Steinhardt 2025 Recognition Event

All full-time Steinhardt administrators, clerical and technical staff, and research staff are eligible for one or more of the awards listed below. Please note that Steinhardt's awards are separate and distinct from the University's Distinguished Administrator and Give-A-Violet Awards.

• Steinhardt Distinguished Administrator Award – recognizes outstanding administrative and professional performance and inclusive excellence that help Steinhardt meet its strategic initiatives and contribute to the attainment of Steinhardt's goals.
• Steinhardt Staff Award for Excellence – recognizes the extraordinary service of clerical and technical staff.
• Steinhardt Distinguished Professional Researcher Award – recognizes full-time researchers who have demonstrated exceptional service in conducting experiments, collecting and analyzing results, and performing duties associated with laboratory or research programs.
• Steinhardt Give-A-Violet Award – recognizes staff who have gone above and beyond the normal scope of their positions and demonstrated specific values and competencies at an exceptional level in the performance of their everyday responsibilities.
• Steinhardt Honorary Team Recognition – is a new recognition category that celebrates teams, groups, or departments that have gone above and beyond in providing exemplary work.

Award Winners for 2025

Steinhardt Distinguished Administrator Award 

Kelsey Cook 
Digital Innovation & Learning

Steinhardt Staff Award for Excellence

Sofia Ferreira 
Department of Occupational Therapy

Steinhardt Distinguished Professional Researcher Award

Chris Barker 
Institute for Human Development & Social Change

Steinhardt Give-A-Violet Award

Jenna Werkman 
Academic Operations, Innovation, and Strategy

Olivia Battinelli 
Media, Culture & Communication

Mary Park 
Department of Music & Performing Arts Professions

Steinhardt Honorary Team Recognition 

Teaching & Learning Advising Team 
Emily Arvin, Theo Massie, Kyle Morris & Teress Nugent

Recognition of Years of Service

Congratulations to the following administrators, staff, and researchers for reaching significant career milestones.

Award Nominees

Congratulations to these members of the Steinhardt community for their exceptional work throughout the year.

Steinhardt Distinguished Administrator Award

Kelsey Cook, Academic Operations, Innovation, and Strategy

Shima Gorgani, Department of Communicative Sciences & Disorders

Tiffany Scalogna, Office of Faculty Affairs

Winnie Wu, Department of Media, Culture & Communication

Jamie Baldwin, Department of Teaching & Learning

Steinhardt Staff Award for Excellence

Annamareia Dular, Department of Communicative Sciences & Disorders

Darrell Carter, Department of Media, Culture & Communication

Dustin Beardsley, Department of Music & Performing Arts Professions

Jordan Lopez, Department of Music & Performing Arts Professions

Natasha McLeod, Department of Music & Performing Arts Professions

Destiny Ramos, Department of Music & Performing Arts Professions

Jasmin Romero, Department of Music & Performing Arts Professions

Sofia Ferreira, Department of Occupational Therapy

Abril Rosas Mejia, Department of Occupational Therapy

Steinhardt Distinguished Professional Researcher Award

Joanna Geller, Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools

Francisco Castro, Learning Analytics Research Network (LEARN)

Chris Barker, Institute of Human Development & Social Change

Steinhardt Give-A-Violet Award

Jenna Werkman, Office of Academic Operations, Innovation, and Strategy

Kimberly Bassalian, Department of Applied Psychology

Patricia Engelhardt, Department of Applied Psychology

Amanda Lorencz, Department of Applied Psychology

Cesar Recca, Department of Applied Statistics, Social Science, and Humanities

John Myers, Office of Graduate Admissions

Amanda Adams, Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Olivia Battinelli, Department of Media, Culture & Communication

Marisol Ascona, Department of Music & Performing Arts Professions

Mary Park, Department of Music & Performing Arts Professions

Jasmin Romero, Department of Music & Performing Arts Professions

Steinhardt Honorary Team Recognition

Digital Innovation and Learning, Academic Operations, Innovation, and Strategy 
Kelsey Cook, Thomas Sendgraff, Parker Hollingsworth, Siobhan Thomas, Kevin Zhao, Jeesoo Park

Applied Psychology Graduate Advising Team 
Erika Jackson, Kimberly Bassalian, Da-Nisha Banton, David Del Mundo, Patricia Engelhardt

Communicative Sciences and Disorders Clinical Field Placement Team
Erasmia Ioannou-Benakis, Olivia Blake, Maria Fareri, Penelope Romano,  Annamareia Dular

Teaching & Learning Advising Team 
Kyle Morris, Teress Nugent, Theo Massie, Emily Arvin

Music & Performing Arts Professions Production Team/Theatre Operations
Andy Palmer, Drew Francis, Michael McCoy, Catherine Siniscalco, Joe Mathers, M. Piccuto, Nick Bolton, Joshua Coates, Philip Connor, Andrew Wang, Beanie Lawrence, Matthew Holcombe, Michelle Humphrey, Marisol Ascona, Tyshawn Staton, Madison Coe

Music & Performing Arts Professions Program Administrators 
Allegra Romita, Ellen Smittle, Jonathan Jones, Sergi Casannelles, Ian McLeod, Mary Park, Robert Honstein, Keiko Uenishi, Barbara Matthews, Judith Rubin-Bosco, Sean Statster, Minji Kim, Alyson Sheehan, Scott Allen, Christina Charles, Jessica Bauer