The Criteria Award for Distinction
The editors of Criteria consider for publication all outstanding written work submitted by DISC faculty from student writers in their classes. Student writers whose exceptional contributions merit distinction will be selected each year for the Criteria Award.
Recipients of the Criteria Award for 2012-2013 are Danielle Katz, Alex Mirabile, and Marquelle Smith.
The Laura Kesselman Devlin Award
The Devlin Award commemorates Laura Devlin, a first-year writing teacher distinguished for academic rigor, intellectual adventure, and human concern. This award for continuing excellence is presented annually to a full-time faculty member whose major teaching responsibility is in DISC.
The Devlin Lecturer for 2012-2013 is Vanessa Hopper.