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CAS Faculty Awards for Excellence in Teaching

2022

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Spencer Piston, Associate Professor, Political Science

2022 Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Didem Vardar-Ulu, Senior Lecturer, Chemistry

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Célia Bianconi, Master Lecturer, Romance Studies

College of Arts & Sciences Award for Distinction in First Year Undergraduate Education
Aleksandra Kasztalska, Lecturer, CAS Writing Program

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Education
Lucy Hutyra, Associate Professor, Department of Earth & Environment

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Part-Time Teaching
Michele Calandra, Lecturer, CAS Writing Program

2021

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Marc Gasser-Wingate, Department of Philosophy

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Saida Grundy, Department of Sociology

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Luluah Mustafa, Department of World Languages & Literatures

College of Arts & Sciences Award for Distinction in First Year Undergraduate Education
Heather Barrett, CAS Writing Program

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Education
Thomas Gilmore, Department of Biology

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Part-Time Teaching
Amy Bennett-Zendzian, CAS Writing Program

2020

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Theodora Goss, Writing Program

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Susanne Sreedhar, Department of Philosophy

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Benjamin Siegel, Department of History

College of Arts & Sciences Award for Distinction in First Year Undergraduate Education
Hongyun Sun, Department of World Languages & Literatures

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Education
Cynthia Bradham, Department of Biology
Ulla Hansen, Department of Biology

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Part-Time Teaching
Irena Katz, Department of World Languages & Literatures
Antonio Ochoa, Department of Romance Studies
 

2019

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Nina Silber, Department of History

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Yuri Corrigan, Department of World Languages & Literatures

Frank and Lynn Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Maria Datel, Department of Romance Studies

College of Arts & Sciences Award for Distinction in First Year Undergraduate Education
Catherine Klancer, Core Curriculum

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Education
Kate Snodgrass, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Playwriting Program

2018

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
John Marston, Department of Archaeology

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Joanna Davidson, Department of Anthropology

Frank and Lynn Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Zsuzsanna Varhelyi, Department of Classical Studies

College of Arts & Sciences Award for Distinction in First Year Undergraduate Education
Robin Stevens, Core Curriculum, and Maria Zlateva, Writing Program

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Education
Trevor Siggers, Department of Biology

2017

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Joe Harris, Department of Sociology

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Alexander Nikolaev, Department of Classical Studies

Frank and Lynn Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Rebecca Loy, Department of Chemistry

College of Arts & Sciences Award for Distinction in First Year Undergraduate Education
Bruce Watson, Department of Economics

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Education
Aron Beeler, Department of Chemistry

2016

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
James Uden, Department of Classical Studies

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Sarah Phillips, Department of History

Frank and Lynn Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Amy Appleford, Department of English and Core Curriculum

College of Arts & Sciences Award for Distinction in First Year Undergraduate Education
Kathryn Spilios, Department of Biology

College of Arts & Sciences Award for Excellence in Graduate Education
Daniel Dahlstrom, Department of Philosophy
H. Eugene Stanley, Departments of Physics and Chemistry

2015

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Walter Hopp, Department of Philosophy

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Manher Jariwala, Department of Physics

Frank and Lynn Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Catherine Connell, Department of Sociology

College of Arts & Sciences Award for Distinction in First Year Undergraduate Education
Sarah Madsen Hardy, Writing Program

College of Arts & Sciences Award for Excellence in Graduate Education
Peter Buston, Biology
Susan Mizruchi, English

2014

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Andrew West, Department of Astronomy

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Charles Griswold, Department of Philosophy

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Brooke Blower, Department of History

College of Arts & Sciences Award for Distinction in First Year Undergraduate Education
Maria Gapotchenko & David Shawn, Writing Program
Kyna Hamill, CAS Core Curriculum

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Education
Michael Lyons, Department of Psychology

2013

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Claudio Rebbi, Department of Physics

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Robinson W. Fulweiler, Department of Earth & Environment/Department of Biology

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Carrie Preston, Department of English/Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program

College of Arts & Sciences Award for Distinction in First Year Undergraduate Education
Anthony Wallace & William Marx, Writing Program
Deborah Belle, Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Education
Bruce Schulman, Department of History

2012

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Kevin Gallagher, Department of International Relations

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
David Sullivan, Department of Computer Science

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Gregory Williams, Department of History of Art & Architecture

College of Arts & Sciences Award for Distinction in First Year Undergraduate Education
James Pasto, Writing Program

2011

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Douglas Kriner, Department of Political Science

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Leonid Reyzin, Department of Computer Science

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Leslie Brody, Department of Psychology

2010

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Robert Pollack, Department of Mathematics

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Stephanie Nelson, Department of Classical Studies

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Giselle Khoury, Department of Modern Languages & Comparative Literature

2009

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Dana Bauer, Department of Geography & Environment

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Maurice Lee, Department of English

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Stephen Esposito, Department of Classical Studies

2008

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
John Cardonna, Department of Chemistry

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Susan Griffin, Department of Romance Studies

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Michael Corgan, Department of International Relations

2007

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Sean Elliott, Department of Chemistry

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Aaron Garrett, Department of Philosophy

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Julian Go, Department of Sociology

2006

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
John Finnerty, Department of Biology

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Nicholas Huckle, Department of Modern Foreign Languages

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Keith Morgan, Department of Art History

2005

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Aaron Fogel, Department of English

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Ashis Gangopadhyay, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Jonathan Barnes, Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures

2004

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Merry White, Department of Anthropology

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Andrew Duffy, Department of Physics

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Glen R. Hall, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

2003

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
John Straub, Department of Chemistry

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Diane Meuser, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Curtis Runnels, Department of Archaeology

2002

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Eliza Richards, Department of English

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Robert Carey, Department of Physics

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Harlan Spence, Department of Astronomy

2001

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Patricia Johnson, Department of Classical Studies

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
David Rohrlich, Department of Mathematics

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Michael Zell, Department of Art History

2000

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Andrew Cohen, Department of Physics

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Laura MacLatchy, Department of Anthropology

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Michael Zank, Department of Religion

1999

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Eric Widmaier, Department of Biology

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Stanley Rosen, Department of Philosophy

1998

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Alan Marscher, Department of Astronomy

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
James Pritchett, Department of Anthropology

1997

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
David Roochnik, Department of Philosophy

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Frederick Wasserman, Department of Biology

1996

Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Loren J. Samons II, Department of Classical Studies

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Mark Silverstein, Department of Political Science

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