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On Thursday, September 25, Sarah Lawrence celebrated new faculty chair appointments and this year’s recipient of the Lipkin Family Prize for Inspirational Teaching.
This year, Marty Goldray (Music) was honored with the Lipkin Prize. This annual award recognizes a professor — selected by the president with input from faculty — whose generosity of time and talent draws from students both high performance and a lifelong love of learning.
Faculty chairs “embody the totality of what it means to be a member of the academy," said Provost and Dean of Faculty Kanwal Singh. "We honor our colleagues for their work in the classroom, in their scholarly and artistic lives, and in their institutional work — for all the ways in which they make Sarah Lawrence a thrilling place at which to teach and to learn."
This year’s new faculty chairs, as selected by the Advisory Committee on Appointments, are:
Ron Azfal (Religion)
Margaret Shepherd Professorship
Established in 2019 by Margaret Shepherd '69, the professorship position supports faculty members in religion or religious studies.
Roy Ben-Shai (Philosophy)
Hyman Kleinman Fellowship in the Humanities
This endowed fellowship was established in 1999 by Ella Foshay ’69 to honor faculty member emeritus Hyman H. Kleinman, who taught literature at the College from 1964 to 1984 and “whose humanity, wisdom, and love of teaching have had a profound impact on hundreds of students, young and old, during a teaching lifetime spanning more than five decades.” The fellowship is awarded on a three- to five-year basis to a recently tenured member of the humanities faculty.
Eric Leveau (French, Literature)
Margot C. Bogert Distinguished Service Chair
Established in 2004 by the trustees of the College, this chair is awarded for a term of three years to a senior member of the Sarah Lawrence faculty who has excelled in his or her commitment to the College. It honors the leadership and generosity of Margot Bogert ’75, who has served the College as an alumna, as vice president of college resources, as a trustee, and as chairman of the Board of Trustees for seven years, 1997-2004. The recipient represents the best of Sarah Lawrence: excellence in teaching, a concern for the full development of students, and lively engagement with and service to the Sarah Lawrence community.
Parthiban Muniandy (Sociology)
Alice Stone Ilchman Chair in Comparative & International Studies
This endowed chair was created with gifts from trustees, colleagues, and friends of Alice Ilchman in celebration of her inspired leadership as president of Sarah Lawrence College from 1981 to 1998. It is awarded to a faculty member who uses comparative methods to understand the human condition in its global contexts.