Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award Recipients
The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) Excellence in Teaching & Learning Awards recognize regular (Maroon Award) and fixed-term (Gold Award) faculty members who go above and beyond what is expected in creating exceptional learning opportunities for our students. Our recipients are experts in their fields, effective and creative in promoting student learning, inspire students to high achievement and receive high praise from them in return, and are admired advisors and mentors to future educators.
Past award recipients
Maroon Awards
- 2012 - John Robertson, History
- 2013 - Jonathan Truitt, History
- 2014 - Cathy Willermet, Anthropology
- 2015 - Nancy Herman-Kinney, Sociology
- 2016 - Timothy Hartshorne, Psychology
- 2016 - David Kinney, Sociology
- 2017 - Leila Ennaili, World Languages
- 2018 - Amy Carpenter Ford, English
- 2019 - So Hee Jeon, Political Science & Public Administration
- 2019 - Kelly Murphy, Religion
- 2020 - Brittany Fremion, History
- 2021 - Lissa Schwander, Social Work
- 2022 - Matthew Roberson, English
- 2022 - Laurel Zwissler, Religion
Gold Awards
- 2012 - Todd Tremlin, Religion
- 2013 - Ted Troxell, English
- 2014 - Matthew Katz, Philosophy
- 2015 - Amanda Garrison, Sociology
- 2016 - Andrea Devenney, English
- 2017 - Joseph Anderson, Philosophy
- 2018 - Andrew Dietzel, History
- 2018 - Seth Whiting, Psychology
- 2019 - Matthew Katz, Philosophy
- 2019 - Dietmar Krumrey, English
- 2020 - Dusty Myers, Sociology
- 2020 - Elizabeth Whitaker, Sociology
- 2021 - Cindy Davis, World Languages
- 2021 - Jody Sauer, Sociology
Excellence in Teaching Award recipients
- 2005 - First Award, Susan Steffel, English
- 2006 - William Reader, Religion
- 2007 - Elizabeth Brockman, English
- 2008 - Jeffrey Weinstock, English
- 2009 - Joyce Baugh, Political Science & Public Administration
- 2010 - Dan Pugh, Anthropology