Faculty Lecturer of the Year
2023 Faculty Lecturer
of the Year
Ava Nguyen, Professor of Communication Studies
Racial Triangulation: At the Intersection of Anti-Blackness and Asian Hate
Academic Senate elects a Faculty Lecturer for each academic year. In the spring the Academic Senate seeks nominations from all contract faculty of a colleague to become the Lecturer for the following year. The individuals who accept the nomination have their names placed on a ballot and all faculty vote to determine the Faculty Lecturer for the following academic year. The individual selected is notified and receives one class reassigned during the upcoming year to research and write a paper and prepare for their lecture/presentation. The paper is published as a journal and distributed at the event. The individual chosen selects his or her own topic for presentation to the campus community.
This event was initiated in 1969 by the Faculty Senate. All campus constituencies are invited and formal invitations to attend are extended to college administrators, members of the Governing Board, and the lecturer's guest list.
Faculty take this award very seriously. To be selected is an honor, carrying with it a significant responsibility. Each lecturer is presented a plaque by the President of the Academic Senate recognizing them on behalf of the faculty. Many of our Faculty Lecturers have been interviewed and highlighted in local and regional papers. A photograph and brief biography of the individual is placed in the college catalog.
This is a program that is highly valued on our campus. It draws a capacity crowd every year. Individuals who miss it often check out the replay of the presentation and go out of their way to find an opportunity to discuss it with the Lecturer. It shows us at our best. Students have, on occasion, asked the Lecturer to sign their copy of the booklet at the presentation. We are all, faculty, administrators, and classified caught up in our daily routines and work isolated from one another. This gives the academic community an opportunity to "see" the talent and dedication that usually occurs behind closed doors. We come together to celebrate what it is that we are about.
Faculty Lecturers of the Year
| Year | Name/Discipline | Title of Lecture |
| 2022-2023 | Ava Nguyen, Communication Studies | Racial Triangulation: At the Intersection of Anti-Blackness and Asian Hate |
| 2021-2022 | Michelle Dowd, Journalism | |
| 2020-2021 | Ryan Falcioni, Philosophy |
Bending the Arc Towards Justice: Cultivating the Virtues of Global Citizenship Ryan has put together some Resources to view. |
| 2019-2020 Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Faculty Lecturer of the Year honor and event has been postponed and will be addressed upon the return to campus, so the Lecturer (Michelle Dowd) is able to accept the honor. | ||
| 2019-2020 | Michelle Dowd, Journalism | Breaking The Story: It's a Brave New World |
| 2018-2019 | Julie Song, Sociology | The Relationship Between Technology Use and Social Interaction |
| 2017-2018 Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Faculty Lecturer of the Year honor and event was postponed for one year, so the Lecturer was able to accept the honor. | ||
| 2016-2017 | Mary Jane Ross, Instructional Support | The Ghost in the Closet |
| 2015-2016 | Robin Ikeda, Biology | What Do You Think You Are? Identity in the Anthropocene |
| 2014-2015 | Mark Meyer, Anthropology | Race Matters: Culture vs. Biology |
| 2013-2014 | Joann Eisberg, Astronomy | Are We Along in the Universe? The Search for Another Earth |
| 2012-2013 | Peter Konovnitzine, Geography | Russia in the 21st Century: A geographic perspective. Can the past predict the future? |
| 2011-2012 | Vera Dunwoody, Psychology | Reality: What's That? |
| 2010-2011 | Joy Haerens, Business and Office Technologies | Curiouser and Curiouser: Down Exploring the Rabbit Hole |
| 2009-2010 | Orville Clarke, Art History |
Passion |
| 2008-2009 | Daniel Loomis, History |
Cartoons, Psychological Warfare and World War II or Willy and Joe Get Drafted |
| 2007-2008 | Karen Lyman, Sociology and Gerontology |
Lessons from the New China: Hutons to High-rises, Communism to Consumerism |
| 2006-2007 | Eva K. Rose, Communication Studies |
Emotional Intelligence: A Social Radar to Communication Competence |
| 2005-2006 | Marie Boyd, Library |
Clay Tablets to Flash Drives: Libraries, Technology and Human Values |
| 2004-2005 | Monica Carter, Political Science |
The Formula for Connectivity: Relationship Preceding Information (Politics, Race & the Classroom) |
| 2003-2004 | Christine V. Flores, Counseling |
Diamonds in the Rough: Empowering Students to Transform Their Lives |
| 2002-2003 | Bill Purkiss, Communication Studies |
Signals Through the Flames...Resiliency Theory and Chaffey College |
| 2001-2002 | Gary Aurouze, Philosophy |
Auschwitz and After: Moral Philosophy in the Shadow of Birkenau |
| 2000-2001 | Laura Hope-Aléman, English |
The Ties That Bind: Exploring the Poetry of Mothers and Sons |
| 1999-2000 | Janice Clare Raithel, Art |
The Magic of Her Mirror Expanding Identities in Self-Portraits by Women |
| 1998-1999 | Dale DesLauriers, Biology |
Delusions of Self-Sufficiency |
| 1997-1998 | Andrew David E. Bixler, Environmental Studies and Ethics |
The Courage to Be: View From an Island |
| 1996-1997 | S. Craig Justice, Economics |
Fact, Fantasy and Faith in Economic Analysis: Is Economics Truly a Science? (no booklet) |
| 1995-1996 | Kathy Brindell, History |
Holocaust Rescuers Remembered: Righteous Gentiles Who Embraced the Enemy Within |
| 1994-1995 | Cathie Keenan, Chemistry |
Why Chemistry Should Be Required for All Disciplines |
| 1993-1994 | Maura O'Neill, Philosophy |
On Being a Person of Passion in Academia |
| 1992-1993 | Muriel Zimmerman, Biology |
The Biological Adaptiveness of Lying |
| 1991-1992 | Barbara Mitchell, History |
The Ethics of Anarchosyndicalism or, How I Quit Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb[ers] |
| 1989-1990 | Wayne Hubert, English |
From "I" to "We": Individualism and Community in Contemporary Literature |
| 1988-1989 | James des Lauriers, Biology |
Public Conflict Over Scientific Knowledge |
| 1987-1988 | G. Sidney Silliman, Political Science |
The Politics of Reality |
| Between 1975 & 1987, the Faculty Lecturer honor lay dormant and was revitalized by Faculty Senate in 1987 to continue the tradition of academic excellence at Chaffey. | ||
| 1974-1975 | O. Stanley Waldrop, Psychology |
Power |
| 1973-1974 | Carol Sayles, Communication Arts |
The Creative Self Versus the Myopic Self |
| 1972-1973 | Michael E. Malone, English |
Shakespeare's World |
| 1971-1972 | Henry E. Childs, Jr., Biology |
The Lemming Legend and the Capistrano Caper |
| 1970-1971 | Marlin L. Dickey, Geology |
No Deposit, No Return |
| 1969-1970 | Felipe Cornejo, Spanish |
Man and the World |
| 1968-1969 | Bea Rose, Philosophy |
Who's Listening |
