outreach - 25
    • Rosalba Castro  - Undergrad Admissions & Outreach  - 25
    • Julie Dao - Undergrad Admissions & Outreach - 35
    • Kim Huynh - Undergraduate Education - 15
    • Marisela Millan - Undergraduate Studies - 10
    • Micah Jeffries - University Library - 10
    • Bernd Becker - University Library - 15
    • Adriana Poo - University Library - 20
    • Diane Malmstrom  - University Library - 20
    • Jamie Balderrama-Ratliff - University Library - 20
    • Wei Ding - University Library - 20
    • Elena Seto - University Library - 25
    • Robin McElhatton - University Marketing & Comm - 10
    • Bob Bain - University Marketing & Comm - 25
    • Christie Martinez - University Personnel - 10
    • Christina Hill - University Personnel - 20
    • Terryn Ashley - University Personnel - 25
    • Michele Delfino - University Personnel - 35
    • Mokhtar Zoubeidi - University Studies - 25
    • Andrew Amistoso - UPD Administrative Services - 25
    • Norman Hoff - UPD Administrative Services - 30
    • Joseph Hasty - Urban & Regional Planning - 10
    • Kathrine Richardson - Urban & Regional Planning - 15
    • Shishir Mathur - Urban & Regional Planning - 20
    • Maggie Morales - Veterans Resource Center - 10
    • Vanessa Smith - VP Student Affairs - 10
    • Natalija Jones - Web & Campus Applications - 20
    • Andrew Trembley - Web & Campus Applications - 25
    • Dana Dormann - Women's Golf - 20
    • Cheyla Samuelson - World Languages & Literatures - 10
    • Michele Santamaria - World Languages & Literatures - 10
    • Francisco De La Calle - World Languages & Literatures - 15
    • Yasue Yanai - World Languages & Literatures - 15
    • Larissa Chiriaeva - World Languages & Literatures - 20