All School of Arts and Sciences departments and programs may nominate instructors for the School's annual teaching awards. 

Nominations are now closed for the 2025–26 cycle. 

Please direct questions to [email protected].

Begin Your Nomination

All currently enrolled School of Arts and Sciences students may nominate instructors for the School's annual teaching awards. 

Nominations are now closed for the 2025–26 cycle. 

Please direct questions to [email protected].

Begin Your Nomination

The Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching for Faculty in the School of Arts and Sciences seeks to recognize teaching that is intellectually rigorous and exceptionally coherent and that leads to an informed understanding of a discipline. Recipients of the Ira Abrams Memorial Award are expected to embody high standards of integrity and fairness, to have a strong commitment to learning, and to be open to new ideas. As the School of Arts and Sciences' highest teaching honor, the Abrams Award recognizes faculty who have sustained records of teaching excellence. Tenured members of the standing faculty are eligible.

Up to two awards are made each year.

Dossier Requirements

The Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Up to two $10,000 awards will be given to SAS tenured standing faculty members.

• Curriculum vitae of the nominee
• A letter of nomination from the department chair
• At least two letters of support from faculty members
• At least four letters from undergraduate students and at least two letters from graduate students (no more than ten letters total) who have taken courses with, or have studied under the direction of, the nominee
• Letters from the teaching assistants who have been associated with the courses taught by the nominee during the last four years

Note: The College Office will provide the selection committee with a listing of courses taught during the past 10 years and a summary of teaching evaluations.

This award is given to assistant professors who show unusual promise as teachers/scholars. Nominees may not be in their tenure-review year.

Dossier Requirements

Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

One $5,000 award will be given to an SAS assistant professor who is not in the tenure-review year.

• Curriculum vitae of nominee
• A letter of nomination from the department chair
• Two letters of support from faculty
• Three to ten letters from undergraduate / graduate students

Note: The College Office will provide the selection committee with a listing of courses taught during the past 10 years and a summary of teaching evaluations.

This award is presented annually to SAS standing faculty members who have made use of innovative teaching techniques in the service of outstanding teaching. Exceptional innovation here means using teaching strategies other than those typical in the department in order to enhance student learning. Award winners may have adapted teaching practices used elsewhere or may have pioneered entirely new approaches to teaching. Nominees may not be in their tenure-review year.

Dossier Requirements

Dennis M. DeTurck Award for Innovation in Teaching

One $5,000 award will be given to an SAS standing faculty member who is not in the tenure-review year.

• Curriculum vitae of nominee
• A letter of nomination from the department chair
• Two letters of support from faculty
• Three to ten letters from undergraduate / graduate students

Note: The College Office will provide the selection committee with a listing of courses taught during the past 10 years and a summary of teaching evaluations.

This award is presented to SAS standing faculty members for meaningful engagement of undergraduate students in research due to exceptional nurturing and facilitating by faculty. Nominees may not be in their tenure-review year.

Dossier Requirements

Paul Sniegowski Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

One $5,000 award will be given to an SAS standing faculty member who is not in the tenure-review year.

• Curriculum vitae of nominee
• A letter of nomination from the undergraduate chair or program director
• Two letters of support from faculty
• Three to ten letters from undergraduate / graduate students

Note: The College Office will provide the selection committee with a listing of courses taught during the past 10 years and a summary of teaching evaluations.

This award is presented annually in recognition of the contributions to education for undergraduate students and, if appropriate, graduate students, made by the School's adjunct professors and lecturers. The award honors teaching that is intellectually rigorous, exceptionally coherent, and stimulates active and interactive student engagement in the learning process. Candidates nominated must have taught in at least one undergraduate course in the School of Arts and Sciences during the current academic year and at least three courses overall.

Dossier Requirements

Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Up to two $5,000 awards will be given to SAS adjunct professors or lecturers.

• Curriculum vitae of nominee
• A letter of nomination from the undergraduate chair or program director
• Two letters of support from faculty
• Three to ten letters from undergraduate / graduate students

Note: The College Office will provide the selection committee with a listing of courses taught during the past 10 years and a summary of teaching evaluations.

Presented annually to graduate students in the arts and sciences in recognition of their contributions to undergraduate teaching. In general, the Dean's Award seeks to recognize teaching that is intellectually rigorous, exceptionally coherent, and that has considerable impact upon students. Recipients of the Dean's Award are expected to embody unusually high standards of integrity, fairness and commitment to learning.

Up to ten awards will be given. Awards may be for either teaching assistants for labs and recitations or for graduate students teaching their own courses. Candidates nominated must have taught in at least three semesters in the School of Arts Sciences, and the department must support the nomination. Candidates must have assigned course load in at least two of these semesters. Each department or graduate group may nominate up to four students for this award. When more than one nomination is submitted by a department, though, the candidates must be rank-ordered. Graduate students should be proposed without their knowledge, if at all possible.

Dossier Requirements

Award for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students

Up to ten $1000 awards will be given to graduate students for independent teaching as well as for graduate students acting as teaching assistants in Arts and Sciences whose teaching has had considerable impact upon students.

• Curriculum vitae of the nominee
• A letter of nomination from the chair or program director. When more than one nomination is being submitted by a department, the candidates must be rank-ordered.
• Two letters of support from faculty
• Three to ten letters from undergraduate students who have taken courses with the nominee
• A listing of all courses taught by the nominee. Please note for which courses the student is a teaching assistant and for which the sole instructor, how many students were enrolled, and how many evaluations were collected

This award is presented for exceptional teaching in the graduate programs in Liberal and Professional Studies (MES, MSAG, MLA, MAPP, MMP, MCS, MSOD, MBDS, MPA and Executive MPA plus graduate certificate programs). Nominees must demonstrate the ability to engage professional graduate students actively in the learning process through teaching that is intellectually rigorous and innovative, and supports professional and academic learning outcomes for these programs. Nominees must have taught at least three times in Liberal and Professional Studies at the graduate level. Nominees from the standing faculty may not be in their tenure-review year.

Dossier Requirements

Liberal and Professional Studies Award for Distinguished Teaching in Professional Graduate Programs

One $5,000 award will be given to an affiliated or standing faculty member who has taught at least three courses in a graduate degree program in Liberal and Professional Studies (MES, MSAG, MLA, MSOD, MMP, MCS, MAPP, MBDS, full-time MPA, Executive MPA). Nominees from the standing faculty may not be in their tenure-review year.

• Curriculum vitae of nominee
• A letter of nomination from the LPS Program Director
• A letter of support from a department chair
• At least three letters from undergraduate or graduate students taught by the nominee

Note: The College Office will provide the selection committee with a listing of courses taught during the past 10 years and a summary of teaching evaluations.

This award is presented for exceptional teaching in undergraduate and post-baccalaureate programs in Liberal and Professional Studies (BA, BAAS, BFA, Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Health, Post-Baccalaureate Classical Studies and General Post-Baccalaureate Studies). Nominees must demonstrate the ability to engage LPS undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students actively in the learning process through teaching that is intellectually rigorous and innovative, and supports learning outcomes for these programs. Nominees must have taught at least three times in Liberal and Professional Studies at the undergraduate or post-baccalaureate leve. Nominees from the standing faculty may not be in their tenure-review year.

Dossier Requirements

Liberal and Professional Studies Award for Distinguished Teaching in Undergraduate and Post-Baccalaureate Programs

One $5,000 award will be given to an affiliated or standing faculty member who has taught at least three courses in an undergraduate or post-baccalaureate program in Liberal and Professional Studies (BA, BAAS, BFA, Post-Baccalaureate Classical Studies, Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Health, BAAS. BA and General Post-Baccalaureate Studies). Nominees from the standing faculty may not be in their tenure-review year.

• Curriculum vitae of nominee
• A letter of nomination from the LPS Program Director
• A letter of support from a department chair
• At least three letters from undergraduate or graduate students taught by the nominee

Note: The College Office will provide the selection committee with a listing of courses taught during the past 10 years and a summary of teaching evaluations.

Brendan O’Leary
Political Science
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

David W Christianson
Chemistry
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

James F. English
English
Dennis M. DeTurck Award for Innovation in Teaching

Arnold Mathijssen
Physics and Astronomy
Paul Sniegowski Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Secil Yilmaz
History
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

Melissa Jensen
English
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Alyssa Bohen
Chemistry
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Clayton Colmon
LPS Undergraduate
Liberal and Professional Studies Award for Distinguished Teaching in Undergraduate and Post-Baccalaureate Programs

Nazli Bhatia
PLE Grad
Liberal and Professional Studies Award for Distinguished Teaching in Professional Graduate Programs

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students:
Henry Noe, CHEM; Tyler Re, PHIL; Julian Tash, HIST; Jacob Nielson, ENGL; Gwendalynn Roebke, PHIL; Christy Dickman, PSCI; James Mesiti; SPAN & PRTG; Krishan Canzius, MATH; Andres Villatoro SOCI; Jordan Carrick, CLST

Michael Weisberg
Philosophy
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Charles Kane
Physics and Astronomy
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Simon Richter
Francophone, Italian, and Germanic Studies
Dennis M. DeTurck Award for Innovation in Teaching

Melissa Wilde
Sociology
Dean’s Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Julia Alekseyeva
English
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

Jenine Maeyer
Chemistry
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Michael Kane
Neuroscience
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Virginia Millar
Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences
Liberal and Professional Studies Award for Distinguished Teaching in Undergraduate and Post-Baccalaureate Programs

Sarah Willig
Master of Environmental Studies
Liberal and Professional Studies Award for Distinguished Teaching in Professional Graduate Programs

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students
Youngbin Yoon, PHIL; Daniel Shapiro, PSCI; Meredith Hacking, FIGS; Tessa Huttenlocher, SOCI; Matilda Hemming, ENGL; Ethan Plaue, ENGL; Derek Yang, CHEM

Coren Apicella
Psychology
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Timothy Rommen
Music, Africana Studies
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Tobias Baumgart
Chemistry
Dennis M. DeTurck Award for Innovation in Teaching

Rebecca Waller
Psychology
Dean’s Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Sarah Gronningsater
History
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

Maria Alley
Russian and East European Studies
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Megan Ruth Elliot
Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences and Pre-Health Programs Liberal and Professional Studies Award for Distinguished Teaching in Undergraduate and Post-Baccalaureate Programs

Martin Seligman
Psychology
Liberal and Professional Studies Award for Distinguished Teaching in Professional Graduate Programs

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students:
Oualid Merzouga, MATH; Connor Cassady, MATH; Peter Satterthwaite, ANCH; Keith (KC) O’Hara, HIST; Jesse Hamilton, PHIL; Cassandra Vu, CHEM; Clancy Murray, PSCI; Jacqueline Wallis, PHIL; Lourdes Contreras, FIGS; Cheryl Hagan, HSOC

Toni Bowers
English
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Rudra Sil
Political Science
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Grace Sanders Johnson
Africana Studies
Dennis M. DeTurck Award for Innovation in Teaching

Mechthild Pohlschroder
Biology
Dean’s Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Sukaina Hirji
Philosophy
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

Robert Johnson
Physics and Astronomy
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Rupa Pillai
Asian American Studies
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Sukalpa Basu
Physics and Astronomy
Liberal and Professional Studies Award for Distinguished Teaching
in Undergraduate and Post-Baccalaureate Programs

Lauren Russell
Fels Institute of Government
Liberal and Professional Studies Award for Distinguished Teaching in
Professional Graduate Programs

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students:
Angelina Eimannsberger, COML; Nana Adjeiwaa-Manu, SOCI; Erin Busch, MUSC; Francesca Bolfo, ARTH: Christopher Fritschi, CHEM; Julian Gould, MATH; Abigail Dym, PSCI; Joseph Coppola, ENGL; Devin Daniels, ENGL; Alicia Meyer, ENGL;

Staver Bezhani
Biology
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Leona Brandwene
Positive Psychology
College of Liberal and Professional Studies Award for Distinguished Teaching in Professional Graduate Programs

Mary Caldwell
Music
Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

Anne Duchene
Economics
Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Zahra Fakhraai
Chemistry
Dean's Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Campbell Grey
Classical Studies
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Marisa Kozlowski
Chemistry
Dennis M. DeTurck Award for Innovation in Teaching

Eve Troutt Powell
History, Africana Studies
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students:
Erik Broess, MUSC; Samantha Gillen, ROML;  Lauren Harris, SOCI;  Zain Mian, COML;  Brandon Orzolek, CHEM; Sammy Sbiti, MATH;  Mikhail Strokan, PSCI;  Stephanie Wesson, PHIL;  Yosiane White, LING;  Clinton Williamson, ENGL

Deborah Burnham
English
Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Paul Goldin
East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Mark Goulian
Biology
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Philip Gressman
Mathematics
Dennis M. DeTurck Award for Innovation in Teaching

Andria Johnson
History and Sociology of Science
Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Megan Kassabaum
Anthropology
Dean’s Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Jennifer Ponce de León
English
Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students:
Todd Baker, PHIL; Micah Del Rosario, ENGL; Taylor Dysart, HSSC; Stephen Hackler, PHAS; Theodora Naqvi, CLST; Gino Pauselli, PSCI; Makiki Reuvers, HIST; Mario Sassi, ROML; Ellen Urheim, MATH; Zachary Zimmerman, CHEM

William Ashmanskas
Physics and Astronomy 
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Kathleen DeMarco Van Cleve
English, Cinema and Media Studies
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Ivan Dmochowski
Chemistry
Dean’s Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Michele Margolis
Political Science
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

Josephine Park
English
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Masao Sako
Physics and Astronomy
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Whitney Trettien
English
Dennis M. DeTurck Award for Innovation in Teaching

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students:
Natalie Amleshi, ENGL; Phoebe Askelson, CHEM; Sumitra Badrinathan, PSCI; Dana Cypress, ENGL; Meghan Garrity, PSCI; Ramey Mize, ARTH; Carmen Torre Perez, ROML;  Brian Reese, PHIL; Jordan Rogers, ANCH; Ryan Budnick, LING

Megan Crnic
History and Sociology of Science
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw
History of Art
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Jami Fisher
Linguistics
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Peter Holquist
History
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Phillip Nelson
Physics and Astronomy
Dennis M. DeTurck Award for Innovation in Teaching

Daniel Singer
Philosophy
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

Meredith Tamminga
Linguistics
Dean’s Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students
Chelsea Chamberlain, HIST; Thomas Elliott, COML; Danielle Hanley, PSCI; Wesley Hanson, CLST; Jeffrey Katzin, ARTH; Clare Mullaney, ENGL; Stan Najmr, CHEM; Sudev Sheth, SARS;  Zachary Smith, PSCI; Margaret Strair, GRMN

Herman Beavers
English, Africana Studies
Dean’s Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Cullen Blake
Physics and Astronomy
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

Julia Bloch
English
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Marie Gottschalk
Political Science
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

David Kim
History of Art
Dean’s Award for Innovation in Teaching

Oscar Montoya
Romance Languages
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Evelyn Thomson
Physics and Astronomy
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students
Erica Boetefuer, BIOL; Florian Breitkopf, GRMN; Brian Chao, PSCI; Lee Ann Custer, ARTH; Travis Lau, ENGL; Asja Radja, PHYS; Ariel Resnikoff, COML; Nathaniel Shils, PSCI; Hee Yoon, AMCS; Mary Zaborskis, ENGL

Coren Apicella
Psychology
Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

James English
English
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Katherine Moore
Anthropology
Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Nakia Rimmer
Mathematics
Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Masao Sako
Physics and Astronomy
Dean’s Award for Innovation in Teaching

Patrick Walsh
Chemistry
Dean’s Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Jeffrey Winkler
Chemistry
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students
Morgan Condell, ANCH; Louise Daoust, PHIL; Lee Dietterich, BIOL; Ashley Gorham, PSCI; Erika Kontulainen, GRMN; Samuel Martin, ROML;  Dianne Mitchell, ENGL; Salar Mohandesi, HIST; Michael Noss, CHEM; Elodie Resseguie, PHAS

Mark Devlin
Physics and Astronomy
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Anthony Esposito
Romance Languages
Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Geoffrey Goodwin
Psychology
Dean’s Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Ayelet Ruscio
Psychology
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Jeffery Saven
Chemistry
Dean’s Award for Innovation in Teaching

Emily Steinlight
English
Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students:
Thomas Dichter, ENGL; Roksana Filipowska, ARTH; Mashinka Firunts, ARTH; Robert Hoffman, PHIL; Susanne Kerekes, RELS; Fiona Moreno, ROML; Jacob Nagy, CHEM; Jane Sancinito, ANCH; Daniel Song, BIOL; Yitao Zhang, CHEM

Dr. Timothy Corrigan
Cinema and Media Studies
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dr. Gwendolyn Shaw
History of Art
Dean’s Award for Innovation in Teaching

Dr. Eileen Doherty-Sil
Political Science
Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Antonio Feros
History
Dean’s Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Dr. Brian Gregory
Biology
Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students:
Iggy Cortez, ARTH; Julius Fleming, ENGL; Elaine LaFay, HSOC; Rose Muravchick, RELS; Prakirti Nangia, PSCI; Juliet Sperling, ARTH; Emma Stapely, ENGL; Ashley Tallevi, PSCI; Jeffrey Ulrich, CLST; Robert Willison, PHIL

Dr. David Brainard
Psychology
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dr. Jeffrey Green
Political Science
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

Dr. Shannon Lundeen
Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Kathy Peiss
History
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dr. Masao Sako
Physics and Astronomy
Dean’s Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Dr. Peter Struck
Classical Studies
Dean’s Award for Innovation in Teaching

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students:
Rosanna Dent, HSSC; Maria Diaz, BIOL; Ellen Donnelly, PSCI; Lindsey Fiorelli, PHIL; Marina Isgro, ARTH; Sam Lin, ANTH; Donald McLaughlin, ENGL; Bridget Swanson, GRMN; Bronwyn Wallace, ENGL; Ursula Williams, CHEM

Dr. Mirjam Cvetic
Physics and Astronomy
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dr. John Jackson
Anthropology, Communication
Dean’s Award for Innovation in Teaching

Dr. Eric Jarosinski
German
Dean’s Award for Innovation in Teaching

Dr. Melanie Peron
Romance Languages
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Donald Ringe
Linguistics
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dr. Paul Rozin
Psychology
Dean’s Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students:
Neil Crimes, MUSC; Jennifer Gerrish, CLST; Tyler Kelly, MATH; Joseph Lavery, COML; Ruth Meadows, MUSC; Bruno Melillo, CHEM; Jacob Morton, ANCH; Sergio Mukherjee, PSCI; Sara Phenix, ROML; Benjamin Truesdale, ANCH

Dr. Jennifer Heerding
Biological Basis of Behavior
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Paul Heiney
Physics and Astronomy
Dean’s Award for Innovation in Teaching

Dr. A.T. Charlie Johnson
Physics and Astronomy
Dean’s Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Dr. Catriona Macleod
German Studies
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dr. Andreea Nicoara
Mathematics
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

Dr. Gregory Urban
Anthropology
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students:
Natalia Bauer, ANCH; James Fiumara, ENGL; Glenn Holtzman, MUSC; Lee Kennard, MATH; Christopher Melenovsky, PHIL; Rebecca Pardo, ANTH; Stephan Stohler, PSCI; Isabel Suchanek, ARTH; Caroline Weist, GRMN; Noor Zaidi, HIST

Dr. Mark Devlin
Physics and Astronomy
Dean’s Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Dr. John DiIulio
Political Science
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dr. Christina Frei
Germanic Languages and Literatures
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Marie Gottschalk
Political Science
Dean’s Award for Innovation in Teaching

Dr. Salamishah Tillet
English
Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

Dr. Ilya Vinitsky
Slavic Languages
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students:
Michael Ambroso, PHAS; Lacey Baradel, ARTH; Claire Bourne, ENGL; Jason Devito, MATH; Ruth Erickson, ARTH; Michael Joiner, ANTH; Melanie Micir, ENGL; Amanda Reiterman, AAMW; Erin Wiley, BIOL

Dr. Amisha Jha
Psychology
Dean’s Award for Innovation in Teaching

Michael Kaplan
Biological Basis of Behavior
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Christine Poggi
History of Art
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dr. Phillip Rea
Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dr. Melissa Sanchez
English
Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

Peter Stallybrass
English
Dean’s Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students:
David Alexander Bateman, PSCI; Barbara Elias, PSCI; Laurel Mackenzie, LING; Ryan Muldoon, PHIL; Jonathan Pogach, ECON; Jared Richman, ENGL; David Russo, ECON; David Shea Vela-Vick, MATH; Judith Sierra-Rivera, SPAN; Brandon Woods, ENGL

Dr. Emma Dillon
Music
Ira Abrams Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dr. Simon Richter
Germanic Languages and Literatures
Ira Abrams Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dr. Roger Smith
Political Science
Dean's Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Dr. James Schlatter
Theatre Arts
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Marija Drndic
Physics and Astronomy
Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students:
James Bedison, ENVS; Elena Bogden, MATH; D’Maris Coffman, HIST; Ellery Foutch, ARTH; Matthew Gaetano, HIST; Athanasios Geromichalos, ECON; Ryan Grauer, PSCI; Adrian Khactu, ENGL; Joanna Radin, HSSC; Roberto Salguero-Gomez, BIOL; Lance Wahlert, ENGL

Dr. Deborah Burnham
English
College of General Studies Distinguished Teaching Award Lecturers

Dr. Peter Decherney
Cinema and Media Studies
Dean’s Award for Innovation in Teaching

Dr. Karen Detlefsen
Philosophy
Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

Dr. Michael Gamer
English
College of General Studies Award for Distinguished Teaching by Standing Faculty

Dr. Clelia Mallory
Chemistry
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Fred Scatena
Earth
Science Dean's Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Dr. David Wallace
English
Ira Abrams Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students:
Jennifer Glaser, COML/CPCW; Laura Heffernan, ENGL; Myra Lotto, ENGL/CPCW; Efstratios Minakakis, MUSC; Megan Phifer-Rixey, BIOL; Veronica Schanoes, ENGL; Jill Shashaty, ENGL; Gregory Steirer, ENGL; Curtis Swope, GRMN

Dr. Edwin (Ted) Abel
Biological Basis of Behavior
Dean's Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Dr. Vijay Balasubramanian
Physics and Astronomy
Ira Abrams Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dr. Ronald Granieri
History
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

Dr. Heather Love
English
Dean’s Award for Innovation in Teaching

Dr. Janet Monge
Anthropology
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Dr. John Richetti
English
Ira Abrams Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dr. Andrew Shatte
Psychology
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students:
Michael McDuffee, MATH; Jennifer Higginbotham, ENGL; Julie-Francoise Kruidenier, COML; Laszlo Kurti, CHEM; Enkeleida Lakuriqi, PHYS; Sarah Manekin, HIST; Dahlia Porter, ENGL; Jamie Taylor, COML; Anthony Yuen, ECON

Charles Bernstein
English
Dean’s Award for Innovation in Teaching

Dr. Hocine Fetni
Sociology
College of General Studies Distinguished Teaching Award

Dr. Robert Giegengack
Earth and Environmental Science
Dean's Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Andrew Lamas
Urban Studies
College of General Studies Distinguished Teaching Award

Dr. Josephine Park
Asian American Studies (Minor)
Edmund J. And Louise W. Kahn Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

Dr. Paul Sniegowski
Biology
Ira Abrams Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dr. Rebecca Stein
Economics
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students:
Vance Byrd, GERM; Richard Collum, BIOL; Alberta Ferrario, RELS; Damien Keane, ENGL; John Lessard, ENGL; Sarah Mason, MATH; James Mesbur, LING; Helen Murphy, BIOL; Jennifer Strong, MATH; Kahlil Williams, POCI

Dr. Clark Erickson
Anthropology
Dean's Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Dr. Lothar Haselberger
History of Art
Ira Abrams Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dr. Sean Keilen
English
Edmund J. And Louise W. Kahn Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

Dr. Robert Schuyler
Anthropology
Dean’s Award for Innovation in Teaching

Dr. Janet Tighe
History and Sociology of Science
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students:
Christopher Baron, ANCH; Catherine Chamblee, MUSC; Christine Devena, MATH; Scott Edgar, PHIL;Matthew Hart, ENGL; Thomas Kelso, ENGL; Stanley Kemp, BIOL; Erika Lin, ENGL; Sukhendu Mehrotra, MATH; Stephennie Mulder, ARTH

Shane Butler
Classical Studies
Edmund J. And Louise W. Kahn Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

Dr. Margreta de Grazia
English
Ira Abrams Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dr. Dennis DeTurck
Mathematics
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dr. Robert Giegengack
Earth and Environmental Science
Dean’s Award for Innovation in Teaching

Dr. Gomaa Omar
Earth and Environmental Science
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Tony Pietrovito
Chemistry CGS
Distinguished Teaching Award

Jean-Michael Rabate
English
CGS Distinguished Teaching Award

Dr. John Sabini
Psychology
Dean’s Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students:
Vance Byrd, GRMN; Richard Collum, BIOL; Alberta Ferrario, RELS; Damien Keane, ENGL; John Lessard, ENGL; Sarah Mason, MATH; James Mesbur, LING; Helen Murphy, BIOL; Jennifer Strong, MATH; Kahlil Williams, PSCI

Dr. Gregory Djanikian
English
Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Michael Gamer
English
Ira Abrams Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dr. Herman Gluck
Mathematics
Dean's Award for Mentorship of Research

Dr. Melvyn Hammarberg
Anthropology
College of General Studies Distinguished Teaching Award

Dr. Marisa Koziowski
Chemistry
Kahn Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

Dr. Ponzy Lu
Biochemistry
Dean's Award for Mentorship of Research

Dr. Ralph Rosen
Classical Studies
Ira Abrams Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dr. Edward Thornton
Chemistry
Dean's Award for Innovative Teaching

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students:
Ari Blatt, ROML; Jeremy Braddock, ENGL; Sanjay Chugh, ECON; Paul Frail, CHEM; Robbie Glen, ENGL; Sean Greene, HIST; Jason Parsley, MATH; Elena Past, ROML; Patricia Schmidt, MUC; Petr Svoboda, BIOL

Dr. Ivar Berg
Sociology
Ira Abrams Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dr. David Koerner
Physics and Astronomy
Kahn Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor

Dr. Phillip Nelson
Biophysics
Ira Abrams Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dr. Alan Mann
Anthropology
Senior Class Award

Dr. Millicent Marcus
Italian Studies
Dean's Award for Innovative Teaching

Dr. Cary Mazer
Theatre Arts
Dean's Award for Mentorship of Research

Dr. Rudra Sil
Political Science
Senior Class Award      

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students:
Pauina Alberto, HIST; Jennifer Ebbler, CLST; Robert Kane, HIST; Michelle Karnes, ENGL; Carmen Lamas, COML; Samuel Trieu Nguyen, MATH; Brandy O'Neil, ANTH; Mark Sample, COML; James Saporito, HIST; Juliet Shields, ENGL; Kieran Snyder, LING

Dr. Bruce Kuklick
History
Ira Abrams Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dr. Andrew Binns
Biology
Dean's Award for Mentorship of Research

Dr. Jeremy McInerney
Classical Studies,
Ira Abrams Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dr. Barbara von Schlegell
Religious Studies,
Kahn Award for Distinguished Teaching

Dr. Cristle Collins Judd
Music
Dean's Award for Innovative Teaching

The Kahn Award for Educational Excellence is given to an academic entity within Arts and Sciences that demonstrates an extraordinary commitment to teaching, innovation, and service. This year's recipient is the Department of Mathematics, Dr. Dennis DeTurck Chair.

Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students:
Ilana Blumberg, ENGL; Bryan Coutain, PSCI; Gregory Flaxman, COML; Autumn Fleister, PHIL; Bernard Rhie ENGL; Nakia Rimmer, MATH; Jen Smith, ENVS; Jon Sullivan, BIOL; Lorrin Thomas, HIST