2024-25 Academic Integrity Award Winners

Amir serves as a Teaching Assistant in CSE 611 where students work in teams to complete projects for external entities as their capstone. Amir is responsible for reviewing each team’s code base, tracking all code changes, and understanding how each team member contributed to the project. When academic integrity issues arise, Amir uses evidence, reason, and sincerity to resolve them. He acts as a role model to undergraduate and graduate students in the department, and UB alumni recognize Amir for his positive guidance in their education. 

Gavin has led efforts within the Communication department to help both students and faculty understand how artificial intelligence tools work, their range of application, and how to use them ethically to improve research and scholarship. He partnered with the Center for Excellence in Writing (CEW) to develop campus-wide workshops (in-person and virtual) to provide students the information they need to use AI tools to “enhance their development rather than short-circuit it.” Gavin is such a trusted resource on this topic that he is also working with the Communication department to create an artificial intelligence policy for thesis and dissertation research.   

Kim is recognized for her leadership on academic integrity issues within the Psychology department. She is committed to ensuring the integrity of remote exams in her classes and utilizes online proctoring technologies to support students in safeguarding a fair exam environment for all. Kim has also added overt instruction on artificial intelligence use into her 199 seminars to ensure that her students understand the opportunities and limits of AI use. She generously shares her expertise in these areas and has become a go-to resource for fellow psychology faculty.   

In response to a faculty request, Mary and Beth used LibWizard, a library software tool, to design a UB tutorial on plagiarism and proper citation. They later adapted this tutorial for wider student use in the Office of Academic Integrity remediation program. For the International Day of Action for academic integrity, Beth and Mary co-developed and led a workshop for students called “I Know You Get Déjà Vu: Investigating Academic Integrity Issues through Pop Culture” in which they very cleverly used pop culture examples to inspire discussion about academic integrity topics, including plagiarism and fair use. They will present on this program at the American Library Association’s annual conference.  

In response to a faculty request, Mary and Beth used LibWizard, a library software tool, to design a UB tutorial on plagiarism and proper citation. They later adapted this tutorial for wider student use in the Office of Academic Integrity remediation program. For the International Day of Action for academic integrity, Beth and Mary co-developed and led a workshop for students called “I Know You Get Déjà Vu: Investigating Academic Integrity Issues through Pop Culture” in which they very cleverly used pop culture examples to inspire discussion about academic integrity topics, including plagiarism and fair use. They will present on this program at the American Library Association’s annual conference.  

Steve has a long history of integrity work. He was one of the founding organizers of what has become the CITI (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative) program’s module on Responsible Conduct of Research. He is editor-in-chief of Experimental Eye Research, where he handles ethical breaches such as plagiarism, data falsification, and duplicate submissions. Steve also teaches the PMY 199 seminar class where he shares slides on “ethics and academic integrity,” providing new UB students with comprehensive information about integrity in the classroom, the research process, and the world. One of his nominators notes that Steve “has devoted a substantial portion of his professional career to promoting academic integrity and research integrity, locally, nationally, and internationally.”

Mark’s nomination highlights his dedication to training and supporting undergraduate and graduate Teaching Assistants on best practices in handling academic dishonesty cases and holding consultative resolution meetings. Mark’s assessment design is described as “the gold standard” for constructing and administering tests in a manner that promotes academic integrity. Even as he is equipping the next generation of faculty with the tools they need to confront academic dishonesty, Mark is serving as an inspiration and model to all faculty in the math department.  

Cathy works to support academic integrity at UB in numerous ways. In investigating dishonesty cases, Cathy has helped to identify the location of IP addresses, disrupt discord servers, and collect information on students posting to cheating websites. In fall 2024, Cathy worked over a holiday and on her days off to ascertain the identities of people who accessed sensitive files in a Box folder when it was accidentally made publicly available. In all situations, Cathy seeks comprehensive answers to the security issues behind an integrity concern and makes good recommendations for how instructors and students can change behaviors or move forward and avoid repeat issues