Prior Award Recipients

Outstanding University Teacher Award, Tenured

• 2024
  Dr. Jimmy Chrismon, Wonsook Kim School of Theatre and Dance
  Dr. Derek Sparby, Department of English
• 2023
  Dr. Lindsey Thomas, School of Communication
  Dr. Sunil Chebolu, Department of Mathematics
• 2022
  Dr. Jennifer Banning, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
  Dr. Hulda G. Black, Department of Marketing
• 2021
  Sally Arnett-Hartwick, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
• 2020
  Terry Husband, School of Teaching and Learning.
  Myoung Jin Kim, Mennonite College of Nursing.
• 2019
  Adriana Ransom, School of Music
  Joseph Zompetti, School of Communication
• 2018
  Daniel Breyer, Philosophy
  Aimee Miller-Ott, Communication
• 2017
  Bill Anderson, Family and Consumer Sciences
  Richard Hughes, History
• 2016
  John Baldwin, School of Communication
• 2015
  Alycia Hund, Psychology
  John Kostelnick, Geography-Geology
• 2014
  Julie Jung, English
• 2013
  David Cedeño, Chemistry
  Robert McLaughlin, English
  Tina Brakebill, History
• 2012
  Virginia Teas Gill, Sociology and Anthropology
  Denise Wilson, Mennonite College of Nursing
• 2011
  Craig McLauchlan, Chemistry
  George Byrns, Health Sciences
• 2010
  Gary Creasey, Psychology
  Tim Fredstrom, Music
• 2009
  Roslin Hauck, Accounting
  Margaret Nauta, Psychology
• 2008
  Robert Broad, English
  Lisa Szczepura, Chemistry

Outstanding University Teacher Award, Non-Tenure

• 2024
  Dr. Amy Bloom, Department of Geography, Geology, and the Environment
• 2023
  Dr. Nichole Hughes-Liss, School of Communication
• 2022
  Gina L. Leffers, Department of Mathematics
• 2021
  Jennifer Woodruff, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
• 2020
  Jamillah Gilbert, Department of Special Education
• 2019
  Terry Lowe, Management and Quantitative Methods
• 2018
  Mark Grizzard, School of Music
• 2017
  Ben Stiers, School of Music
• 2016
  Robert Carroll, School of Communication
• 2015
  Megan Koch, Communication
• 2014
  Larissa Kennedy, History
• 2013
  Tina Brakebill, History
• 2012
  Lynn Kennell, Mennonite College of Nursing
• 2011
  Elisabeth Reed, Family and Consumer Science
• 2010
  Carol Lind, English
• 2009
  Jennifer Silva McDade, Communication
  Catherine B. Kaesberg, Mennonite College of Nursing
• 2008
  Julie Schumacher, Family and Consumer Sciences

Claire and Tom Lamonica Outstanding University Teaching Award

• 2024
  Steve Suess, School of Communication
• 2023
  Kate Boutilier, School of Communication
• 2022
  Julie A. Navickas, M.S., School of Communication
• 2021
  Elizabeth Chupp, School of Communication
• 2020
  Krystal Lewis-Pratl, Department of Special Education

University Teaching Initiative Award

• 2024
  Ruth Burke, MFA, Wonsook Kim School of Art
  Dr. Melissa HeilDepartment of Geography, Geology, and the Environment
  Dr. Kristina B. LewisDepartment of English
  Dr. Intan SuwandiDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology
  Dr. Andrew VentimigliaSchool of Communication
• 2023
  Dr. Theresa Adelman-Mullally, Mennonite College of Nursing
  Dr. Byron Craig, School of Communication
  Dr. Laura Finan, Department of Psychology
  Dr. Jeongae Kang, Special Education Department
  Dr. Shelby Putt, Department of Sociology & Anthropology
• 2022
  Ciera M. Lorio, Ph.D., Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
  Katherine N. Peeples, Ph.D., Department of Special Education
  Brea M. Banks, Department of Psychology
  Dr. Michael S. Hendricks, Department of Politics and Government
  Dr. Eda Ozyesilpinar, Department of English
• 2021
  Keith Pluymers, Department of History
  Allison Kroesch, Department of Special Education
  Saskia Beranek, Wonsook Kim School of Art
• 2020
  Madeline Trimble, Accounting Department
  Abigail Chipps Stone, Anthropology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology
  Luke Russell, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
  Mindy Ely, Department of Special Education
  Julie Campbell, Department of Psychology
• 2019
  Shamaine Bertrand, School of Teaching and Learning
  Lindsey Thomas, School of Communication
• 2018
  Jen Barnes, Family and Consumer Sciences
  Stef Gardiner-Walsh, Special Education
  Daniel Lannin, Psychology
  Sandra Osorio, Teaching and Learning
  Livia Stone, Sociology and Anthropology
• 2017
  Anna Arias, School of Teaching and Learning
  Tara Kaczorowski, Special Education
  Grace Kang, School of Teaching and Learning
  Tina Thompson, Management and Quantitative Methods
  Lisa Vinney, Communication Sciences and Disorders
• 2016
  Lauren Bratslavsky, School of Communication
  Shelley Clevenger, Criminal Justice Sciences
  Lea Cline, School of Art
  Tracy Mainieri, Kinesiology and Recreation
  Amanda Miller, Mathematics
• 2015
  Yojanna Cuenca-Carlino, Special Education
  Kathryn Jasper, History
  K. Megan Hopper, Communication
  Elise Verzosa Hurley, English
  Julie Raeder Schumacher, Family and Consumer Sciences
• 2014
  Hulda Black, Marketing
  Karen Stipp, Social Work
• 2013
  Matthew Himley, Geography/Geology
  Adrian Lyde, Health Sciences
  April Mustian, Special Education
  Lisya Seloni, English
  Li Zeng, Theatre and Dance
• 2012
  Jennifer Banning, Family and Consumer Sciences
  Daniel Breyer, Philosophy
  Rosanne Marshack, Music
  Jennifer Tobias, Mathematics
  Monica Noraian, History
• 2011
  Cynthia Edmonds-Cady, Social Work
  Lydia Kyei-Blankson, Educational Administration and Foundations
• 2010
  Hedda Meadan-Kaplansky, Special Education
  Jennifer Friberg, Communication Sciences and Disorders
  Chris Grieshaber, Health Sciences
  Maria Moore, Communication
• 2009
  Hae Jin Gam, Family and Consumer Sciences
  Shamira Gelbman, Politics and Government
  Martha C. Horst, Music
• 2008
  Bill Anderson, Family and Consumer Sciences
  Judith Briggs, School of Art
  Kevin Devine, Technology
  Brent Simonds, School of Communication
  Richard Sullivan, Sociology and Anthropology

Outstanding University Graduate Student Teaching Award

• 2024
  Alexis Quick, School of Communication
• 2023
  Omolola Lasisi, School of Communication
• 2022
  Viraj Patel, School of Communication
  Dorothy Margaret Stone, Department of English
• 2021
  Erianne Thedorf, School of Communication
• 2020
  Anjali Patel, School of Communication
  Josh Fitzgerald, Communication Education
• 2019
  Mallorie Latora, School of Communication
  Ashley Edwards, Family and Consumer Sciences
  Jillian Joyce Kaufmann, School of Communication
• 2018
  Enrico Spada, Theatre and Dance
  Abby Iocca, Family and Consumer Sciences
  Lisa Dooley, English
• 2017
  Alexander Kritselis, School of Communication
  Jamey Baietto, Family and Consumer Sciences
  Shane Combs, English
• 2016
  Jillian Joyce, School of Communication
  Stacy Cler, Chemistry
  Jeff Rients, English
• 2015
  David Ian Lee, Theatre and Dance
  Sean Goatley-Sloan, Communication
  Mark Servos, Chemistry
  Meg Gregory, English
• 2014
  Eric Varney, Communication
  Amy Christensen, Chemistry
  Sarah Hercula, English
• 2013
  Maura Cherney, Communication
  Vanessa Stalling, Theatre and Dance
  Deyaa AbuSalim, Chemistry
  Gina Cooke, English
• 2012
  Anna M. Wright, Communication
• 2011
  Matthew Spialek, Communication
  Liana Suhadolnik, Kinesiology and Recreation
  Ashley Mericle, Chemistry
• 2010
  Erin Frost, English
  Lily Fernandez-Flores, Biology
• 2009
  Ebony Murrell, Biological Sciences
  Chepina Witkowski, Mathematics
• 2008
  Suresh Marada, Biology
  Bryan Asbury, School of Communication
  Elizabeth Zold, English
  Janice Otto, Chemistry

1985-2007 Award Recipients