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Faculty Award Recipients

The following lists include award recipients from the past five academic years, where available. For additional information on past recipients, please contact teachingawards@utexas.edu.

2025 Devin Stauffer, Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Government

2024 Martha Newman, Professor, College of Liberal Arts, History

2023 Lynn Katz, Professor, Cockrell School of Engineering, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

2021 Charlotte Canning, Professor, College of Fine Arts, Theatre and Dance

2021 Brian Evans, Professor, Cockrell School of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering

2024
Edmund Gordon, Professor, College of Liberal Arts, African and African Diaspora Studies

2023
Hillary Procknow, Assistant Vice Provost, Academic Affairs
Kenneth Fleischmann, Professor, School of Information
Domino Perez, Professor, College of Liberal Arts, English

2021
Jenni Jones Barbour, Associate Professor of Instruction, Moody College of Communication, Communication Studies

2020
Jeffrey Mayo, Assistant Professor of Instruction, College of Education, Educational Leadership and Policy

2026
Layla Guyot, Assistant Professor of Instruction, College of Natural Sciences, Department of Mathematics

2025
Alexandra Eusebi, Associate Professor of Practice, College of Natural Sciences, UTeach

2024
Annie Hill, Associate Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Department of Rhetoric and Writing

2023
Gwen Stovall, Associate Professor of Practice, College of Natural Sciences, CNS Undergraduate Education

2022
Rhonda Evans, Associate Professor of Instruction, College of Liberal Arts, Department of Government

2025 – 2026
Christin Davis, Associate Professor of Practice, College of Fine Arts, Department of Theatre & Dance
Elizabeth Ilardi, Associate Professor of Practice, College of Natural Sciences, Freshman Research Initiative
Marialena Rivera, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Moody College of Communication, Stan Richards School of Advertising & Public Relations
Robert Carroll, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Moody College of Communication, Department of Communication Studies

2024 – 2025
Greg Clark, Distinguished Senior Lecturer, College of Natural Sciences, Office of Experiential Learning
Josh Beckham, Associate Professor of Practice, College of Natural Sciences, Freshman Research Initiative
Clifton Croomes, Director of Longhorn Band, College of Fine Arts, Butler School of Music
David Junker, Professor of Instruction, Moody College of Communication, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations

2023 – 2024
Timothy Riedel, Associate Professor of Practice, College of Natural Sciences, Freshman Research Initiative
Sarah Angulo, Associate Professor of Instruction, College of Liberal Arts, Department of Psychology
Natalie Czimskey, Associate Professor of Instruction, Moody College of Communication, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Anita Latham, Professor of Instruction, College of Natural Sciences, Biology Instruction Office

2022-2023
Madeleine Redlick, Associate Professor of Instruction, Moody College of Communication, Department of Communication Studies
John Turci-Escobar, Associate Professor of Instruction, College of Fine Arts, Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music
Rachel Ozanne, Associate Professor of Instruction, College of Liberal Arts, Department of History
Patricia Garcia, Associate Professor of Instruction, College of Liberal Arts, Department of English

2021-2022
Seth Bank, Professor, Cockrell School of Engineering, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Keely Finkelstein, Assistant Professor of Instruction, College of Natural Sciences, Department of Astronomy
Jennifer McClearen, Assistant Professor, Moody College of Communication, Department of Radio-Television-Film
Marcelo Paixao, Associate Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies

2026
Robert Josephs, Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Psychology

2025
Brad Love, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising & Public Relations, Moody College of Communication

2024
Tom Yankeelov, Ph.D., Professor & Director of Center for Computational Oncology, Cockrell School of Engineering

2023
Christen Smith, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Women’s & Gender Studies and Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and AADS, College of Liberal Arts

2022
Edmund T. Gordon, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Contextualization and Commemoration Initiative and Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, College of Liberal Arts.

2021
Ashante Reese, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, African and African Diaspora Studies and Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts

2025
Allan Cole, Ph.D., Dean and Bert Kruger Smith Centennial Professor in Social Work, School of Social Work

2022
Jonathan Pierce, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience

2019
Pamela Paxton, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts

2016
Megan Alrutz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine Arts

2013
Richard R. Neptune, Ph.D., Professor, J. Mike Walker, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering

2025
Kerry Kinney, Ph.D, L.P. , Gilvin Centennial Professor in Engineering, Professor, Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering

2023
Calvin Lin, Ph.D., Distinguished Teaching Professor, Professor, Department of Computer Science

2021
Shelley Marshall Payne, Ph.D., Marie Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Molecular Biosciences, Department of Medical Education

2019
Peter Stone, Ph.D., Distinguished Teaching Professor, David Bruton, Jr. Centennial Professorship in Computer Sciences, Department of Computer Science

2025 – 2026
Mary Bock, Professor, Moody College of Communication School of Journalism and Media
Mary Beer, Clinical Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Practicum Education, School of Social Work

2024-25
Filippo Mangolini, Associate Professor, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
Rene Dailey, Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication

2023-24
Dawna Ballard, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
Elizabeth McCracken, Professor, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts

2022-23
Jessica Toste, Associate Professor, Special Education, College of Education
Scott Wallace, Associate Professor and Managing Director of the Value Institute for Health and Care Medical Education (DMS) and Accounting (McCombs School of Business), Dell Medical School

2021-22
Terrance Green, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education
Sarah Sloan, Clinical Associate Professor, School of Social Work

2025 – 2026
Ann Thijs, Assistant Professor of Instruction, College of Natural Sciences, Biology Instruction Office
Charles Carson, Associate Professor, College of Fine Arts, Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music
John Chisholm, Assistant Professor, College of Natural Sciences, Astronomy
Jonathan Perry, Associate Professor of Instruction, College of Natural Sciences, Physics
Cindy Meston, Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Psychology
Natalie Czimskey, Associate Professor of Instruction, Moody College of Communication, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Terrence Chapman, Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Government
Wayne Geerling, Professor of Instruction, College of Liberal Arts, Economics

2024 – 2025
Pamela Garrison Elias
, Professor of Practice, College of Natural Sciences, College of Natural Sciences
Anthanasio Papalexandrou, Professor, College of Fine Arts, Art and Art History
Frances Champagne, Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Psychology
Talitha Le Flouria, Associate Professor, College of Liberal Arts, History
Omoniyi Afolabi, Professor, College of Liberal Arts, African and African Diaspora Studies
Ruth Shear, Professor of Practice, College of Natural Sciences, Freshman Research Initiative
Martha Maas, Assistant Professor of Instruction, College of Natural Sciences, Biology Instruction Office
Angela Beasley, Associate Professor of Instruction, College of Natural Sciences, Computer Science

2023 – 2024
Jonathan Partridge, Assistant Professor of Instruction, College of Natural Sciences, Biology Instruction Office
Jennifer Austin, Associate Professor of Instruction, College of Natural Sciences, Mathematics
Sarah Angulo, Associate Professor of Instruction, College of Liberal Arts, Psychology
Patricia Garcia, Associate Professor of Instruction, College of Liberal Arts, English
Ken-hou Lin, Associate Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Sociology
Aaron O’Connell, Associate Professor, College of Liberal Arts, History

2022 – 2023
Juan Dominguez
, Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Pyschology
Rachel Ozanne, Associate Professor of Instruction, College of Liberal Arts, History
Christina Mackert, Professor, College of Natural Sciences, Physics
Katherine Bruner, Associate Professor of Instruction, College of Natural Sciences, Biology Instruction Office
Michael Mauk, Professor, College of Natural Sciences, Neuroscience
Wenhong Chen, Professor, Moody College of Communication, Radio-Television-Film
Lee Ann Kaholor
, Professor, Moody College of Communication, School of Advertising and Public Relations
Kasey Claborn, Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Jessica Toste, Associate Professor, College of Education, Special Education
Scott Wallace, Associate Professor, Dell Medical School and McCombs School of Business, Pediatrics and Accounting

2025
Vernita Gordon, Professor, College of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

2024
Etienne Vouga, Associate Professor, College of Natural Sciences, Department of Computer Science

2023
Paul Bonin-Rodriguez, Associate Professor, College of Fine Arts, Department of Theatre and Dance

2022
Ramesh Yerraballi, Professor of Instruction, Cockrell School of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

2021
Janice Fischer, Professor, College of Natural Sciences, Department of Molecular Biosciences

2025 – 2026
Jacqueline Woolley, Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Psychology
Adam Clulow, Professor, College of Liberal Arts, History
Matthew Hall, Professor, Cockrell School of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Ashanté Reese, Associate Professor, College of Liberal Arts, African and African Diaspora Studies
W. Reneé Acosta, Clinical Professor / Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Pharmacy, Pharmancy Practice/Dean’s Office

2024 – 2025
Megan Alrutz, Professor, College of Fine Arts, Department of Theatre and Dance
Stephen Boyles, Professor, Cockrell School of Engineering, Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Steven Finkelstein, Professor, College of Natural Sciences, Department of Astronomy
Bjorn Sletto, Professor, School of Architecture
Jessica Toste, Associate Professor, College of Education, Department of Special Education

2023 – 2024
Donna Kornhaber, Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Department of English
Leonard Moore, Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Department of History

2022 – 2023
Anthony Brown, Professor, College of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Ruth Buskirk, Professor of Instruction, College of Natural Sciences, Department of Biology
Ashley Farmer, Associate Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies
Michael Marder, Professor, College of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics
Domino Perez, Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Department of English

2025 – 2026
Ben Bays, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Moody College of Communication, Department of Radio-Television-Film
Devangi Parikh, Associate Professor of Instruction, College of Natural Sciences, Department of Computer Science
David Junker, Professor of Instruction, Moody College of Communication, Stan Richards School of Advertising & Public Relations
Ann Johns, Distinguished Senior Lecturer, College of Fine Arts, Department of Art and Art History
Janice Hernandez, Clinical Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Kirsten Bradbury, Assistant Professor of Instruction, College of Liberal Arts, Psychology
Natalie Czimskey, Associate Professor of Instruction, Moody College of Communication Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Rachel Ozanne, Associate Professor of Instruction, College of Liberal Arts, Department of History
Shannon O’Brien, Associate Professor of Instruction, College of Liberal Arts, Government

2024-2025
Gregory Brooks, Professor of Practice, Cockrell School of Engineering, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Graham Strong, Distinguished Senior Lecturer, School of Law

2025 – 2026
Julia Campbell, Clinical Associate Professor, Moody College of Communication, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Morgan Stewart, Clinical Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy
Veronica Walker, Clinical Associate Professor, School of Nursing

2025 – 2026
John (Eli) Durst, Associate Professor of Practice, College of Fine Arts, Department of Art and Art History
Jules Elkins, Assistant Professor of Instruction, College of Liberal Arts, Geography and the Environment
Gwendolyn Stovall, Associate Professor of Practice, College of Natural Sciences, Freshman Research Initiative and Molecular Biosciences
Tolga Ozyurtcu, Assistant Professor of Instruction, College of Education, Kinesiology and Health Education

2023
Jen Moon, Professor of Instruction, College of Natural Sciences, Biology Instruction Office

2021
Erika Bsumek, Associate Professor, College of Liberal Arts, History

2020
Carolyn Seepersad, Professor, Cockrell School of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

2025 – 2026
David Quintanilla, Associate Professor of Instruction, McCombs School of Business, Business, Government, and Society

2024 – 2025
Jennifer Austin, Professor of Instruction, College of Natural Sciences, Mathematics

2023 – 2024
Nina Telang, Professor of Instruction, Cockrell School of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering

2022 – 2023
Amy Liu, Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Government

2022 – 2021
Dawna Ballard, Associate Professor, Moody College of Communication, School of Advertising and Public Relations

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