Award Winners
Distinguished Professor Award
Susan Burgess, undergraduate director of political science, was selected as the 2018 Distinguished Professor.
Other recent award winners:
- Alexander Govorov, Ph.D., physics
- Judith Yaross Lee, Ph.D., English
Presidential Teacher Award
Brittany Peterson, associate professor in the School of Communication Studies and the coordinator of e-learning in the Scripps College of Communication, was selected as a Presidential Teacher Award recipient for 2017–2018 and 2019–2020.
Other recent award winners:
- Roger Braun, fine arts
- Robert Klein, mathematics
- Tresa Randall, dance
Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching
The inaugural recipient of the Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2017–2019 is Dr. Klaus Himmeldirk, senior lecturer in chemistry and biochemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences.
The Charles J. Ping Institute for the Teaching of the Humanities
The Ping Institute endowment provides funding for three named chairs: the Charles J. Ping Professor of Humanities, the J. Richard Hamilton/Baker & Hostetler Professor of Humanities, and the James S. Reid/Standard Products Company Professor of Humanities. The current Distinguished Teaching Professors of the Ping Institute are Fred Drogula, Charles J. Ping Professor of Humanities, Director of the Ping Institute, Professor of Classics; William F. Condee, J. Richard Hamilton/Baker & Hostetler Professor of Humanities and Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts; and Linda Rice, James S. Reid/Standard Products Company Professor of Humanities and Professor of English.
The list of current and former distinguished teaching professors and fellows is available here.
Regional Higher Education Outstanding Professor Award
Lisa Haven, professor of English at the Zanesville Campus, received the 2017 Regional Higher Education Outstanding Professor Award.
Graduate Associate Outstanding Teaching Award
The 2020 Graduate Associate Outstanding Teaching Award recipients are:
- Raeven A. Bastock, Interdisciplinary Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Kellye Annora Blosser, Communication Media Arts
- Logan P. Jacobs, Geology
- Matthew Valdovinos, Film
University Professor
The 2020–2021 University Professor recipients are:
- DeLysa Burnier, Political Science
- Brian David Evans, Theater
- William Albert Young II, Analytics and Information Systems
- Linda Joan Zionkowski, English
College-Specific Awards
Dean’s Outstanding Teacher (College of Arts and Sciences)
Carl Brune, professor of physics and astronomy, received the College of Arts and Sciences’ Dean’s Outstanding Teacher Award in 2013.
Jeanette G. Grasselli Brown Faculty Teaching (College of Arts and Sciences)
Rebecca Barlag, associate lecturer and director of B.S. forensic chemistry, and Chester Pach, associate professor of history, received a Jeanette G. Grasselli Brown Faculty Teaching Award in 2017.