Dean of the Faculty

Faculty Teaching Award

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Faculty Teaching Award

The Faculty Teaching Excellence Awards recognize Brown faculty members for sustained and continued excellence in teaching.

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 $6,000

Nominations are collected through UFUNDS and include a one-page narrative.

Previous Years’ Recipients

 

2024-2026Shriram Krishnamurthi Professor of Computer Science  
2023-2025Hui Wang, Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics
2022-2024Bena Tshishiku, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
2021-2023Sohini Ramachandran, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Computer Science
2019-2021James Valles, Professor of Physics
2018-2020Michael Littman, Professor of Computer Science
2017-2019Rashid Zia, Associate Professor of Engineering and Physics
2016-2018Bjorn Sandstede, Professor of Applied Mathematics
2015-2017Derek Stein, Associate Professor of Engineering and Physics
2014-2016Matthew Harrison, Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics
2013-2015Barbara Meier, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science
2012 -2014Christopher Seto, Associate Professor of Chemistry
2011-2013Sarah Delaney, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
2010-2012Richard Stratt, Newport Rogers Professor of Chemistry
2010-2012Pascalvan Hentenryck, Adjunct Professor of Computer Science
2009-2011Humphrey J. Maris, Hazard Professor of Physics
2008-2010David E. Cane, Vernon K. Krieble Professor of Chemistry
2007-2009Philip Klein, Professor of Computer Science
2006-2007No Recipient 
2005-2007Antal Jevicki, Professor of Physics
2005-2007Matthew Zimmt, Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Chemistry
2004-2006Jan Hesthaven, Professor of Applied Mathematics
2003-2005Allan Bower, Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Engineering
2002-2004No recipient
2001-2003Stuart Geman, James Manning Professor of Applied Mathematics
2000-2002Michael I. Rosen, Adjunct Professor of Mathematics
1999-2001Robert A. Pelcovits, Professor of Physics
1998-2000Leslie Kaelbling, Adjunct Professor of Computer Science
1997-1999Janet A. Blume, Associate Professor of Engineering
1996-1998Joseph Silverman, Professor of Mathematics
1995-1997Jan A. Tullis, Professor of Geological Sciences
1994-1996Matthew Zimmt, Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Chemistry
1993-1995Thomas Banchoff, Professor of Mathematics
2024-2026David Rand Stephen T. Olney Professor of Natural History and Chair of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology 
2021-2023Toni-Marie Achilli, Lecturer in Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology
2019-2021Diana Horrigan, Lecturer in Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology
2018-2020Gerwald Jogl, Associate Professor of Biology
2016-2018Monica Linden, Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience
2015-2017Sharon Swartz, Professor of Biology
2014-2016Lundy Braun, Professor of Medical Science
2013-2015Brian Hayden, Adjunct Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic & Psychological Sciences
2011-2013No recipients
2010-2012Michael McKeown, Professor of Medical Science
2009-2011Susan Gerbi, George D. Eggleston Professor of Biochemistry
2008-2010Christine Janis, Professor of Biology
2007-2009Kimberly Mowry, Robin Chemers Neustein Professor of Biomedicine
2006-2008Michael Paradiso, Sidney A. Fox and Dorothea Doctors Fox Professor of Opthalmology and Visual Science
2005-2007Kristi A. Wharton, Professor of Medical Science
2004-2006Sally Zierler, Professor of Medical Science
2003-2005Gary M. Wessel, Professor of Biology
2002-2004Michael Lysaght, Professor of Biomedical Science and Biomedical Engineering (Research)
2001-2003John R. Coleman, Professor of Biology
2000-2002Mark F.Bear, Sidney A. Fox and Dorethea Doctors Fox Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
1999-2001Mark Bertness, Robert P. Brown Professor of Biology
1998-2000Paul M. Knopf, Professor of Medical Science
1997-1999Ferdinan Jones, Professor of Cognitive Linguistic & Psychological Sciences
1996-1998Peter Heywood, Professor of Biology
1995-1997William H. Warren Jr., Chancellor's Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences
1994-1996Jonathan K. Waage, Professor of Biology
1993-1995Kenneth Miller, Professor of Biology
2024-2026Carrie Spearin Senior Lecturer in Sociology 
2023-2025Holly Case, Professor of History
2022-2024Katherine Mason, Vartan Gregorian Assistant Professor of Anthropology
2021-2023Parker VanValkenburgh, Stanley J. Bernstein Assistant Professor of Social Sciences
2019-2021Rose McDermott, David and Mariana Fisher University Professor of International Relations
2018-2020John Papay- Assistant Professor of Education
2017-2019Naoko Shibusawa, Associate Professor of History and American Studies
2016-2018Ethan Pollock, Associate Professor of History and Slavic Studies
2015-2017Seth Rockman, Associate Professor of History
2014-2016Francoise Hamlin, Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History
2013-2015Kurt Teichert, Environmental Stewardship Initiatives Manager
2010-2013No recipients
2009-2011Ralph Rodriguez, Associate Professor of American Studies
2008-2010Rachel M. Friedberg, Senior Lecturer in Economics
2007-2009Daniel J. Smith, Associate Professor of Anthropology
2006-2008Rachel Morello-Frosch, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Community Health
2003-2007Michael Vorenberg, Associate Professor of History
2002-2004Roger Cobb, Professor of Political Science
2001-2003Karl Jacoby, Professor of History
2000-2002Wilbur J. Johnson Jr., Lecturer in Education
1999-2001Roberto Serrano, Harrison S. Kravis University Professor of Economics
1998-2000Ross E. Cheit, Professor of Political Science
1997-1999Caroline Anne Karp, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies
1996-1998Mary Gluck, Professor of History
1995-1997Amy Remensnyder, Associate Professor of History
1994-1996R. Douglas Cope, Associate Professor of History
1993-1995Carolyn Dean, Professor of History
2024-2026Elias Muhanna Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Associate Professor of History
2023-2025Kate Schapira, Senior Lecturer in English
2022-2024Daniel Vaca, Robert Gale Noyes Assistant Professor of Humanities
2021-2023Andre Willis, Associate Professor of Religious Studies
2018-2020Laurel Bestock, Associate Professor of Archaeology and the Ancient World and Egyptology and Assriology; Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture
2018-2020Stephen Bush, Associate Professor of Religious Studies
2016-2018Sarah Thomas, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies
2015-2017Mark Cladis, Professor of Religious Studies
Nidia Shuhmacher, Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies
2014-2016Nancy Khalek, Associate Professor of Religious Studies
2013-2015Susan Bernstein, Professor of Comparative Literature and Professor of German Studies
2012-2014Lung-Hua Hu, Senior Lecturer in East Asian Studies
2011-2013Cristina Abbona-Sneider, Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies
2010-2012Lynne deBenedette, Senior Lecturer in Slavic Languages
2009-2011No recipient
2008-2010Zachary Sng, Associate Professor of German Studies
2007-2009Dore J. Levy, Professor of Comparative Literature
2006-2008Dedda DeAngelis, Senior Lecturer Emerita in Italian Studies
2005-2007Stephanie Merrim, Professor of Comparative Literature
2004-2006Jeri DeBrohun, Associate Professor of Classics
2003-2005Michael C. J. Putnam, Professor Emeritus of Classics 
2002-2004Annie J. Wiart, Senior Lecturer in French Studies
2001-2003David Konstan, Professor Emeritus of Classics
2000-2002Walter Davis, Professor of English
1999-2001Sylvie Toux, Senior Lecturer in French Studies
1998-2000Bernard Reginster, Professor of Philosophy
1997-1999Edward J. Ahearn, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and French Studies
1997-1998Joseph Pucci, Associate Professor of Classics
1995-1997Arnold Weinstein, Edna and Richard Salomon Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature
1994-1996Meera Viswanathan, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
1993-1995Dietrich Neuman, Professor of History of Art & Architecture
2024-2026Elizabeth Rush Assistant Professor of the Practice in English 
2023-2025Kevin M. Mwenda, Assistant Professor of Population Studies (Research
2023-2025Rachel Wetts, Acacia Assistant Professor of Environment and Society and Sociology
2022-2024David Rangel, Assistant Professor of Education
2021-2023Bradford Gibbs, Lecturer in Economics
2021-2023Laura Lopez Sanders, Assistant Professor of Sociology
2019-2021Jason Protass, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
2019-2021Carrie Spearin, Lecturer in Sociology
2017-2019No Recipient
2016-2018Mathew Kraft, Assistant Professor of Education
2015-2017Elizabeth Hoover, Assistant Professor of American Studies
2014-2016Paja Fuadree, Associate Professor of Anthropology
2024-2026Ritambhara Singh Professor of Computer Science 
2023-2025Wenjun Zhao, LFZ Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics
2022-2024Yu-Wen Hsu, Lecturer in Mathematics
2018-2020Adam Sullivan, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
2018-2020Paul Valiant, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
2017-2019Anita Shukla, Assistant Professor of Engineering
Daniel Katz, Lecturer in Mathematics
2016-2018No Recipient
2015-2017Eunsuk Kim, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
2014-2016Richard Bungiro, Senior Lecturer in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology