Past LAS award recipients

Academic Professional | Staff | McCowen Distinguished ServiceAcademic Advising | Dean's Award for Undergraduate Teaching | Undergraduate Teaching, Instructional Staff | Undergraduate Teaching by TAs | Distinguished Women Teachers Humanities Teaching Excellence Award Program

Academic Professional Award Winners

  • 2006-2007
    Brian Jewett, Atmospheric Sciences 
    Kathy Hatch, Psychology
    Jacquelyn Kahn, Gender and Women's Studies
  • 2007-2008
    Ann Tandy Lacy, Spurlock Museum
    Jonathan Manton, Mathematics
    Penelope A. Soskin, LAS Student Academic Affairs Office
  • 2008-2009
    Alison Ahlgren, Mathematics 
    Joseph Hinchliffe, Political Science 
    Jun Kai Zhang, Microbiology
  • 2009-2010
    Corinne Crane, Germanic Languages and Literatures 
    Elaine Shpungin, Psychology 
    Jodee Stanley, English 
    Joan Volkmann, LAS Advancement
  • 2010-2011
    Amy Elli, LAS Office of the Dean
    Elizabeth Morley, Center for Writing Studies 
    Scott Morris, Earth, Society and Environment
  • 2011-2012
    Scott Bartlett, History
    Wendy Harris, Mathematics
    Carol Wakefield, LAS Office of Administration
  • 2012-2013
    Jonathan Tomkin, School of Earth, Society & Env
    Charles Walbaum, School of Chemical Sciences
    Jennifer White, Spurlock Museum
  • 2013-2014
    Robert Jenkins, Germanic Languages and Literature
    Sandee Moore, Mathematics
    Kim Sheahan, Sprulock Museum
  • 2014-2015
    James Clark, Psychology
    Ruth Hoffman, LAS Student Academic Affairs Office
    Anthony Mullen, Mathematics
  • 2015-2016
    Stephanie Haas, Office of the Dean
    Karen Mortensen, Mathematics
    Gretchen Pein, LAS Student Academic Affairs Office
  • 2016-2017
    Ann Abbott, Spanish & Portuguese 
    Anna Ivy, English
    Melissa Reedy, Molecular and Cellular Biology
  • 2017-2018
    Anu Murphy, Mathematics
    Alejandra Stenger, Molecular & Cellular Biology
    Beth Watkins, Spurlock Museum
  • 2018-2019
    Jenny Cox, Chemistry
    W. Brad Petersen, LAS Communications & Marketing
    Jack Thomas, Spurlock Museum
  • 2019-2020
    Florencia Henshaw, Spanish & Portuguese
    John Holton, Spurlock Museum
    Timothy Wedig, LAS Global Studies
  • 2020-2021
    Alison Reddy, Mathematics
    Serenity Desmond, Chemistry
    Melanie Waters, Spanish & Portuguese
  • 2021-2022
    Jeeyoung Ha, East Asian Languages & Cultures
    Melissa Sotelo, Spurlock Museum
    Kasia Szremski, Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies
  • 2022-2023
    Brenden Carollo, Spanish & Portuguese
    Amber Holmes, Mathematics
    Firmino Pinto, Psychology

Staff Award Winners

  • 2006-2007
    Marita Romine, FLB Admin
    Terry Davis, English 
    Brenda Stamm, Political Science
  • 2007-2008
    Barbara Elmore, Geology
    Rebecca Moss, English 
    Susana Vazquez Weigel, Speech Communication
  • 2008-2009
    Margie Salmon, Communication
    Deborah Stauffer, English
  • 2009-2010
    Lauri Harden, English
    Dana Loschen, Psychology
    Dale McBride, Economics
    Geraldine Moore, School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics
  • 2010-2011
    Rhonda Kissling, Intensive English Institute 
    Patricia O'Bryan, LAS Advancement 
    Carla Vail, Philosophy
  • 2011-2012
    Katie Beall, Psychology
    Amy Rumsey, English 
    Peggy Wells, Philosophy
  • 2012-2013
    Melissa Banks, Statistics
    Lisa Smith, Animal Biology
    Mary Strum, Communication
  • 2013-2014
    Amy Holland, Communication
    Beth Myler, Chemistry
    Virginia Swisher, Gender and Women's Studies
  • 2014-2015
    Katherine Daly, Mathematics
    Ashley Ramm, Psychology
    Marilyn Whalen, Geology
  • 2015-2016
    Mae Donaldson, Psychology
    Lynn Schaefer, School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics
    Lana Holben, School of Earth, Society and Environment/Geology
  • 2016-2017
    Dennis Dalby, Molecular and Cellular Biology
    Allison Perry, LAS Student Academic Affairs Office
    Elizabeth Vonk, Mathematics
  • 2017-2018
    Charisse Coleman, Communication
    Adrienne Harris, Mathematics
    Kara Metcalf, Chemistry
  • 2018-2019
    Sarah Challand, Psychology
    Kimberly Leigh, Entomology
    Christine Lyke, Asian American Studies
  • 2019-2020
    June Clark Eubanks, Psychology
    Tom Bedwell, History
    Karla Southern, School of Chemical Sciences
  • 2020-2021
    Carol Banks, Economics
    Summer Curry, Psychology
    Rayme Ackerman, LAS Office of the Dean
  • 2021-2022
    Marci Blocker, Mathematics
    Karen Flesher, Spurlock Museum
    Kaitlyn Fuenty, Asian American Studies
  • 2022-2023
    Ann Byers, Mathematics
    Matthew Cohn, Geography & Geographic Information Science
    Brenda Reinhold, Psychology

Nancy J. McCowen Distinguished Service Award

  • 2006-2007
    Paula Adametz Hays, LAS Admin
  • 2008-2009
    Thomas Bedwell, History
  • 2009-2010
    Mary Ellen Fryer, School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics
  • 2010-2011
    Lori Hendricks, Psychology
  • 2011-2012
    Joellyn Pedro, LAS Office of the Dean
  • 2012-2013
    Lori Dick, Mathematics
  • 2013-2014
    Yvonne Knight, School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics
  • 2014-2015
    Darcy Johnson, LAS Office of the Dean
  • 2015-2016
    Karla Harmon, Anthropology
  • 2016-2017
    Carla Buchanan, LAS Student Academic Affairs Office

Paula Adametz Hays Staff Award

  • 2020-2021
    Alejandra Seufferheld, Latin American & Caribbean Studies
  • 2022-2023
    Jennifer McNeilly, Mathematics

Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising

  • 2005-2006
    Phyllis Vanlandingham, LAS Student Affairs
  • 2006-2007
    Deneen DeMarie, Psychology
  • 2007-2008
    Carl Niekerk, Germanic Languages & Literatures
    Gary Spezia, Integrative Biology
  • 2008-2009
    Richard T. Rodriguez, Latina/Latino Studies
    Robert C. Steltman, English
  • 2009-2010
    Gary Wszalek, Psychology
  • 2011-2012
    Barbara I. Hall, Communication
  • 2013-2014 Bradley G. Mehrtens, School of Molecular & Cellular Biology
  • 2014-2015
    Keri Niehans, Psychology
  • 2015-2016
    Jennifer Brandyberry, Molecular & Cellular Biology
  • 2016-2017
    Alicia Rodriguez, Latina/Latino Studies
  • 2017-2018
    Pamela Greer, LAS Student Academic Affairs Office
  • 2018-2019
    D. Todd Spinner, School of Chemical Sciences
  • 2019-2020
    Neil Baer, Communication
  • 2020-2021
    Sarah Sheeley, Chemistry
  • 2021-2022
    Kimberly Powers, Chemical Sciences
  • 2022-2023
    Gary Wszalek, Psychology

Dean's Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

  • 2006-2007
    Matthew Ando, Mathematics
    CL Cole, Gender & Women's Studies
    Stephen Marshak, Geology
  • 2007-2008
    Richard Gorvett, Mathematics
    Carol Symes, History
  • 2008-2009
    Laurie Johnson, Germanic Languages & Literatures
    Leanne Knobloch, Communication
    Mark H. Leff, History
    Bruce Reznick, Mathematics
  • 2009-2010
    James Barrett, History
    Aaron Benjamin, Psychology
    Anthony Pollock, English
    Alexandru Zaharescu, Mathematics
  • 2010-2011
    May Berenbaum, Entomology
    Catharine Gray, English
    A. J. Hildebrand, Mathematics
    Robert Pahre, Political Science
  • 2011-2012
    John C. Lammers, Communication
    Tracy Sulkin, Political Science
    Jeremy T. Tyson, Mathematics
  • 2012-2013
    Scott Althaus, Political Science
    Bruce Fouke, Geology
    Brian Quick, Communication
  • 2013-2014 Tamara Chaplin, History Nathan Dunfield, Mathematics
    Ned O'Gorman, Communication
    Helga Varden, Philosophy
  • 2014-2015
    John Murphy, Communication 
    Fiona Ngo, Gender & Women's Studies 
    Henry Schenck, Mathematics 
    John Vasquez, Political Science
  • 2015-2016
    Robert Barrett, English
    Lee DeVille, Mathematics
    David Rivier, Cell & Developmental Biology
    Mara Wade, German
  • 2016-2017
    Thomas Nevins, Mathematics
    Dana Rabin, History 
    Rebecca Stumpf, Anthropology
    Andrew Suarez, Animal Biology
  • 2017-2018
    Brendan Harley, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering 
    Robert Rushing, French & Italian, Comparative & World Literature 
    Gisela Sin, Political Science 
    Renee Trilling, English
  • 2018-2019
    Brian Allan, Entomology
    Manisha Basu, English
    William Brieher, Cell & Developmental Biology
    Philipp Hieronymi, Mathematics
    Sandra Ruiz, Latina/Latino Studies
  • 2019-2020
    Andrew Gaedtke, English
    Rana Hogarth, History
    Sonia Lasher-Trapp, Atmospheric Sciences
    Zoi Rapti, Mathematics
    Brian Walters, Classics
  • 2020-2021
    Terri Barnes, History
    Lisa Guntzviller, Communication
    Ryan Shosted, Linguistics
    David Wright, English
    Wendy Yang, Plant Biology
  • 2021-2022
    Will Barley, Communication
    Toby Beauchamp, Gender & Women's Studies
    Daniel Leon, Classics
    Nicole Riemer, Atmospheric Sciences
    Alex Shakar, English
  • 2022-2023
    Janice Harrington, English
    Eugene Lerman, Mathematics
    Ghassan Moussawi, Gender & Women's Studies/Sociology
    Sepideh Sadaghiani, Psychology
    Valeria Sobol, Slavic Languages & Literatures

Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Instructional Staff

  • 2006-2007
    Iryce Baron, English
  • 2007-2008
    Andrew Moss, English
  • 2008-2009
    John Griswold, English
    Katherine Wahl, Mathematics
  • 2009-2010
    Thomas Costello, Communication
  • 2010-2011
    John Rubins, English
  • 2011-2012
    Eric Snodgrass, Atmospheric Sciences
  • 2012-2013
    Jennifer McNeilly, Mathematics
  • 2013-2014
    Don DeCoste, Chemistry
  • 2014-2015
    Christian Ray, Chemistry
  • 2015-2016
    David Morris, English
  • 2016-2017
    Gretchen Adams, Chemistry
  • 2017-2018
    Jeffrey Frame, Atmospheric Sciences
  • 2018-2019
    Karle Flanagan, Statistics
  • 2019-2020
    Benjamin Clegg, Integrative Biology
    Mary Ramey, Communication
  • 2020-2021
    Pilar Martinez Quiroga, Spanish & Portuguese
  • 2021-2022
    Rachel Goebel Castro, Spanish & Portuguese
    April Hoffmeister, Mathematics
  • 2022-2023
    Michael Hurley, English
    Robert Kanter, School of Earth, Society & Environment

Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching for Graduate Teaching Assistants

  • 2006-2007
    Julilly Kohler-Hausmann, History
    Matthew R. Lee, Psychology
    Chetan Pahlajani, Mathematics
    Carsten Wilmes, Germanic Languages and Literatures
  • 2007-2008
    Evelyn Au, Psychology
    Ryan Blum, Speech Communication
    Melissa Dennison, Mathematics
    Luis Eduardo Herrera, Latin American & Caribbean St.
    Michael Rosenow, History
  • 2008-2009
    Shabnam Javdani, Psychology
  • 2009-2010
    Troy Cooper, Communication
    Amy Oh, Classics
    Jennifer Rosner, Psychology
    Ellen Tillman, History
  • 2010-2011
    Constancio R. Arnaldo Jr., Asian American Studies Program
    Alexandru Balas, Political Science
    Bradley J. Bond, Communication
    Adam C. Irish, Political Science
    Ryan Michael Jones, History
    Mary I. Unger, English
  • 2011-2012
    Jane V. Butterfield, Mathematics
    Andrew Anthony Hunte, Mathematics
    Christopher S. Josey, Communication
    Chera A. LaForge, Political Science
  • 2012-2013 
    Peter Campbell, Gender & Women's Studies
    Jill Clements, English
    Megan Remmel, Political Science
    Julius Riles, Communication
  • 2013-2014  Katherine Anders, Mathematics
    Emily Dworkin, Psychology
    Sandra L. Henderson, History
    Melanie B. Tannenbaum, Psychology
  • 2014-2015 
    Erin Basinger, Communication
    Thomas Mahoney, Mathematics
    Audrey Neville, Political Science
    Miranda Segura, Plant Biology
  • 2015-2016 
    Nickolas Andersen, Mathematics 
    Seong Hee Cho, Psychology 
    Wendy Truran, English 
    Sarah Yeakel, Mathematics
  • 2016-2017 
    Genevieve Henricks-Lepp, Psychology 
    Christopher Holmes-Singh, Animal Biology
    Cara Monical, Mathematics
    David Tokarz, Communication
  • 2017-2018 
    Bryan Abendschein, Communication
    Kylee Britzman, Political Science 
    Valerie O'Brien, English 
    Michael Perino, Psychology
    Nima Rasekh, Mathematics 
    Daniel Storage, Psychology
  • 2018-2019
    Eric Denby, History
    Katherine Norcross, English
    Matthew Pitchford, Communication
    Simone Sisneros-Thiry, Mathematics
    Kristopher Weeks, Communication
    John Westbrook, Psychology
  • 2019-2020
    Elizabeth Field, Mathematics
    Teresa Greppi, Spanish & Portuguese
    Erin Grogan, Gender & Women's Studies
    Kadin Henningsen, English
    Cristine Mostacero Pinilla, Spanish & Portuguese
    Beth Ann Williams, History
  • 2020-2021
    Nicholas Anderson, Integrative Biology
    Leah Becker, English
    Ander Beristain Murillo, Spanish & Portuguese
    Emily Blevins, Psychology
    Kate Bruner, Communication
    Jone Vicente Urrutia, Spanish & Portuguese
  • 2021-2022
    Thomas Day, History
    Cody Jones, Evolution, Ecology & Behavior
    Gabe Malo, Gender & Women's Studies
    Ky Merkley, Classics
    Carmen Gallegos Perez, Spanish & Portuguese
    Julia Spielmann, Psychology
  • 2022-2023
    Kristin Bail, Political Science
    Marissa Chesser, Mathematics
    Erin Hoffman, English
    Kenneth Jops, Plant Biology
    Mina Nahvi, Mathematics
    Katie VanDyne, Spanish & Portguese

Lynn M. Martin Award for Distinguished Women Teachers

  • 2005-2006
    Julia F. Saville, English
  • 2006-2007
    Erin Donovan-Kicken, Speech Communication
  • 2008-2009
    Mary E. Ramey, Communication 
    Carla Cáceres, Animal Biology
  • 2009-2010
    Samantha Frost, Political Science and Gender and Women’s Studies Program
  • 2010-2011
    Amanda Vicary, Psychology
  • 2011-2012
    Stephanie M. Hilger, Germanic Languages and Literatures and Comparative World Literature
    Kerry Pimblott, History
  • 2012-2013
    Pat Gill, Gender and Women's Studies
    Stephanie Mager, Geology
  • 2013-2014
    Dale Bauer, English 
    Neha Gupta, Mathematics
  • 2014-2015
    Andrea Stevens, English 
    Elyse Yeager, Mathematics
  • 2015-2016
    Karen Sears, Animal Biology
    Anita Mixon, Communication
  • 2016-2017
    Supriya Prasanth, Cell and Developmental Biology
    Carla Rosell, English

Humanities Council Teaching Excellence Award Program

  • 2005
    Mark S. Micale, History
    E. K. Tan, Comparative and World Literatures
  • 2006
    Donald Crummey, History
    Thomas Mackaman, History
  • 2007
    Trish Loughran, English 
    Ellen McWhorter, English
  • 2007-2008
    Robert Rushing, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese and Comparative and World Literatures
    Tara Lyons, English
  • 2008-2009
    Samantha Looker, English
    Gillen Wood, English
  • 2009-2010
    Luisa-Elana Delgado, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese
  • 2010-2011
    Amy L. Norgard, Classics
  • 2011-2012
    Jim Hansen, English
    Katie Walkiewicz, English
  • 2012-2013
    Kirk Sanders, Classics and Philosophy
    Anna Kurhajec, History
  • 2013-2014
    E. Jordan Sellers Jr., English
  • 2014-2015
    Nancy Abelmann, Anthropology
    Ann Hubert, English
  • 2015-2016
    Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, History 
    Sean Minion, Classics
  • 2016-2017
    Justine Murison, English 
    Sarah West, Spanish-Portuguese