VCU National/International Recognition Award (NIRA)
The NIRA Class of 2024
Hala Auji, Ph.D. - Department of Art History
Laura Battaglia - Department of Interior Design
Susie Ganch - Department of Craft and Material Studies
Kate Sicchio, Ph.D. - Department of Kinetic Imaging, Dance & Choreography
Lindsay Andiola, Ph.D. - Department of Accounting
Sven Kepes, Ph.D. - Department of Management and Entrepreneurship
Jason Merrick, Ph.D. - Department of Supply Chain Management & Analytics
Christine Bae, Ph.D. - Department of Foundations of Education
Michael Broda, Ph.D. - Department of Foundations of Education
Luciana de Oliveira, Ph.D. - Department of Teaching & Learning
Daniel Gutierrez, Ph.D., LPC, CSAC - Department of Counseling & Special Education
Christine Spence, Ph.D. - Department of Counseling & Special Education
Lane Carasik, Ph.D. - Department of Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering
Ibrahim Guven, Ph.D. - Department of Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering
Ravi Hadimani, Ph.D. - Department of Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering
Jennifer Jordan, Ph.D., M.S., FSCMR - Department of Biomedical Engineering
Milos Manic, Ph.D. - Department of Computer Science
Rodrigo Spínola, Ph.D. - Department of Computer Science
Carolyn Hawley, Ph.D., CRC - Department of Rehabilitation Counseling
Leland Waters, Ph.D. - VA Center on Aging
Rosalie Corona, Ph.D. - Department of Psychology
Hani El-Kaderi, Ph.D. - Department of Chemistry
Alaattin Kaya, Ph.D. - Department of Biology
Jennifer Rhee, Ph.D. - Department of English
Michael Southam-Gerow, Ph.D. - Department of Psychology
Baobao Song, Ph.D. - Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture
Cristina Stanciu, Ph.D. - Department of English
Dewey Taylor, Ph.D. - Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
Katharine Tibbetts, Ph.D. - Department of Chemistry
Xuewei Wang, Ph.D. - Department of Chemistry
Jay Albanese, Ph.D. - Department of Criminal Justice
Ananda Amstadter, Ph.D. - Department of Psychiatry and VA Institute for Psych and Behavioral Genetics
Paula Bos, Ph.D. - Department of Pathology
Bernard Fuemmeler, Ph.D., MPD - Department of Family Medicine
Kurt Hauser, Ph.D. - Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Anatomy and Neurobiology
Devanand Sarkar, Ph.D., MBBS - Department of Human and Molecular Genetics
Shijun Zhang, Ph.D. - Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Nolan Wages, Ph.D. - Department of Biostatistics
Maryam Al-Homaid, M.F.A. - Department of Graphic Design
Jörg Determann, Ph.D. - Department of Liberal Arts & Sciences