Mentor Award Information 2026-2027
Nominations for the following awards are currently being accepted. Materials are to be submitted online through Arizona Cultivate. The deadline for nominations is Monday, December 7th, 2026 by 5pm.
For more information please contact Tara Chandler at chandlet@arizona.edu.
Distinguished Mentor Award
The Distinguished Mentor Award recognizes outstanding tenured or continuing status faculty at the full professor rank who have mentored early career faculty and made highly valued contributions to the mentoring of graduate students.
Mentoring Future Scholars Award
The Mentoring Future Scholars Award recognizes faculty mentors who are extraordinary in their mentoring of graduate students to become future scholars.
Graduate Student Peer Mentor Award
The Graduate Student Peer Mentors Award recognizes outstanding graduate students who provide peer mentoring to other graduate students in order to help them persist towards their degree, progress in their program or engage in scholarly activities and achieve success within their program.
Distinguished Mentor in Undergraduate Research Award
The Distinguished Mentor in Undergraduate Research Award recognizes outstanding faculty from any track at the full professor rank who have made significant contributions to the mentoring of undergraduate students in the area of research and creative activity.
Mentor in Undergraduate Research Award
The Mentor in Undergraduate Research Award recognizes outstanding faculty from any track at the assistant/associate professor rank who have made significant contributions to the mentoring of undergraduate students in the area of research and creative activity.
Distinguished Mentor Award
- Dr. Andrea Gerlak, Professor, School Geography, Development & Environment, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Graduate Student Peer Mentor Award
- Ms. Ghiwa Makke, Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture, Life & Environmental Sciences
Mentoring Future Scholars Award
- Dr. Helena Morrison, Associate Professor, College of Nursing
Distinguished Mentor Award
- Dr. Gary Rhoades, Professor, Educational Policy Studies and Practice, College of Education
Graduate Student Peer Mentor Award
- Kamila Murawska-Wlodarczyk, Department of Environmental Science, College of Agriculture, Life & Environmental Sciences
Mentoring Future Scholars Award
- Dr. Purnima Madhivanan, Associate Professor, Public Health, Health Promotion Sciences
- Dr. Desiree Vega, Professor, Department of Disability & Psychoeducational Studies, College of Education
Distinguished Mentor Award
- Dr. Daniela Triadan, Professor, School of Anthropology, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Graduate Student Peer Mentor Award
History Graduate Association, Department of History, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
-Andrew Wickersham, President
-Liliana Toledo Guzman, Vice-President
-Johanne Harrigan, Secretary
-Zelin Pei, Treasurer
-Samantha Goodrich, Marketing
Mentoring Future Scholars Award
- Dr. Hayriye Kayi-Aydar, Associate Professor, Department of English, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Dr. Jessica Rainbow, Associate Professor, Department of Advanced Nursing Practice and Science, College of Nursing
Distinguished Mentor Award
- Judith Gordon, Associate Dean of Research, Professor, College of Nursing
Graduate Student Peer Mentor Award
- Romy Cerón Canché, PhD Candidate, Spanish and Portuguese, College of Humanities
Faculty Peer Mentor Award
- Jeannette Hoit, Professor, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, College of Science
Mentoring Future Scholars Award
- Kevin Gosner, Associate Professor, History, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Lillian Gorman, Assistant Professor, Spanish Sociolinguistics, College of Humanities