2020 Faculty and Student
Applause for Honorees
The campus lawn may have been empty at commencement time this year, but that did not prevent UMass Boston from bestowing traditional graduation honors on some of its best and brightest. We’ll have to wait to celebrate their achievements—and the accomplishments of all our graduates and honorees—in person, but in the meantime, here are the outstanding faculty and students selected for awards and honors this year.
Professor Elizabeth Bussiere Department of Political Science College of Liberal Arts
Professor Werner Kunz Department of Marketing College of Management
Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Teaching
Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Service
Since Professor Bussiere arrived at UMass Boston in 1988, she has been notable for her excellence in teaching. She regularly teaches three upper-level courses on the American judicial system, her primary area of focus. However, her frequent offerings of first-year and intermediate seminars bring the issues raised in those courses to a wider audience. Students praise Professor Bussiere’s mentorship outside of class. She provides opportunities for students to interact with professionals, particularly in legal careers, and she has successfully guided students to seek law school admission and to become practicing attorneys.
Professor Kunz, a leading authority on business applications of social media, has made many significant contributions to the UMass Boston community. Since 2011, he has conducted the highly regarded Social Media Day, an annual conference for members of the business, hi-tech, and social media communities, featuring lectures, panel discussions, training, and networking opportunities. In 2014, he founded the Digital Media Lab, which seeks to turn academic research about digital and social media and innovative media services into insights for real-world applications. In addition, Professor Kunz has worked for the last seven years with SERVSIG, an American Marketing Association group dedicated to services research. He received the College of Management Dean’s Award for Distinguished Service in 2018.
Professor Elizabeth Bussiere
Professor Werner Kunz
UMass Boston Fall 2020 Professor Heidi Levitt
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