Evan Marie Lowder, an assistant professor of law, criminology and society at George Mason University, is one of 12 Virginians recognized by the State Council of Higher Education with a 2024 Outstanding Faculty Award.
Lowder is being honored in the Rising Star category, for faculty members with two to six years of full-time experience teaching at the collegiate level.
She is the 29th Mason representative to receive an Outstanding Faculty Award since the statewide program was established in 1987.
The award includes a $7,500 gift from the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation to be presented at an in-person ceremony on March 7 in Richmond.
Lowder is “an academic star in every sense,” said James Willis, who chairs the Department of Criminology, Law and Society, in a report by the university’s Damian Cristodero. “She is an excellent researcher doing vital work, and an outstanding teacher and mentor who elevates her students and provides invaluable service to the department, college and university. She is truly deserving this prestigious award.”
