Carroll University Professors Receive Awards for Work

Editor's note: The following information came from a Carroll University press release.

Two Carroll University professors were recently recognized for their work at the four-year college. The awards were presented at Celebrate Carroll, the university's annual academic conference, on April 20, 2011.

Lilly Goren, of Shorewood, was presented the Benjamin F. Richason Jr. Faculty Award. Goren earned joined the Carroll faculty in 2005.

The award is a memorial established by the family, friends and colleagues of the late Professor Benjamin Richason, a professor of geography at Carroll from 1952 until his death in 1988.

Goren is a political analyst and commentator who is able to bring clarity and insight to many of the complex political events and issues of our time. She has an impressive publication record, including her 2009 book of collected essays, You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby: Women, Politics & Popular Culture. She had four publications in 2010, including Profits and Protest: The Cultural Commodification of the Presidential Image and a co-authored chapter in Politics and Popular Culture.

After a recent promotion, Goren will be a professor of political science, effective July 2011.

James Zager, associate professor of theatre arts and Cordelia Pierce Hedges Chair in Theatre Arts, received the Norman and Louise Allhiser Award for Excellence in Teaching. This award was established in 1986 to recognize exceptional instruction, based largely on student evaluations.

Zager, of St. Francis, joined the Carroll faculty in 2008.

Zager is also a playwright. Juliet, his adaptation of the Shakespeare classic, was premiered in April 2010 at Carroll to rave reviews and subsequently published by Dramatic Publishing. His other publications include three one-act plays for youth, The Shakespeare Project, Stories Gone Wilde and What You Will.

He is a board member and contributing artist for the Milwaukee Opera Theatre, a member of the Actors Equity Association, and belongs to the Dramatist Guild of America.