Outstanding Teaching, Research and Service Celebrated at Faculty Honors Ceremony


April 27, 2026

From Left: Interim Provost John Lach, Jin Hyung Kim, Shaista Khilji, Amanda Castel, President Ellen Granberg

Interim Provost John Lach and President Ellen M. Granberg flank Trachtenberg Award winners Jin Hyung Kim, Shaista Khilji and Amanda Castel at the 16th Faculty Honors Ceremony. (William Atkins/GW Today)

Congratulations to the following GSEHD faculty members who were recognized at the 16th Annual Faculty Honors Ceremony:

The following faculty were inducted into the Society of Emeriti from May 2025 - March 2026:

The Oscar and Shoshana Trachtenberg Faculty Prizes were endowed by GW President Emeritus Stephen Joel Trachtenberg as a tribute to his parents. Shaista Khilji, department chair and professor of Human and Organizational Learning in the Graduate School of Education and Human Development, was awarded the Trachtenberg Prize for Service. 

“To know that GW recognizes my two decades of service to the institution—I'm truly humbled, and it feels great,” Khilji said.