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Nomination Guidelines

The University Award for Sustained Excellence in Scholarship

The University Award for Sustained Excellence in Scholarship recognizes the outstanding achievements and dedication of a faculty member who has demonstrated sustained excellence in scholarly or creative work and who has been a faculty member of Santa Clara University for a minimum of ten years.

  • 2023 Winner
    David Sloss, Law

    Professor Sloss has been at Santa Clara since 2008, when he joined our faculty to head the Center for Global Law and Policy. In the last decade alone, Professor Sloss, an expert on the relationship between domestic law and international affairs, has solo-authored two books, co-edited three additional books, and authored eleven book chapters.  

    As noted by a colleague, he has distinguished himself as one of the leading scholars in multiple fields of expertise. His focus on the role of international law in our contemporary global society and his work to address threats to democracy is driven by compassion to build a more humane, just, and sustainable world.

  • 2022 - Chris Kitts (Mechanical Engineering)
  • 2021 - Ed Maurer (Civil, Environmental, & Sustainable Engineering)
  • 2020 - Andy Tsay (Information Systems & Analytics)
  • 2019 - Eric Goldman (Law)
  • 2018 - Yongtae Kim (Accounting)
  • 2017 - Pat Hoggard (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
  • 2016 - Jane Curry (Political Science)
  • 2015 - Rose Marie Beebe (Modern Languages) and Bob Senkewicz (Literature & History)
  • 2014 - Kieran Sullivan (Psychology)
  • 2013 - Michelle Burnham (English)
  • 2012 - Sanjiv Das (Finance)
  • 2011 - Andre Delbecq (Management)
  • 2010 - Hersh Shefrin (Finance)
  • 2009 - San Hernandez (Art and Art History)
  • 2008 - Meir Statman (Finance)
  • 2007 - Nam Ling (Computer Engineering)
  • 2006 - Jerrold Shapiro (Counseling Psychology)
  • 2005 - James Felt, S.J. (Philosophy)
  • 2004 - Philip Kain (Philosophy)
  • 2003 - Jerry Burger (Psychology)
  • 2002 - Catherine Montfort (Modern Languages & Literatures)
  • 2001 - Alan Scheflin (Law)
  • 2000 - Alexander Field (Economics)
  • 1999 - Bill Duffy (Physics)
  • 1998 - Steven Nahmias (Operations Management & Information Systems)
  • 1997 - Cary Yang (Electrical Engineering)
  • 1996 - Jerry Kasner (Law)
  • 1995 - Stephen Smith (Decision & Information Sciences) 
  • 1994 - Paul Halmos (Mathematics) & Dragoslav Siljak (Electrical Engineering)