USC’s Office of Student Disability Services has announced faculty and staff nominated for Two Thumbs Up Awards for 2003–04.

The annual awards recognize those who are nominated by students for making a difference in the education of a student with a disability. Faculty and staff who have been nominated three times include: Brigitte Guillemin-Persels, languages, literatures, and cultures; Sherry Leschinsky, mathematics; Patti Marinelli, languages, literatures, and cultures; and Susan Reeves, retailing.

Faculty and staff nominated two times for the award include:
Carla Aguado de La Fuenete, languages, literatures, and cultures; Timothy Bergen Jr., educational psychology; Debbie Brumbaugh, accounting; Erik Collins, journalism and mass communications; Celso DeOliviera, languages, literatures, and cultures; Sonya Duhe, journalism and mass communications; Joe Fortune, University Housing; Clifford Hospital, religious studies; Briget Livingston, Thomas Cooper Library; Adnan Omar, sociology; Charles Partlow, hotel, restaurant, and tourism management; Cindy Peachey, Student Financial Aid and Scholarships;
Frances Spann, social work; Shane Thye, sociology; Jim Ward, social work; and Jon Wardrip, journalism and mass communications.

First-year nominees include:
Wesley Abercrombie, sociology; David Barbeau, geology; Charles Boswell, hotel, restaurant, and tourism management; Robert Brame, criminology and criminal justice; Tara Bresley, University 101; Timothy Brown, journalism and mass communications; James Carper, Educational Psychology; Joanna Casey, anthropology; Alisa Cooney, University 101; Nicholas Cooper-Lewter, social work; Bruce Coull, environment; Tena Crews, retailing; Marye Dahlman, languages, literatures, and cultures; Keith Davis, psychology; Xiaomin Deng, mechanical engineering; Norman Dodson, geological sciences; and Helen Doerpinghaus, business.

Also, Berten Ely, Biology; Nancy Freeman, Instruction and Teacher Education; Gwendelyn Geidel, Geology; Janice Goings, Law School Registrar’s Office; Joshua Gold, Educational Psychology; Peter Harle, Mathematics; Leonora Hayes, Liberal Arts; Kurt Henning, Liberal Arts; Monica Hill, Liberal Arts; Thomas Klipstine, Journalism and Mass Communications; James Knapp, Geological Sciences; Jessica Laabe, Liberal Arts; Pamela Lattimore, Criminology and Criminal Justice; Mark Laughlin, Music; Gyehee Lee, Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management; and W. Pierce Liles, business.

And, Loretta Lynch-Reichert, Student Affairs Office; Adam Mack, History; Kathleen Maron, Science and Mathematics Student Services; Randolph C. Martin, Business; Janet Mason, Instruction and Teacher Education; Elizabeth McMillan, Sport and Entertainment Management; Fred Medway, Psychology; Robert Murphy, Mathematics; Gregory Niehaus, Business; David Oberly, Continuing Education; Dot O’Dell, Anthropology; Romona Keith, Law School Registrar’s Office; Edsel Pena, Statistics; Jerry Randolph, Social Work; Bertram Rantin, Journalism and Mass Communications; Phillip Richardson, Liberal Arts; and Maria Shelley, Sociology.

Also, David Shrider, Business; Kent Sidel, Journalism and Mass Communications; Juliann Sivulka, Journalism and Mass Communications; Shelley Smith, Sociology; Staff of Cinnabon, Russell House; Staff of Jazzman’s, Russell House; Staff of Jazzman’s, Business Administration Building; Stephen Stancyk, Biology; Linda Steelman, Sociology; Kevin Swick, Instruction and Teacher Education; Caroline Taylor, Thomas Cooper Library; Daniel Tufford, Biology; John Valerio, Continuing Education; Robert Valois, Health Promotion and Education; Melissa Van Hyfte, Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management; Scott Vandervelde, Business; Gail Wagner, Anthropology; R. Webster West, Statistics; Deborah Williams, Statistics; and Anita Wood, Statistics.


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