Professor Babcock Receiving SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching

Congratulations to Professor Jennifer Babcock on her outstanding achievement of receiving the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching!

The SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching recognizes and honors the expertise, dedication, and commitment of outstanding adjunct faculty members. Award recipients embody professional excellence and serve as role models for the entire SUNY community. This award category allows us to appropriately acknowledge and celebrate the significant contributions of dedicated adjunct faculty whose accomplishments meet the high standards of the award criteria. Professor Babcock will be formally honored on May 20th at FIT.

Below, you will find more details about Professor Babcock’s numerous achievements this year, including her conference activities, invited talks, publications, and awards. We truly congratulate Professor Babcock on her remarkable accomplishments.

Conference Activity

  • Panelist, “OBL for Art Studio and Design Students,” Object- Based Learning Lightning Round, ARCE Annual Meeting 2024, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Presenter, “Teaching Ancient Egypt in Community College: Reframing and Rethinking the Field,” Fifth Annual Missouri Egyptological Symposium (Via Zoom)

Invited Talks

  • (Panelist for Symposium Workshop) “Takeaway for Pedagogy and Research,” Cross Disciplinary Practices of Teaching Business History, FIT (FIT, SUNY)
  • “The Ancient Egyptian Goddess Neith,” Gabriela Hearst (Gabriela Hearst Corporate Office)
  • “When the cat’s away, the mice will play:” Divine Lessons and Humorous Imagery in Ancient Egypt, American Research Center in Egypt, New York Chapter (Salmagundi Club)
  • “Contexts and Circumstances in Designing the Divine in Ancient Egypt,” American Research Center in Egypt, Orange County Chapter (Bowers Museum)
  • “Contexts and Circumstances in Designing the Divine in Ancient Egypt,” American Research Center in Egypt, Northern California Chapter (University of California, Berkeley)
  • “A Single Image Narrative: ‘The Cat, The Mouse, and the Boy,’” American Research Center in Egypt, Chicago Chapter (University of Chicago)

Publications (All Forthcoming)

  • “A Feline-Hare Hybrid from Deir el-Medina,” Soul le Ciel Étoilé Proscynème cordial au Dr. Nadine Guilhou-Ambroise, Hellenistic Institute of Egyptology
  • “Exploring Artistic Hierarchies in Deir el-Medina,” Ancient Egyptian Art Studies, Arts.
  • Co-editor, Rethinking Ancient Egypt (Brill)
  • “Building Bridges to Afrocentricism,’ Nearly Thirty Years Later,” Rethinking Ancient Egypt (Brill)

Awards

  • SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching

Professor Babcock’s achievements this year are a testament to her dedication and expertise in her field. Her work continues to inspire students and colleagues alike, and we are proud to see her contributions recognized at such a high level. Congratulations again to Professor Jennifer Babcock on her well-deserved honor!