Assistant Professor, J.B. Mayo, Jr. (Curriculum and Instruction) was recently honored with The Matthew Stark Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Award presented by the College of Education and Human Development. The Matthew Stark Award honors a faculty member who has demonstrated leadership, writing, teaching or civic engagement in the areas of civil rights and civil liberties. This award is a public recognition of the recipient's unique contributions to the areas to which the sponsor, Matthew Stark, has dedicated himself professionally and personally as a former director of the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union.