Faculty Women's Forum Awards
The Faculty Women's Forum recognizes outstanding contributions to promoting greater faculty equity, inclusion, and success by honoring individuals in five categories.
2025 Faculty Women's Forum Award Honorees
Inspiring Early Academic Career Award
This award honors a pre-tenure faculty or academic staff member who creates a culture of inclusion and belonging for students and trainees at all levels.
- Ananta Addala, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
- Lay Teng Ang, Assistant Professor of Urology, School of Medicine
- Susan Clark, Assistant Professor of Physics, School of Engineering
- Ruth Huttenhain, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, School of Medicine
- Eujin Park, Assistant Professor of Education, Graduate School of Education
- Elizabeth Reese, Assistant Professor of Law, School of Law
Outstanding Mentor Award
This award is for a faculty member who has consistently created opportunities for the academic advancement of women at Stanford. This award recognizes an individual without an explicit leadership role at Stanford who promotes and sponsors Stanford women students, postdoctoral fellows, research staff, and/or faculty for opportunities and advancement.
- Sonia Bonifacio, Clinical Professor, Pediatrics, School of Medicine
- Sigrid Elschot, Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, School of Engineering
- Eleny Ionel, Robert Grimmett Professor in Mathematics, Scchool of Humanities & Sciences
- Mark Lemley, William Neukom Professor of Law, Director of the Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, School of Law
- Kathryn Starkey, Chair, Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, Edward Clark Crossett Professor of Humanistic Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of English, of History and of Comparative Literature, School of Humanities and Sciences
Outstanding Leader Award
Recognizes a faculty member who leads a Stanford department, school, or independent laboratory, center, or institute, who has an outstanding record of developing a culture of inclusion and promotion of women faculty.
- Miriam Goodman, Chair, Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Chair, Stanford Neuroscience Institute Interdisciplinary Scholars Program, Mrs. George A. Winzer Professor of Cell Biology, School of Medicine
- Rachel Jean-Baptiste, Michelle Mercer and Bruce Golden Family Professor of Feminist and Gender Studies, Professor of History and of African and African American Studies, School of Humanities & Sciences
- Fiorenza Micheli, Chair of the Ocean Department, Co-director of Stanford’s Center for Ocean Solutions, David and Lucile Packard Professor of Marine Science, Professor of Oceans, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and Professor, by courtesy, of Biology, Doerr School of Sustainability
Deborah Rhode Lifetime Achievement Award
Named after an amazing and fierce advocate for gender equity in the academy, this award honors Professor Rhode’s legacy by recognizing individuals who have dedicated their careers and used their influence to advance the status of academic women at Stanford.
- Londa Schiebinger, Director, Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering and Environment Project, John L. Hinds Professor of the History of Science, School of Humanities & Sciences
- Sarah Soule, Dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Sara Miller McCune Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Morgridge Professor in the Graduate School of Business and Professor, by courtesy, of Sociology
Carol Muller Outstanding Service Award
Named after retired executive director of Stanford WISE Ventures, this award honors an individual who has made significant contributions in service to gender equity at Stanford.
- Guadalupe Carrillo, Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Previous years award recipients
FWF Inspiring Early Academic Career Award
2024 Recipients
- Sarah Fletcher
- Maria Sakovsky
- Christine Santiago
- Fatoumata Seck
- Samantha Wang
2023 Recipients
- Patricia Alessandrini
- Rabia Belt
- Usha Iyer
- Irene Lo
- Lisa Goldman Rosas
- Ashley Elizabeth Martin
- Petra Persson
- Molly Schumer
- Gabrielle Wong-Parodi
2022 Recipients
- Grace Gao
- Danielle Mai
- Lauren O'Connell
- Celina Yong
2021 Recipients
- Marci Kwon
- Sonia Tikoo-Schantz
- Lauren Tompkins
FWF Allyship Award
2022 Recipients
- Allison Okamura
- Holly Tabor
- Nancy Ewen Wang
2021 Recipients
- Cybele Renault
- Joy Wu
Outstanding Mentor Award
2024 Recipients
- Rebecca Blankenburg
- Jill Helms
- Michelle Odden
2023 Recipients
- Arden Morris
- Upinder “Upi” Singh
- Shirin Sinnar
FWF Outstanding Sponsor Award
2022 Recipients
- Glenn Chertow
- Gretchen Daily
2021 Recipients
- Maya Rossin-Slater
- Sheri Sheppard
2020 Recipient
- Rebecca Aslakson
FWF Outstanding Leader Award
2024 Recipients
- Zhenan Bao
- Mary Leonard
2023 Recipients
- Melissa Bondy
- Risa Wechsler
- Joseph Woo
2022 Recipients
- Martha Cyert
- Jennifer Cochran
2021 Recipients
- Shelley Correll
- Sarah Soule
2020 Recipient
- Jisha Menon
FWF Deborah Rhode Lifetime Achievement Award
2024 Recipients
- Maureen McNichols
2023 Recipients
- Persis Drell
- Kathryn “Kam” Moler
2022 Recipients
- Margot Gerritsen
- Sheri Sheppard
- Sylvia Yanagisako
2021 Recipients
- Iris Litt
- Hazel Markus
- Pamela Matson
- Cecilia Ridgeway
- Myra Strober
- Hannah Valantine
FWF Carol Muller Outstanding Service Award
2024 Recipients
- Rania Sanford
2023 Recipient
- Cathy Garzio
2022 Recipient
- Magali Fassiotto
2021 Recipient
- Carol Muller
History of the Faculty Women's Forum Awards
The FWF Steering Committee launched its inaugural awards program in 2020, recognizing two faculty members with the FWF Outstanding Sponsor Award and the FWF Outstanding Leader Award in a virtual celebration in early June 2020. Read more about the inaugural awards.
In 2021, the Steering Committee added four more awards; the winners were announced on June 10, followed by a virtual celebration on June 14.