AAUP
May 17, 2018
Georgina M. Smith Award
Deborah Smith of Kent State University will be awarded the AAUP's Georgina M. Smith Award on June 16 at the AAUP's annual conference. The award is presented to a person who has provided exceptional leadership in the past year in improving the status of academic women or in advancing collective bargaining, thereby improving the profession in general. Smith was chosen for the award in recognition of her admirable leadership in collective bargaining; success as chief negotiator during her chapter's contract negotiations, deploying an excellent understanding of the university's finances and securing paid parental-leave rights; and her efforts to implement a meaningful system of faculty evaluation.
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