UMass Boston

Retired Faculty

At UMass Boston, retired faculty remain an integral part of our community, staying connected to the university they helped shape during their many years of service.

Retired Faculty Leadership Council

The Retired Faculty Leadership Council helps UMass Boston understand and meet the needs of its retired faculty. It meets twice yearly to discuss current topics on campus and make recommendations to further the mission of retired faculty. It also has a rotating subcommittee that selects recipients for the Endowed Faculty Career Development Award. For more information, please contact provost@umb.edu.

Endowed Faculty Career Development Fund & Awards

The Retired Faculty Leadership Council sponsors the Endowed Faculty Career Development Award to provide financial support for scholarly research and professional development. Awards are given to one or two tenure-track faculty members annually. Donations to the Endowed Faculty Career Development Fund are greatly appreciated.

The most recent award winners are:

  • Mayra C. Vidal, biology
  • Ellen Benjamin, nursing

Annual Retired Faculty Luncheon

Every year, the Office of the Provost, the Office of Faculty Development, and University Advancement welcome retired faculty to campus for a luncheon.

Endowed Faculty Career Development Fund Recipients

  • 2023 Brook Moyers, biology and Callie Brusegaard, global inclusion & social development
  • 2022 Lisa Maeng, psychology and Evan Stewart, sociology
  • 2021 Georgia Mavrommati, ecological economics and Lisa Heelan-Fancher, nursing
  • 2020 Matthew Rocklage, marketing and Shannon McHugh, modern languages, literatures and cultures
  • 2019 Travis Johnston, political science and Shailja Pathania, biology
  • 2018 Jens Rister, biology and Niya Sa, chemistry
  • 2017 Wenhua Shi, art
  • 2016 Matthew Bell, engineering and Ayesha Irani, Asian studies
  • 2015 Keren Horn, economics and Douglas Woodhams, biology
  • 2014 Amy Cook, counseling & school psychology
  • 2013 Helen Poynton, School for the Environment
  • 2012 Aaron Lecklider, American studies
  • 2011 Lakshmi Srinivas, sociology
  • 2010 Susan Zup, psychology
  • 2009 David Pruett, performing arts and Eileen Stuart-Shor, nursing
  • 2008 Erin O'Brien, political science
  • 2007 Lisa Cosgrove, counseling & school psychology
  • 2006 Lynnell Thomas, American studies
  • 2005 Cheryl Nixon, English
  • 2004 Juanita Urban-Rich, School for the Environment
  • 2001 Ann Blum, Latin American studies and Iberian studies
  • 1999 Victoria Weston, art