College Convocation Teaching Awards

At its annual Faculty Awards Dinner, the college recognizes tenured and tenure-track faculty excellence in teaching by presenting both junior- and senior-level teaching awards. The lecturer excellence teaching award recognizes lecturers.

Full-time tenure-track or tenured assistant and associate professors with fewer than ten years of creditable service at the college level are eligible for junior-level teaching awards. Associate and full professors with ten or more years of creditable service are eligible for senior-level awards. Full-time lecturers at any level are eligible for the lecturer award. Individuals who have received a teaching award within the last five years may not be nominated again for the same award.

Departments and schools with up to twenty tenure-track or tenured faculty members may nominate one individual for the junior- and senior- level awards. Departments and schools with more than twenty tenure-track or tenured faculty members may nominate three individuals: two at the junior level and one at the senior level, or one at the junior level and two at the senior level. For the lecturer award, departments and schools with fifteen or less full-time lecturers may nominate one, and those with more than fifteen may nominate two. Departments and schools are encouraged to involve faculty members and students, as appropriate, in the nomination process

A nomination consists of:

1. A completed Teaching Nomination Form
2. A nomination letter from the Department Head or School Director, no longer than three pages, that gives specific examples of the nominee’s excellence in teaching. This letter may include a summary of SAIS scores, student comments or testimonials, excerpts from peer evaluations of teaching, and similar quality indicators
3. A statement describing how faculty and students were involved in the nomination process
4. A statement of the nominee’s teaching philosophy, no longer than three pages
5. The nominee’s curriculum vitae

Nominations should be sent by e-mail to Brendan McConville and must be received by December 12 at 5:00 p.m.

Recipients

Year	Faculty Award/Recipient	Department
2022	Senior: Jason Brown Junior: Kirsten Gonzalez Junior: Jill Mikucki Lecturer: Jacob Benner Lecturer: Jennifer Collins-Elliott	Art Psychology Microbiology Earth & Planetary Sciences Religious Studies
2021	Senior: Harry Dahms Junior: Bernard Issa Junior: Kalynn Schulz Lecturer: Mia Romano Lecturer: Anne Ho Lecturer: Elizabeth Cooley Lecturer: David Kline	Sociology MFLL Psychology MFLL Mathematics English Religious Studies
2020	Senior: Rachelle M. Scott Junior: Justin Tyler Arft Junior: Erin Darby Lecturer: Margie Mahmoud Abdelrazek Lecturer: Bob DuBois Lecturer: Sally C. Harris Lecturer: Patricia Brake Rutenberg	Religious Studies Classics Religious Studies Physics & Astronomy Psychology English History
2019	Senior: Nitin Jain Junior: Megan Bryson Junior: Sarah Lebeis Lecturer: Jeneva Clark Lecturer: Beth Cooper Lecturer: Maria Gallmeier	BCMB Religious Studies Microbiology Mathematics Psychology MFLL
2018	Senior: Gregory L. Stuart Senior: Edward E. Schilling Junior: Manuela Ceballos Junior: Kelsey N. Ellis Lecturer: Kelli MacCartey Lecturer: Sean S. Lindsay	Psychology EEB Religious Studies Geography English Physics & Astronomy
2017	Senior: Stephanie Bohon Senior: Steven Wilhelm Junior: Patrick Grzanka Junior: Marie Jameson Lecturer: Marcel Brouwers Lecturer: Laura Trujillo-Mejia	Sociology Microbiology Psychology Mathematics English Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures
2016	Senior: Euridice Silva-Filho Senior: Erik Zinser Junior: Jennifer Bolden Junior: John L. Friend Lecturer: Robert Guest Lecturer: Annachiara Mariani Lecturer: Katie Rowinski	Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures Microbiology Psychology Classics Mathematics Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures Psychology
2015	Lecturer Excellence Teaching Award –Theodora Kopestonsky Lecturer Excellence Teaching Award – Malissa Peery Jr. Teaching Award – Jioni Lewis Jr. Teaching Award – Joan Lind Sr. Teaching Award – Erin Hardin Sr. Teaching Award – Harry “Hap” McSween	Classics Mathematics Psychology Mathematics Psychology EPS
2013	Lecturer Excellence Teaching Award –Joanne Lorraine Devlin Lecturer Excellence Teaching Award –James Hewitson Jr. Teaching Award – Bill Hardwig Jr. Teaching Award – Ronald V. Kalafsky Sr. Teaching Award – Sally P. Horn Sr. Teaching Award – Michael Knight	Anthropology English English Geography Geography English
2012	Lecturer Excellence Teaching Award – Salvador Bartera Lecturer Excellence Teaching Award – William Jennings Jr. Teaching Award – Tricia Redeker Hepner Jr. Teaching Award – Elisabeth Schussler Sr. Teaching Award – Jerzy Dydak	Classics Political Science Anthropology EEB Mathematics
2011	Jr. Teaching Award – Ben Feldmeyer Sr. Teaching Award – Robert Jones	Sociology Sociology
2010	Jr. Teaching Award – Gladys M. Alexandre Sr. Teaching Award – Daniel M. Roberts	BCMB BCMB
2009	Jr. Teaching Award – Sébastian R. C. Dubreil Jr. Teaching Award – Alisa M. Schoenbach Sr. Teaching Award – Charles R. Collins	MFLL English Mathematics
2008	Jr. Teaching Award – Nathan Sanders Jr. Teaching Award – Kenton Yeager Sr. Teaching Award – Michael McKinney	EEB Theatre Earth & Planetary Sciences
2007	Jr. Teaching Award – Heather Hirschfeld Sr. Teaching Award – Amy Elias	English English
2006	Jr. Teaching Award – J.P. Dessel Sr. Teaching Award – Michael Guidry	History Physics & Astronomy
2005	Jr. Teaching Award – Urmila Seshagiri Sr. Teaching Award – Robert Wahler	English Psychology
2004	Jr. Teaching Award – Luis Cano Sr. Teaching Award – James Plank	MFLL Computer Science
2003	Jr. Teaching Award – David Reidy Sr. Teaching Award – Sherry Cable	Philosophy Sociology
2002	Jr. Teaching Award – Kathleen Brosnan Sr. Teaching Award – Howard Pollio	History Psychology
2001	Jr. Teaching Award – Robert Hinde Sr. Teaching Award – Palmira Brummett	Chemistry History
2000	Jr. Teaching Award – Misty Anderson Sr. Teaching Award – Michael Keene	English English
1999	Jr. Teaching Award – Claudia Mora Sr. Teaching Award – Mary Papke	Geological Sciences English
1998	Jr. Teaching Award – Debora Baldwin Sr. Teaching Award – William Heflin	Psychology Romance Languages
1997	Jr. Teaching Award – Andrew Kramer Sr. Teaching Award – Jeff Kovac	Anthropology Chemistry
1996	Jr. Teaching Award – La Vinia Jennings Sr. Teaching Award – William Dunne	English Geological Sciences
1995	Jr. Teaching Award – Beauvais Lyons Sr. Teaching Award – John Nolt	Art Philosophy
1994	Jr. Teaching Award – Laura Howes Sr. Teaching Award – Stanton Garner, Jr.	English English