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Six headshots of Loyola Chicago's College of Arts and Sciences faculty members.

Faculty Recognition

Highlighting Our Faculty

The College of Arts and Sciences houses a robust faculty with expertise across all of the college's academic departments and interdisciplinary programs. Whether it is innovative teaching in the classroom, groundbreaking research, or exemplary work in the Chicagoland community, we strive to recognize our college faculty for their professional and personal accomplishments.

Faculty member Peter Rosenblatt with a student
“We lift up the Sujack Award recipients each year as exemplars of what takes place every day at Loyola: high-level teaching and high-level scholarship working hand-in-hand to deepen knowledge and transform lives.” Peter J. Schraeder, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Highlights

Loyola Chicago's College of Arts and Sciences Associate Professor and Director of Data Science, Gregory Matthews

Gregory Matthews

Associate Professor and Director of Data Science

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Loyola Chicago's College of Arts and Sciences Associate Professor of History, Elizabeth Shermer.

Elizabeth Shermer

Associate Professor, Department of History

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Loyola Chicago's College of Arts and Sciences Director of Polish Studies, Bozena McLees

Bozena McLees

Director of the Polish Studies Program

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Faculty Accomplishments

Loyola Chicago's College of Arts and Sciences Dr. Jennifer Finn headshot.

Dr. Jennifer Finn

Published by University of Michigan Press

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Loyola Chicago's College of Arts and Sciences Dr. Kristin Krueger headshot.

Dr. Kristin Krueger

Dr. Kristin Krueger's Grant Bring Cutting-Edge Tech to Campus

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Loyola Chicago's College of Arts and Sciences Dr. Yas Silva headshot.

Dr. Yas Silva

Awarded NSF Grant

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Sujack Awards

Edwin T. and Vivijeanne F. Sujack Award for Teaching Excellence award winners from Loyola's College of Arts and Sciences.

The Edwin T. and Vivijeanne F. Sujack Award for Teaching Excellence

The Sujack Teaching Awards were established in 1994 by Edwin T. and Vivijeanne F. Sujack in order to take special notice each year of two outstanding teachers in the College of Arts and Sciences. These awards recognize the superb teaching of undergraduate students. Since 1994, sixty members from sixteen academic disciplines have received a Sujack Award. In addition, each faculty member’s home department receives a cash award to be used in support of activities that will enhance teaching at the department level. Recipients of the Award have in common a dynamic presence in the classroom, a willingness to try new ways of teaching and a devotion to students that goes beyond the ordinary classroom experience. These faculty members embody the Jesuit ideal of higher education in their dedication to high standards, to critical thinking, and to the principle that knowledge must be put to the benefit of humanity.

Sujack Awards 2023 Recipients

Faculty Research Excellence Award

  • David Doherty, Professor, Political Science
  • Yoel Stuart, Assistant Professor, Biology 

Master Researchers

  • Olegs Andrejevs, Instructor, Theology 
  • Jennifer Forestal, Assistant Professor, Political Science
  • David Olson, Professor, Criminal Justice & Criminology 
  • Catherine DeCarlo Santiago, Associate Professor, Psychology

Master Teachers

  • Daniel Cavanaugh, Associate Professor, Biology 
  • Alec Krueger, Lecturer, Mathematics & Statistics
  • Michael Schumacher, Lecturer, Political Science 
  • Jennifer Zitzner, Senior Lecturer, Biology

Teaching Excellence Award

  • Timothy Gilfoyle, Professor, History
  • Joseph Milanovich, Associate Professor, Biology

Sujack Ceremony Program