Nomination Deadline: March 8th
Dean of the Faculty
Faculty Teaching Award
The Faculty Teaching Excellence Awards recognize Brown faculty members for sustained and continued excellence in teaching. The first four awards are named for past faculty members recognized for their teaching achievements, and the Dean's award recognizes:
- The John Rowe Workman Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Humanities
- The Elizabeth LeDuc Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Life Sciences
- The Philip J. Bray Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Physical Sciences
- The William G. McLoughlin Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Social Sciences.
- Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching. These awards recognize faculty who hold the rank of assistant professor or lecturer. Two awards will be given; one to a junior faculty member from the physical or life sciences and one to a junior faculty member from the humanities or social sciences.
NOTE: Faculty who hold the rank of assistant professor or lecturer who are nominated will be considered as candidates for the Dean's award as well as for one of the 4 individual teaching awards.
Each recipient will receive a professional development fund of $3,000
Nominations are collected through UFUNDS and include a one-page narrative.
Previous Years’ Recipients
| 2018-2020 | Michael Littman, Professor of Computer Science |
| 2017-2019 | Rashid Zia, Associate Professor of Engineering and Physics |
| 2016-2018 | Bjorn Sandstede, Professor of Applied Mathematics |
| 2015-2017 | Derek Stein, Associate Professor of Engineering and Physics |
| 2014-2016 | Matthew Harrison, Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics |
| 2013-2015 | Barbara Meier, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science |
| 2012 -2014 | Christopher Seto, Associate Professor of Chemistry |
| 2011-2013 | Sarah Delaney, Assistant Professor of Chemistry |
| 2010-2012 | Richard Stratt, Newport Rogers Professor of Chemistry |
| 2010-2012 | Pascalvan Hentenryck, Adjunct Professor of Computer Science |
| 2009-2011 | Humphrey J. Maris, Hazard Professor of Physics |
| 2008-2010 | David E. Cane, Vernon K. Krieble Professor of Chemistry |
| 2007-2009 | Philip Klein, Professor of Computer Science |
| 2006-2007 | No Recipient |
| 2005-2007 | Antal Jevicki, Professor of Physics |
| 2005-2007 | Matthew Zimmt, Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Chemistry |
| 2004-2006 | Jan Hesthaven, Professor of Applied Mathematics |
| 2003-2005 | Allan Bower, Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Engineering |
| 2002-2004 | No recipient |
| 2001-2003 | Stuart Geman, James Manning Professor of Applied Mathematics |
| 2000-2002 | Michael I. Rosen, Adjunct Professor of Mathematics |
| 1999-2001 | Robert A. Pelcovits, Professor of Physics |
| 1998-2000 | Leslie Kaelbling, Adjunct Professor of Computer Science |
| 1997-1999 | Janet A. Blume, Associate Professor of Engineering |
| 1996-1998 | Joseph Silverman, Professor of Mathematics |
| 1995-1997 | Jan A. Tullis, Professor of Geological Sciences |
| 1994-1996 | Matthew Zimmt, Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Chemistry |
| 1993-1995 | Thomas Banchoff, Professor of Mathematics |
| 2018-2020 | Gerwald Jogl, Associate Professor of Biology |
| 2016-2018 | Monica Linden, Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience |
| 2015-2017 | Sharon Swartz, Professor of Biology |
| 2014-2016 | Lundy Braun, Professor of Medical Science |
| 2013-2015 | Brian Hayden, Adjunct Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic & Psychological Sciences |
| 2011-2013 | No recipients |
| 2010-2012 | Michael McKeown, Professor of Medical Science |
| 2009-2011 | Susan Gerbi, George D. Eggleston Professor of Biochemistry |
| 2008-2010 | Christine Janis, Professor of Biology |
| 2007-2009 | Kimberly Mowry, Robin Chemers Neustein Professor of Biomedicine |
| 2006-2008 | Michael Paradiso, Sidney A. Fox and Dorothea Doctors Fox Professor of Opthalmology and Visual Science |
| 2005-2007 | Kristi A. Wharton, Professor of Medical Science |
| 2004-2006 | Sally Zierler, Professor of Medical Science |
| 2003-2005 | Gary M. Wessel, Professor of Biology |
| 2002-2004 | Michael Lysaght, Professor of Biomedical Science and Biomedical Engineering (Research) |
| 2001-2003 | John R. Coleman, Professor of Biology |
| 2000-2002 | Mark F.Bear, Sidney A. Fox and Dorethea Doctors Fox Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences |
| 1999-2001 | Mark Bertness, Robert P. Brown Professor of Biology |
| 1998-2000 | Paul M. Knopf, Professor of Medical Science |
| 1997-1999 | Ferdinan Jones, Professor of Cognitive Linguistic & Psychological Sciences |
| 1996-1998 | Peter Heywood, Professor of Biology |
| 1995-1997 | William H. Warren Jr., Chancellor's Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences |
| 1994-1996 | Jonathan K. Waage, Professor of Biology |
| 1993-1995 | Kenneth Miller, Professor of Biology |
| 2018-2020 | John Papay- Assistant Professor of Education |
| 2017-2019 | Naoko Shibusawa, Associate Professor of History and American Studies |
| 2016-2018 | Ethan Pollock, Associate Professor of History and Slavic Studies |
| 2015-2017 | Seth Rockman, Associate Professor of History |
| 2014-2016 | Francoise Hamlin, Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History |
| 2013-2015 | Kurt Teichert, Environmental Stewardship Initiatives Manager |
| 2010-2013 | No recipients |
| 2009-2011 | Ralph Rodriguez, Associate Professor of American Studies |
| 2008-2010 | Rachel M. Friedberg, Senior Lecturer in Economics |
| 2007-2009 | Daniel J. Smith, Associate Professor of Anthropology |
| 2006-2008 | Rachel Morello-Frosch, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Community Health |
| 2003-2007 | Michael Vorenberg, Associate Professor of History |
| 2002-2004 | Roger Cobb, Professor of Political Science |
| 2001-2003 | Karl Jacoby, Professor of History |
| 2000-2002 | Wilbur J. Johnson Jr., Lecturer in Education |
| 1999-2001 | Roberto Serrano, Harrison S. Kravis University Professor of Economics |
| 1998-2000 | Ross E. Cheit, Professor of Political Science |
| 1997-1999 | Caroline Anne Karp, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies |
| 1996-1998 | Mary Gluck, Professor of History |
| 1995-1997 | Amy Remensnyder, Associate Professor of History |
| 1994-1996 | R. Douglas Cope, Associate Professor of History |
| 1993-1995 | Carolyn Dean, Professor of History |
| 2018-2020 | Laurel Bestock, Associate Professor of Archaeology and the Ancient World and Egyptology and Assriology; Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture |
| 2018-2020 | Stephen Bush, Associate Professor of Religious Studies |
| 2016-2018 | Sarah Thomas, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies |
| 2015-2017 | Mark Cladis, Professor of Religious Studies Nidia Shuhmacher, Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies |
| 2014-2016 | Nancy Khalek, Associate Professor of Religious Studies |
| 2013-2015 | Susan Bernstein, Professor of Comparative Literature and Professor of German Studies |
| 2012-2014 | Lung-Hua Hu, Senior Lecturer in East Asian Studies |
| 2011-2013 | Cristina Abbona-Sneider, Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies |
| 2010-2012 | Lynne deBenedette, Senior Lecturer in Slavic Languages |
| 2009-2011 | No recipient |
| 2008-2010 | Zachary Sng, Associate Professor of German Studies |
| 2007-2009 | Dore J. Levy, Professor of Comparative Literature |
| 2006-2008 | Dedda DeAngelis, Senior Lecturer Emerita in Italian Studies |
| 2005-2007 | Stephanie Merrim, Professor of Comparative Literature |
| 2004-2006 | Jeri DeBrohun, Associate Professor of Classics |
| 2003-2005 | Michael C. J. Putnam, Professor Emeritus of Classics |
| 2002-2004 | Annie J. Wiart, Senior Lecturer in French Studies |
| 2001-2003 | David Konstan, Professor Emeritus of Classics |
| 2000-2002 | Walter Davis, Professor of English |
| 1999-2001 | Sylvie Toux, Senior Lecturer in French Studies |
| 1998-2000 | Bernard Reginster, Professor of Philosophy |
| 1997-1999 | Edward J. Ahearn, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and French Studies |
| 1997-1998 | Joseph Pucci, Associate Professor of Classics |
| 1995-1997 | Arnold Weinstein, Edna and Richard Salomon Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature |
| 1994-1996 | Meera Viswanathan, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature |
| 1993-1995 | Dietrich Neuman, Professor of History of Art & Architecture |
| 2017-2019 | No Recipient |
| 2016-2018 | Mathew Kraft, Assistant Professor of Education |
| 2015-2017 | Elizabeth Hoover, Assistant Professor of American Studies |
| 2014-2016 | Paja Fuadree, Associate Professor of Anthropology |
| 2018-2020 | Adam Sullivan, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics |
| 2018-2020 | Paul Valiant, Assistant Professor of Computer Science |
| 2017-2019 | Anita Shukla, Assistant Professor of Engineering Daniel Katz, Lecturer in Mathematics |
| 2016-2018 | No Recipient |
| 2015-2017 | Eunsuk Kim, Assistant Professor of Chemistry |
| 2014-2016 | Richard Bungiro, Senior Lecturer in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology |