The Graduate School’s Office of Access, Diversity, and Inclusion held its first annual Best of Access, Diversity, and Inclusion (BADI) Awards on May 18, 2023 as part of the Inclusive Academy Symposium. The BADIs honor and celebrate underrepresented graduate students at Princeton University as well as those who are dedicated to uplifting and advancing them as researchers, scholars, mentors, and future leaders of academia, government, industry, and beyond. We are proud to shine a much-deserved light on the efforts of these exemplary graduate students, postdocs, staff, and faculty.
Congratulations to the 2023 BADI honorees!
Visit Award Nominations to learn more about award criteria.
Leadership Award
Rod Priestley, Ph.D.
Dean of the Graduate School
Pinnacle Award
Sarah Mullins
Assistant Director of Recruitment and Community Engagement
Alumni
Legacy Award
Courtney DelPo, *23
Chemistry Department Graduate Alumna
Graduate Students
Outstanding G1 Student Award
Noah Collins
Anthropology Ph.D. Student
Outstanding Advocacy Award
Jiya Pandya
History and Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies Ph.D. Student
Outstanding Divisional Leadership Award
Sneha Srinivasan
Chemical and Biological Engineering Department Ph.D. Candidate
Engineering Division
Outstanding Mentorship Award
Rodrigo E. L. Córdova Rosado
Astrophysical Sciences Department Ph.D. Student
Vanessa Gonzalez
Molecular Biology Department Ph.D. Candidate
Post-Doc
Champion Award
Lauren R. Kerby
Visiting Fellow at the Center for Culture, Society, and Religion and a lecturer in the Department of Religion
Faculty
Champion Award
Judith Weisenfeld, *92
Agate Brown and George L. Collord Professor of Religion and Chair of the Department of Religion
Staff
Unsung Hero Award
Theresa Thames
Associate Dean of Religious Life and of the Chapel
Outstanding Programming Award
Graduate Women of Color Caucus
Camille "Mimi" Borders
History and African American Studies Ph.D. Student
Néhémie Guillomaitre
Chemical and Biological Engineering Department Ph.D. Student
Seraya Jones-Nelson
Molecular Biology Department Ph.D. Student
Gabrielle Östlund-Sholars
Molecular Biology Department Ph.D. Candidate
Celeste Rodriguez
Molecular Biology Department Ph.D. Student
Native Graduate Students of Princeton
Brandi Bushman
English Department Ph.D. Candidate
Noah Collins
Anthropology Ph.D. Student
Rodrigo E. L. Córdova Rosado
Astrophysical Sciences Department Ph.D. Student
GSP HUMSS Chat
Mélena Laudig
Religion and African American Studies Ph.D. Candidate
Angelika Joseph
History and Theory of Architecture Department Ph.D. Candidate