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Faculty & Staff Achievements

Honors & Awards

Michelle Rozic Captures Two Distinctions ( )

March 27, 2013

Rozic, an assistant professor of art, has recently received two awards and distinctions. First, she was elected president of the Los Angeles Printmaking Society for a two-year term beginning in 2013. Rozic also captured the Merit Prize award at the 23rd Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, that was held at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in Kenosha, WI.

Lesley Krane Wins For “Wait 21” ( )

March 27, 2013

Krane, an art department faculty member and photographer, captured first place in the Photo Review 2012 Competition for her black and white photograph, “Wait 21.” The competition was juried by Peter Barberie, the curator of photographs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Three photographs from the “Wait” series were then published in the January 2013 issue of “The Photo Review.”

Owen Doonan Named Getty Residential Fellow ( )

March 27, 2013

Doonan, a member of the art department faculty, was named a Getty Residential Fellow. He was chosen out a field of 577 applicants with only 15-20 fellowships being granted.

Kenya Covington Receives Haynes Foundation Fellowship ( )

March 20, 2013

Covington has been awarded a $12,000 2013-2014 Faculty Fellowship from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation for her project, “Neighborhood Stabilization in the Los Angeles Metro Area.” Covington will examine 61 local Neighborhood Stabilization Programs (NSP) in the Los Angeles region to illuminate links between types of collaborations, strategies and neighborhood impacts of NSP. The project will lead to the documentation of a robust set of inventive community foreclosure and abatement strategies that may be replicated by other private and public efforts to stabilize neighborhoods.

Richard Heermance is The 2012-13 Jerome Richfield Memorial Scholar ( )

January 10, 2013

Every academic year, the Jerome Richfield Memorial Scholar is given to a faculty member conducting research in the arts, sciences or humanities. For 2012-13, the recipient is Heermance, an assistant professor in his fourth year at CSUN. Part of being the Richfield Scholar is that Heermance will present a university lecture as part of the Provost’s Colloquium Series. The time and date of it has yet to be announced, but will take place in the spring of 2013.

California Art Education Association Celebrate’s Kenneth Sakatani’s Contributions ( )

December 11, 2012

Sakatani has received the Outstanding Higher Education Visual Art award from the California Art Education Association. The award is given yearly by the CAEA to recognize those that have “achieved the highest level or professionalism in the field of art education.”

Shanté Morgan-Durisseau Receives Volunteer Service Award ( )

November 9, 2012

Morgan, currently the Managing Editor in CSUN’s Marketing and Communications department, received a Volunteer Service Award for her work with CSUN’s Black Alumni Association at the annual Volunteer Service Award banquet held on Thursday, Nov. 1. Under Morgan-Durisseau’s leadership, the Black Alumni Association was granted a charter from the CSUN Alumni Association Board of Directors on Sept. 27, 2011.

Hira Cho and Wei Cao Nab Sara Douglas Fellowship ( )

October 2, 2012

Wei and Hira have received the 2012 Sara Douglas Fellowship from the International Textiles and Apparel Association (ITAA). The honor was awarded to them for a cross-cultural study for the use of social network sites for apparel shopping.

American Music Therapy Association Likes The Sound of Ronald Borczon’s ‘Practice’ ( )

October 2, 2012

Borczon will be awarded the American Music Therapy Association’s Professional Practice Award at the group’s 2012 Annual Conference in St. Charles, Minn. Each year the AMTA recognizes individuals for their contributions to research, professional practice, service, advocacy or a combination of activities.

Scott Plunkett Reaches Top-20 In RateMyProfessors.com Rankings ( )

September 5, 2012

The psychology department’s Plunkett has been named the 18th most popular professor in America, according to RateMyProfessors.com. The list, which is complied yearly, is formed from the rankings of student contributors. The site covers over 7,500 schools, 1,700,000 professors and has garnered 14,000,000

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