Emory Honors Lesser, Payne, and Suh for Teaching and Advising – News from the Emory History Department

Deboleena Roy (right), senior associate dean for faculty in Emory College of Arts and Sciences, presented the Emory College Award for Academic Advising to Chris Suh, assistant professor of history, during the college’s diploma ceremony.

Multiple History Department faculty were recognized at the conclusion of the spring 2022 semester with honors and awards from the university. Dr. Jeffrey Lesser, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor and Director of the Halle Institute for Global Learning, was awarded the Eleanor Main Graduate Student Mentor Award. Dr. Matthew J. Payne, Associate Professor, received the Emory Williams Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award. Dr. Chris Suh, Assistant Professor, was given the Emory College Award for Academic Advising. Read about other honors and awards conferred at the spring 2022 commencement: “Faculty and staff honored for excellence in teaching, mentoring and more.”