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IU McKinney Announces Faculty Awards for 2019-2020 Academic Year
04/23/2020
The Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law honored seven members of the faculty for their excellence in scholarship, teaching excellence, and faculty leadership during the 2019-2020 academic year.
“I am pleased to see my colleagues honored in this way – and proud of all my faculty colleagues,” said Dean Andrew R. Klein. “We are truly fortunate to have a group of outstanding scholars, teachers, and community leaders at the IU McKinney School of Law.”
The IU McKinney Faculty Executive Committee chose the following honorees:
Dean’s Fellows Award for Excellence in Scholarship:
- Professor Lahny Silva, for her titled “The Trap Chronicles, Vol. 1: How US Housing Policy Impairs Criminal Justice Reform,” soon to be published in Maryland Law Review.
- Professor Seema Mohapatra, for her “Law in the Time of Zika,” article published in Brooklyn Law Review and “Feminist Perspectives in Health Law,” published in the Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics.
Dean’s Fellows Award for Excellence in Teaching and Service:
- Professor Cynthia Adams, for publishing the second edition of her book, A Practical Guide to Drafting Contracts, and for her work in teaching across the curriculum, including legal communication and analysis, corporate externships, secured transactions, her work with the Pathways to the Law program for undergraduate students, and service to the faculty’s Executive Committee and Curriculum Committee.
Teaching Award for Demonstrated Teaching Excellence:
- Professor Xuan-Thao Nguyen
- Professor Tom Wilson
- Professor Brad Desnoyer
Faculty Leadership Awards:
- Professor Gerard Magliocca, for his leadership and his inspiration to the faculty.
- Professor Max Huffman, for his leadership on many fronts, including the Dean Search Committee, the Assessment Committee, the Curriculum Committee, and the Pathways to the Law program for undergraduate students. He was also honored as the Director of Online Learning and aiding in the transition to online teaching during the spring 2020 semester.
