Outstanding College Teaching Awards

The College of Arts and Sciences seeks to recognize the very best teachers in the College who display exceptional classroom teaching, develop innovative instructional materials and approaches to instruction, involve students in significant learning and/or research activities, and advise and/or counsel students.

Each year three faculty members, one from the sciences, one from the humanities, and one from the social sciences, may receive the Outstanding Teacher Award in the College of Arts and Sciences. An individual may not receive both the Outstanding Teaching Award and the University Teaching Initiative Award in the same academic year.

Award Application

Visit the Faculty/Staff Intranet to learn about the application process and access the application form

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View Past Awards Recipients

2021-2022: Andrew Mitchell, CHE; Sarah Hochstetler, ENG; Matthew Hesson-McInnis, PSY
2020-2021: Kathryn Jasper, HIS; Aaron Smith, ENG
2019-2020: Gaywalee Yamskulna, MAT; Noha Shawki, POL; Daniel Breyer, PHI
2018-2019: Allison Harris, PHY; Aimee Miller-Ott, COM; Amy Wood, HIS
2017-2018: Marion Willetts, SOA; Craig Cullen, MAT
2016-2017: Stewart Winger, HIS; Angela Haas, ENG
2015-2016: William Perry, BIO; Alycia Hund, PSY; Kathrine Ellison, ENG
2014-2015: John Kostelnick, GEO; Thomas Gerschick, SOA; Amy Robillard, ENG
2013-2014: David Cedeño, CHE; Michaelene Cox, POL; Christopher Breu, ENG
2012-2013: Eric Peterson, GEO; Richard Hughes, HIS
2011-2012: Craig McLauchlan, CHE; Patricia Jarvis, PSY; John R. Baldwin, COM
2010-2011: Linda Clemmons, HIS; Laura Vogel, BIO; Joseph Zompetti, COM
2009-2010: Gary Creasey, PSY; Shawn Hitchcock, CHE; K. Aaron Smith, ENG
2008-2009: Julie Jung, ENG; Margaret Nauta, PSY; Lisa Szczepura, CHE
2007-2008: Cynthia Moore, BIO; Greg Ferrence, CHE; Virginia Gill, SOA; Ricardo Cruz, ENG
2006-2007: Heather Jordon, MAT; George Kiser, POL; Cheri Simonds, COM
2005-2006: Saad El-Zanati, MAT; Patrice Olsen, HIS; Robert Broad, ENG
2003-2004: Ray Clemens, HIS; Beverly Rich, MAT; Robert McLaughlin, ENG
2002-2003: Kirstin Zona, ENG; Dan Holland, PHY; Heidi Harbers, Speech Pathology and Audiology
2001-2002: Sadri Hassani, PHY; Barbara Heyl, SOA; James Kalmbach, ENG
2000-2001: Fred Drake, HIS; Ken Lindblom, ENG
1999-2000: David Malone, GEO; Valerie Farmer-Dougan, PSY
1998-1999: Joe Armstrong, BIO; Nancy Lind, POL
1997-1998: Marjorie Jones, CHE; Roberta Trites, ENG; Lou Perez, HIS
1996-1997: David Wright, COM; Michael Plantholt, MAT; Wilbert Leonard, SOA
1995-1996: John Chizmar, ECO; James Kirchner, GEO; Kenton Machina, PHI
1994-1995: Herman Brockman, BIO; Janice Neuleib, ENG; Kathleen McKinney, SOA
1993-1994: Ronald Strickland, ENG; Thomas Shilgalis, MAT; Mary Campbell, School of Social Work
1992-1993: Hou Tak Cheung, BIO; Mark Walbert, ECO; Douglas Hesse, ENG
1990: William Linneman, ENG; Anthony Ostrosky, ECO; Carol Thornton, MAT