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Faculty Excellence

Setting the Standard for Excellence

The University of 天美传媒 is the  鈥 and one of only eight in the nation to be R1, AAU, and a Hispanic-Serving Institution. Here, world-class faculty don鈥檛 just lead 鈥 they teach, mentor, and create alongside students every day.

TOP 1%

of all Higher-ed Institutions

Recognized Globally for Research and Teaching

Top 5

Producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars

Fostering Global Leaders

20:1

Student-to-Faculty Ratio

Ensuring Personalized Mentorship & Engagement

Explore Our Top Rankings
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Faculty in the Spotlight

From pioneering research to recognition on national and international stages, our faculty, educators, scholars, and researchers are making an impact every day. Stay up to date with their latest discoveries, awards, and achievements.

Leaders Advancing Knowledge

University of 天美传媒 faculty are driving discovery across disciplines, producing research that reaches a global audience and ranks among the most cited in the world 鈥 including work in the top 1% of its field.

National & International Awards

天美传媒 faculty are globally recognized for their leadership, scholarship, and service by world-renowned academic societies and programs. These honors reflect the impact of our faculty鈥檚 work across science, the humanities, the arts, public policy, and beyond.

Research Fellowships

2024Kate Alexander
2021Brandon Levin, Elisabeth Krause
2016Matthias Morzfeld,
2011
2009Dong "Jeffrey" Chul Pyun
2008Toufic Muadda Suidan**
2007
2003
2002 Daniel Eisenstein**
1999***, **
1998***, Jacquelyn Gervay**
1996Hans R. Rix**
1995Mani Ramaswami**
1993**, Paul Bloom**
1992Bruce J. Bayly
1980Adrian Patrascioiu*
1979
1976, **
1974
1973John G. Hildebrand
1972**
1967**
1966John D. McCullen**
1964Ray Weymann**

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty
***Award received while not at 天美传媒

2024Judith Lee Bronstein
2020
2017Juanita L. Merchant***
2015
2010Roy R. Parker**
2008James L. Powell
2007
2006Nancy A. Moran**
2005
2003
2001John G. Hildebrand, , Cherry A. Murray
1998Jane H. Hill
1994
1993Margaret G. Kidwell**
1992, N. Scott Momaday, Seymour Reichlin**
1991Frank J. Low*
1990
1988
1979Arthur D. Code*, Wesley Charles Salmon**
1977, Edward A. Boyse* ***
1975Gerry Neugebauer*
1959**
1956*

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty
***Award received while not at 天美传媒

AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science

2019

AAAS Fellow

2025Marvin J. Slepian, Val茅rie M.L. Trouet, Vicente Talanquer
2024Liest Folks**, Armin Sorooshian, Jil Tardiff, Luciano Matzkin
2023Daniel Apai, Dante Lauretta, Rodrigo Vargas
2022Michael Chertkov, Donata Vercelli, Dennis Zaritsky, Goggy Davidowitz
2021Elizabeth A. Arnold
2020Gregg Garfin
2019Elizabeth Cantwell, Dan Theodorescu***
2018**, , Xubin Zeng
2017Kimberly Andrews Espy**, , Mari N. Jensen, , , Daniel Zeng
2016**
2015**, ,
2014* **,
2013, , **, Luke Szweda***
2012, , ,
2011
2010**,
2009, David D. Breshears, , , Jonathan T. Overpeck**, , , , Mary J. Wirth**
2008, **
2007, Nancy A. Moran**, Steven D. Shwartz, Feiyue Wang**, Jason X.-J. yuan**
2006George Bowden*, , , *, Hsinchun Chen
2005Michael Nachman**
2004**
2003, Lisa Graumlich**, **
2002, Merrill Garrett**, Jonathan Lunine**, **
2001, H. Jay Melosh**,
2000**
1999Michael A. Cusanovich*
1998William Dickinson*, , Robert Sloviter**, Jean-Luc Br茅das***
1997
1996**
1995, Li-Zhi Fang*
1994
1993**
1992D. M. Hunten*, **, James F. Hays**, William Hoffman**
1991**,
1990
1989Laurence H. Hurley, , **
1988Joseph P. Mascarenhas
1987**,
1986**
1984John G. Hildebrand, **, **
1982**, *
1977Jane H. Hill*
1972William Swindell**
1971**, **, **, **, **, Thomas Lindell**, **, Neil Mendelson**, *, Cornelius Steelink*, John Sumner*
1969Roald Wangsness**
1959William Longacre*
1958Arthur Jelinek** ***, **
1950r*, *

AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador

2019, Jessie Rack

AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize

2009

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty
***Award received while not at 天美传媒

ACLS Fellows

2021Sonja L. Lanehart, Bryan Carter, Jonathan Crisman
2020Heng Du**
2019Lazz Kinnamon, Shelley Staples
2018
2017Sapana Doshi, , Albert F. Welter
2016
2014, ,
2011Scott R. Selisker, Irene Solange D'Almeida**
2010David Gramling, Jiang Wu
2009Paul Richard Milliman
2005Paul Richard
2004Gregory S. Jackson**
1992
1990Lise Leibacher**
1989John D. Campbell, Mary Voyatzis
1988Jean E. Hampton*
1987Jeanne Clarke**
1986James R. Anthony* **
1985
1984Charles W. Scruggs
1983J. Norman Austin, Suresh Raval
1981Frank Arthur Lewis* **, John Boe* **
1980Norman Yoffee***
1977John Boe**
1976Andres D. Onate** ***
1974Helen Nader**, Dana A. Nelson*, Ellen B. Basso
1972**
1971John Pollock*
1969Walter W. Davis* **
1964Heiko Oberman*, Donald N. Lammers* **
1962Rosendo A. Gomez* **, John A. Nist* **
1960Earl H. Pritchard* **

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty
***Award received while not at 天美传媒

Membership

2025Marcia Jean Rieke
2014John G. Hildebrand
2013
2004Noam Chomsky***
1991Heiko A. Oberman*
1974Edward H. Spicer*
1969Emil W. Haury*
1945Carl S. Marvel*

Franklin Grants

2016Irene Bald Romano
2013
2011Uriah Kriegel**, Cheryl K. Malone
2008
2007

Phillips Fund Grant Recipients

2003Eileen M. Luna-Firebaugh**
1995**

Sabbatical Fellowships

2017Annette Joseph-Gabriel**
1999

John Frederick Lewis Award

1993

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty
***Award received while not at 天美传媒

2020Eric Butcher, Megan Carney, Christopher Hamilton, Snuggye Hong, David Pietz, JoEllen Russell, Christopher Scott, Kimberly Shea
2019, , , Rachel Gallery, Lisa Molomot, , , , Jennifer Cyr, , Eva Hayward,
2017, ,
2016Jefferey Burgess, , , , Zain Khalpey**
2015, , , Craig Palmer**, Mike Proctor**, Anna Koosmann**, Nicolette Teufel-Shone**
2014Sama Alshaibi, Christopher Castro, , Benedict Colombi, **, , **
2013, Adele Barker**, Wendell Ela**, , Dale LaFleur,
2012Thomas DeGomez**, , **, A. J. Timothy Jull, Virginia Lebaron**, ,
2011**, **, , **, , Avigdor Leftin**, Lesley P. Newman**
2010Rodney D. Adam**, , Anne Browning-Aiken**, Jefferey Burgess, Lesley D. Frame**, **, , Bonnie Wasserman
2009Emmanuel T. Akporiaye**, Stephanie J. Buechler, , Reid Fontaine**, Marie A. Griego-Jones**, , , Romy Elyse Taylor**,
2008Mary Beth Adam**, Nicole Guidotti-Hernandez**, Beretta Smith-Shomade**, Gonda VanSteen**
2007Mary Beth Adam**, **, , , ,
2006, , **, Anna Marie O'Leary
2005Miguel Angel Quinones**, Ana Maria Merico-Stephens**, Katherine A. Snyder, ,
2004Carol M. Carpenter**, Irene S D'Almeida**, Keith James**, , Russell Keith Monson
2003Alfred James Quiroz, Aldeline Lee Karpiscak**, Barbara Jo Morehouse**, Roger Louis Nichols**, Terry W. Sprouse**
2002Carl J. Bauer, Susan Aimee Crane, Brian Ford Crisp**,**, Judy Nolte Temple**, David Greg Williams**, Muluneh Yitayew
2001, Adele M. Barker**, Peter Michael Beudert**, George Nikolas Frantziskonis, Mark Paul Frederickson**, , , Muluneh Yitayew
2000John R. Bichsel**, Michael Frederick Brown, Elizabeth Jessie Garber**, Thomas Kovach, David Charles Lynch**, Edward J. Williams**
1999Katherine E. Miller**, Steven Michael Stralser**
1998, James W. Clarke**, Roger W. Fox**

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty
***Award received while not at 天美传媒

2026Elaine Romero, Erika Hamden
2023
2021Sama Raena Alshaibi
2020David Pietz
2017, Ander Monson**
2016Feryal 应zel**
2015, Jack Walsh***
2014
2013
2008, , , Jason X.-J. Yuan**
2007
2006
2005**
2004
2003**
2002Ellen B. Basso**, Craig Walsh**,
2000, Elizabeth Vierling**
1999Steve Orlen*
1998Russel K. Monson, Jay Rosenblatt
1996H. Jay Melosh* **, Irene Maxine Pepperberg**
1994
1991Harmony Hammond**
1989**
1988**
1987**, Arthur J. Jelinek**
1986Daniel Asia**
1985Robert H. Colescott* **
1984, **, Hermann George Rebel**, William M. Schaffer* **
1983
1982Jonathan Beck**, * **,
1981William G. Dever**, **,
1980C. Vance Haynes**
1978* **, J.P. Wearing* **
1977Jonathan Penner**
1976Jon Anderson* **, , , Douglas G. Stuart*
1975*, , Alvin Ira Goldman**
1974Joel Feinberg*, Eliot S. Hearst*
1972John A. Mills**
1969Rubin Bressler*
1968Harold Clark Fritts* **, Ursula S. Lamb*, Charles Philip Sonnet*
1966N. Scott Momaday
1965Paul Schultz Martin*
1964*
1961Herbert E. Carter* **
1960Willis Eugene Lamb*
1959Jean-Jacques Demorest* **
1957Richard Meredith Hosley*
1953*
1950Lawrence Clark Powell*
1937Robert Guyn McBride*

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty
***Award received while not at 天美传媒

2023Manuel Mu帽oz
2022Jennifer Carlson**
2012
1999
1997Nancy A. Moran**, Brackette F. Williams**
1996
1995
1990
1984Arthur Winfree*

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty
***Award received while not at 天美传媒

NAE Members

2011**
1998**

NAE Fellows

2023Karina Salazar
2022Jun Liu
2021Kelsey John
2019Leah Dur谩n, Jeremy Fiel
2016Blaine Smith
2015Sara Tolbert
2014
2013Francesca Lopez
2007Terry Woronov***
2005** ***
2000Jerome D'Agostino***
1998***
1986Mary McCaslin***

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty
***Award received while not at 天美传媒

NAE Members

2025
2025  
2014* **
2010Larry Peterson**
2007* **
2006
2005* **, *
2003Soroosh Sorooshian**
1997**
1996
1992**, **
1989
1986Ernest T. Smerdon*
1984*, **
1977James Wait* **
1975W. David Kingery*
1968William Sears*

US Frontiers of Engineering Participant

2012
2011

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty
***Award received while not at 天美传媒

NAI Senior Member

2026Jerzy Rozenblit, Mario Romero-Ortega, Marwan Krunz, Winslow Burleson
2025Euan McLeod, Jennifer Barton
2024Joyce Schroeder, Sadhana Ravishankar, Jeanne Pemberton, Saikat Guha**, Roberta Brinton
2023Moe Momayez, Rongguang Liang, Vijay Gokhale
2022Steven Goldman, Stanley Pau, Robin Polt, Judith Su
2021Meredith Hay, May Khanna
2020Joseph Valacich, James Schwiegerling*, Rajesh Khanna**, Eugene Gerner, Thomas Milster, Luca Caucci, Minying Cai
2019Dong Chul "Jeffrey" Pyun, Daruka Mahadevan**, Jordan Lancaster

NAI Fellows

2025Tom谩s D铆az de la Rubia
2024Abhijit Mahalanobis, Shibin Jliang
2023Wolfgang Fink, Douglas Loy
2022Floyd Ski Chilton
2021Mark Van Dyke, Liesl Folks, Terry Matsunaga
2020Laurence Hurley, Robert A. Norwood
2019,
2018**,  
2017
2016
2015, **
2013

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty
***Award received while not at 天美传媒

NAM Members

2023Francisco Garcia
2015Kenneth S. Ramos**
2014Daniel Theodorescu
2012
2011Joe G.N. "Skip" Garcia**
2009
2008Juanita L. Merchant***
1998J. Lyle Bootman**
1988**
1984Allan Beigel*

Robert Wood Johnson Policy Fellowship

2007

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty
***Award received while not at 天美传媒

2023Edella Schlager
2015Kirk Emerson**
2005**
1991**

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty
***Award received while not at 天美传媒

NAS International Secretary

2022John G. Hildebrand

NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing

2019

NAS Members

2025Mary C. Stiner
2024Jay Quade*
2023Bruce E. Tabashnik
2021Lynn Nadel
2020Diana Liverman
2018
2015
2012
2011
2007John G. Hildebrand
2006
2003H. Jay Melosh* **
2002Vicki L. Chandler**
2001**
2000
1996**, Brian A. Larkins**
1994William Bowers**
1993Robert M. Netting*
1992John H. Law - Emeritus, William R. Dickinson*
1990**
1985**
1981Donald M. Hunten*
1979Edward A. Boyse* ** ***
1976Alistair G.W. Cameron* ** ***
1975Edward H. Spicer*
1974Frank J. Low*, Frederick S. Hulse*, William R. Sears*
1972Noam Chomsky***
1971Arthur D. Code*
1968Bart J. Bok*
1960Nicolaas Bloembergen*
1956Emil W. Haury*
1954Willis E. Lamb Jr.*
1953H.E. Carter* **
1938Carl S. Marvel* ***

Gulf Research Program/Early-Career Research Fellowship

2017Laura Bakkensen

Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellows

2025Melville Wohlgemuth
2024Melville Wohlgemuth, Lise-Marie Imbert-Gerard, Daniella N. Delta-Giustina
2023Lise-Marie Imbert-Gerard
2020Valerie Trouet
2017
2016,
2015**
2014,
2013
2011, **
2010,
2009Felicia Goodrum Sterling, , Megan McEvoy**
2008Julia Cole,
2006Scott Kroken**
2005Martin Dufwenberg, , David Reiley, Jr.**
2004, , Bradley Moore**
2003Ralph Lorenz**
2002Daniel Eisenstein**
2001**
2000

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty
***Award received while not at 天美传媒

2005* ***
1981* ***
1955Willis E. Lamb, Jr.* ***

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty
***Award received while not at 天美传媒

2022Jessica Tierney

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty
***Award received while not at 天美传媒

2015Juan Felipe Herrera

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty
***Award received while not at 天美传媒

1996Terry Wimmer**
1969N. Scott Momaday
1958John Alexander Carrol* **

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty
***Award received while not at 天美传媒

University Awards & Honors

The University of 天美传媒 also celebrates faculty achievements through a range of institutional awards recognizing excellence in teaching, research, mentorship, public service, and leadership.

Recognizes faculty who have made outstanding contributions to outreach at the University of 天美传媒, in the State of 天美传媒, the nation, and the world.

Visit the University Distinguished Outreach Faculty page to submit a nomination and browse resources on the overall nomination and selection process.

2025, 
2024
2023, John Palumbo*
2022,
2021,
2020,
2019
2018,
2017David G. Armstrong**,
2016, Cynthia Thomson
2015, Frans Tax
2014Donald W. McCarthy, **
2013**,
2012, Sally Stevens
2011**, Edward F. Reid
2010
2009Francisco A.R. Garcia**
2008,
2007
2005Timothy Dennehy**, **
2004Charles (Corky) Poster**, **

*Deceased

**No longer 天美传媒 faculty

Honors faculty who have made sustained contributions of consistent educational excellence and have demonstrated outstanding commitment to undergraduate education.

Visit the University Distinguished Professors page to submit a nomination and browse resources on the overall nomination and selection process.

2025,
2024
2024
2023
2022
2021Faten Ghosn,
2020Jeff Stone
2019
2018,
2017
2016, Alan Nighorn
2015
2014Andrew S. Cohen,
2013Eric A. Betterton, **
2012,
2011**,
2010
2009
2008**, **
2007**
2006, **
2005, **
2004,
2003
2002**, Harold W. Dixon**, **,
2000James W. Clarke**,
1999Richard A. Demers**, **
1998**, **
1997**, **
1996**, David O. Lomen**
1995Christopher Franklin Carroll**, James F. LaSalle**, Clifford M. Lytle*, Raymond E. White, Jr.*

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty
***Award received while not at 天美传媒

Granted to outstanding recently tenured and mid-career faculty who are making transformative contributions to their disciplines and to our University鈥檚 teaching, research, and outreach priorities.

Visit the Distinguished Scholar page to submit a nomination and browse resources on the overall nomination and selection process.

 

2025Michelle T茅llez, Millard (Ladd) Keith, Kristopher Klein
2024Elise Gornish
2023David Baltrus, M贸nica Ram铆rez-Andreotta, Michael Marty
2022Rebecca Mosher, Daniel Mart铆nez, Weigang Wang
2021Lynn M. Carter, Allison S. Gabriel, Elisa Tomat

Recognizes outstanding early career faculty who are at the forefront of their disciplines and make highly valued contributions to the teaching, creative activity, and service priorities set out in the University's Strategic Plan.

Visit the Early Career Scholars Award page to submit a nomination and browse resources on the overall nomination and selection process.

 

2025Kerri Rodriguez, Nicole Antebi, Melanie McKay-Cody, Elizabeth (Beth) Tellman
2024Harris Kornstein, Michelle Berry
2023Yuanyuan (Kay) He, Anna Josephson, Andrew Curley, Andrew Paek, Alex Craig, Jeehey Kim
2022Molly Gebrian, Thomas Gianetti, Tammi Walker, Ashley Dixon, David Enard
2021Laura Condon, Lindsay M. Montgomery, Stefano Bloch, Jameson D. Lopez, Antonio Jos茅 Bacelar da Silva, Jessica Brown

Created through a gift from the Thomas R. Brown Foundation in honor of Professor Emeritus Gerald J. Swanson, this award recognizes excellence in undergraduate teaching.

Visit the Early Career Scholars Award page to submit a nomination and browse resources on the overall nomination and selection process.

 

2025Lani (Tori) Hidalgo, Katie Hemphill, Ellen Bledsoe, Daniel Charbonneau
2024Afrooz Jalilzade, Carrie Langley, Teresa Rosano, Hal Tharp
2023Amy Graham, Darin Knapp, Patrick Baliani, Maria Letizia Bellocchio, Susan Holland
2022Na Zuo, Dean Papajohn, Hank Stratton, Lisa Dollinger, Suzanne Dovi
2021Paul Blowers, John Pollard, Ashley Jordan, Robert Stephan, Shawn Jackson

2025TBA
2024Erin Galyen, Heleni Kasaki
2023Ana Carvalho, M. Leandro Heien
2022Sheilah Nicholas
2021Desire茅 Vega, Mary Carol Combs
2020Ian L. Pepper, Melissa L. Tatum
2019, 
2018,
2017Edward J. Kerschen**,
2016,
2015Jerry Gaus,
2014Susan Shaw**, **
2013Diana Archangeli,
2012**,
2011,
2010Andrew Carnie, Elizabeth Kennedy**
2009,
2008, ,
2007Russell Cropanzano**, Cindy Rankin
2006**, ,
2005, **
2004, Thomas Holm**
2003Herbert E. Pollock*,
2002**, Guy McPherson**
2001**, **, Samuel H. Yalkowsky**
2000**, Brian Crisp**

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty

Established through the generosity of Henry and Phyllis Koffler in 2000, recognize outstanding accomplishment in the areas of teaching; research/scholarship/creative activity; or public service/outreach.

Visit the Henry and Phyllis Koffler Prizes page to browse resources on the overall nomination and selection process.

 

2022Ana Cornide
2021Vance T. Holliday
2020Dirk Mateer
2019Donata Vercelli, Ubirajara Van Kolck
2018Jamie Edgin
2014Bruce Bayly
2009
2008John Marchello**
2007Joel Meister*
2006
2005Sherry C. Betts**
2004**
2003Michael A. Wells*
2002

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty

Established through the generosity of Henry and Phyllis Koffler in 2000, recognize outstanding accomplishment in the areas of teaching; research/scholarship/creative activity; or public service/outreach.

Visit the Henry and Phyllis Koffler Prizes page to browse resources on the overall nomination and selection process.

 

2025Ilaria Pascucci
2023Henk Granzier
2021Vance Holliday
2019Ubirajara Van Kolck, Donata Vercelli
2017
2015
2013Ida M. Moore
2011
2009Jane H. Hill*
2008
2007
2006John G. Hildebrand
2005
2004Pamela Decker
2003Brian A. Larkins**
2002

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty

Established through the generosity of Henry and Phyllis Koffler in 2000, recognize outstanding accomplishment in the areas of teaching; research/scholarship/creative activity; or public service/outreach.

Visit the Henry and Phyllis Koffler Prizes page to browse resources on the overall nomination and selection process.

 

2024Lisa Elfring
2016
2012
2009Alexander Cronin
2008**
2006Richard W. Shelton**
2005Renate A. Schulz**
2004
2002JoLaine Reierson Draugalis**

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty

2012Laura G. Gutierrez**, Thomas B. Wilson
2011Stacey Oberly
2010James Riley**,
2009 Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman**
2007
2006Beatriz Urrea
2004, John Kupfer**, Ralph Price*, Timothy Swindle,
2003**, Suzanne Delaney, **
2002*, Gregory Jackson**, James O'Brien**,
2001**, , ,
2000, , Helle Mathiasen**, Cecile McKee
1999, , **, John McCullen*
1998Kari McBride**, , Cindy Rankin,
1997Janice Dewey**, **

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty
***Award received while not at 天美传媒

The highest of faculty ranks is reserved for full professors with exceptional achievements that have brought them national or international recognition.

Visit the Regents Professors page to submit a nomination and browse resources on the overall nomination process.

 

2025, , Janko Nikolich
2023, , , , Todd Vanderah
2022, , , ,
2021, Sonia Colina, , , ,
2020, , Peter Chesson, ,
2019, , Marvin Slepian, Rod Wing,
2018David Breshears, , Barbara Mills, Steven Schwartz,
2017, , **
2016, ,
2015,
2014**,
2013Neal R. Armstrong, ,
2012, **
2011,
2010**, **,
2009**, , **
2008Howard Ochman**, Elizabeth Vierling**, **
2007, ,
2006, , , Mark A. Nichter**
2005Michael A. Cusanovich*, Michael J. Drake*, Paula Ya-Mei Fan**, , , , Vladimir E. Zakharov
2004H. Jay Melosh**, , John L. Pollock*,
2003David S. Alberts, Vicki L. Chandler**, , Muriel R. Saville-Troike**
2002**, Roy R. Parker*, **, **, Michael A. Wells**
2000Brian A. Larkins**, Nancy A. Moran**, **, Dr. Soroosh Sorooshian
1999Therese A. Markow**, **, Barbara Timmermann**
1998**, **, **,
1997**, , Gordon Tollin**, Henry I . Yamamura*
1995, **, Jane H. Hill*
1994J. Douglas Canfield*, **, ,
1993Barbara A. Babcock**, Allen S. Whiting**
1992**, *
1991**, **, C. Vance Haynes**, John H. Law**, Robert M. Netting*, Richard W. Shelton**
1990, **, Robert H. Colescott*, Ralph E. Griswold*, **, Willis E. Lamb, Jr.*, **, Charles P. Sonett**, Douglas G. Stuart*
1989**, John G. Hildebrand, Travis W. Hirschi*, **, Frank J. Low*, Sydney E. Salmon*, Arthur T. Winfree*
1988, Joel Feinberg*, Donald M. Hunten**, N. Scott Momaday**, **, Heiko A. Oberman*, James R. Wait*

*Deceased
**No longer 天美传媒 faculty

Recognizes excellence in the art of teaching at all levels, but the Foundation places particular emphasis on teaching at the undergraduate level.

Visit the Creative Teaching Award page to submit a nomination and browse resources on the overall nomination and selection process.

 

2025Diana Daly
2024Robert Stephan
2023Jennifer Wolfe
2022Liudmila Klimanova
2021Tori Hidalgo
2020Joela M. Jacobs

Honor those who have demonstrated significant involvement in expanding the impact of research to the public good through innovation and commercialization and are committed to promoting the translation of research to the benefit of society.

Visit the University Innovation and Entrepreneurship page to submit a nomination and browse resources on the overall nomination and selection process.

 

2025Marvin Slepian
2024Joseph Valacich
2023Joyce Schroeder
2022Jeffrey Pyun

Recognizes faculty who have made exceptional contributions to our service mission, within their department or college, across campus, or in their scholarly community around the world.

Visit the University Faculty Service Award page to submit a nomination and browse resources on the overall nomination and selection process.

 

2025Sabrina V. Helm, Amy Kimme Hea
2024Laura Hollengreen, Leila Hudson
2023Wolfgang Fink, Paul Wagner

Recognizes outstanding performance by an academic department head or director.

Visit the Distinguished Head/Director's Award page to submit a nomination and browse resources on the overall nomination and selection process.

 

2025Judd Ruggill, Kimberly Ogden
2024Buell Jannuzi, Chris Castro
2023Diane Austin
2022Karen Seat, John Galgiani

Visit the University Innovation and Entrepreneurship page to submit a nomination and browse resources on the overall nomination and selection process.

 

2025George Sutphin
2023Tsu-Te 鈥淛udy鈥 Su
2022Thomas Gianetti

Visit the MENTOR Institute page to submit a nomination and browse resources on the overall nomination and selection process.

 

2025Gary Rhoades
2024Daniela Triadan
2023Judith Gordon

Visit the MENTOR Institute page to submit a nomination and browse resources on the overall nomination and selection process.

 

2025Desiree Vega, Purnima Madhivanan
2024Hayriye Kayi-Aydar, Jessica Rainbow
2023Kevin Gosner, Lillian Gorman

Supporting Student Success

Students at 天美传媒 learn directly from faculty who are invested in their growth. Through mentorship, research collaboration, and classroom engagement, faculty provide guidance and real-world experience to help students thrive.