Distinguished Adjunct Faculty Member Community Service Award

The Distinguished Adjunct Faculty Member Community Service Award recognizes an adjunct faculty member associated with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences who has demonstrated active engagement and/or leadership in community service or humanitarian outreach. Community is defined broadly to include local, regional, national, or global community.

Adjunct faculty members at any rank who engage in active and meaningful ways as volunteers, including but necessarily as leaders, in community organizations, community programs, religious institutions, schools, etc. Adjunct faculty members who have received this award within the previous 5 years are ineligible.

Full-time or part-time faculty, adjunct faculty members, Medical/Clinical Director or Division Chief, trainee/group of trainees, or community member/partner may submit a nomination. A concise, < 2000-word narrative describing the outstanding contributions made by the nominee should accompany the nomination. Additional letters (one page maximum per letter) are welcome. These documents should describe the nominee’s humanitarian impact on the community locally, regionally, nationally, or internationally.

Send electronic submissions to Nadine Kaslow, PhD, ABPP, Vice Chair for Faculty Development, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Submissions should include the nominating letter, name and contact information of the faculty member being nominated (Word or PDF), and additional letters of support if applicable.

A committee comprised of the Vice Chair for Faculty Development, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and members of the Adjunct Faculty Workgroup will select the award recipient via an email vote. The Chair of the Department will serve as an ex-officio member of the committee and will have input without a vote. Members of the committee will recuse themselves if they are nominated for a particular award.