Awards
- Faculty Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
- Faculty Excellence in Graduate Teaching
- Faculty Excellence in Research and Creativity (Sciences)
- Faculty Excellence in Research and Creativity (Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences)
Honorees will receive a monetary award of $500 deposited in an internal University account and special recognition in the fall with the UConn Foundation Board.
The Faculty Excellence in Teaching Awards are given to individual faculty for excellence in teaching. These awards recognize individuals who rise above good instruction, engage students thoroughly in the process of learning, and have contributed significantly to the intellectual life of the University through their teaching. Individuals who are nominated for this award must have a distinguished record of sustained teaching excellence and must have worked at UConn for at least 10 years.
The Faculty Excellence in Research and Creativity Awards are given to individual faculty who have made significant and or creative contributions to a field of knowledge or area of inquiry. These awards recognize research excellence and the highest levels of creativity that enhance the University’s academic and creative reputation. Individuals who are nominated for this award must have a distinguished record of ongoing scholarly and/or creative productivity and must have worked at UConn for at least 10 years.
Submitting a Nomination
Self nominations are not allowed
- The nominator must submit a complete set of nomination materials in a single PDF to provost@uconn.edu.
- The subject line must read “UConn Alumni – Faculty Excellence Awards.”
- Nomination materials should be in the order listed below.
- Nominees must have worked at UConn for at least 10 years to be eligible.
- The deadline to submit a nomination is Wednesday, March 23, 2022.
The Faculty Excellence Awards committee will convene this spring to select this year’s awardees. Awards will be presented in the Fall of 2022.
Required Nomination Materials
Teaching Awards
- Completed cover page.pdf
- Nomination letter (no more than two pages) from a colleague with extensive knowledge of nominee’s teaching accomplishments. Relevant accomplishments could include evidence of outstanding classroom performance (beyond SETs), teaching innovations in the classroom, significant contributions to or development of instructional programs, and outstanding student advising and/or mentoring.
- Supporting letter from a colleague familiar with nominee’s teaching accomplishments
- Two (2) letters of support from current or past UConn undergraduate (for Undergraduate Level) or graduate students (for Graduate Level)
- Curriculum Vitae
- The Office of the Provost will acquire applicable (i.e. undergraduate or graduate) Student Evaluations of Teaching (SET) data from the past seven years for all nominees
Research and Creativity Awards
- Completed cover page.pdf
- Nomination letter (no more than two pages). The nominating letter should very clearly describe:
- The nature and significance of the individual’s scholarship, including relevant indicators of the breadth and/or depth of the contribution to the individual’s field
- Evidence of the individual’s national or international scholarly reputation. Although relevant accomplishments will vary by fields, possible evidence would include the number and quality of key publications, number and nature of citations, national or international invitations to present research and/or give keynote addresses, editorial positions based on scholarly reputation, participation in prestigious advisory boards or exhibits, grantsmanship, testimonials, and indicators of impact on practitioners and other user groups.
- Two (2) letters of support from colleagues with extensive knowledge of nominee’s research and/or creative contributions, with at least one from outside of UConn
- Curriculum Vitae
Year | Department/Distinction | Award | |
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1965 | * Wayne Plastridge | Department of Animal Diseases | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1965 | Andrew Schenker | Department of History | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1966 | * Arthur Schwarting | Division of Pharmacognosy | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1966 | Allan Broadhurst | Department of Speech | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1967 | * Roland Ward | Department of Chemistry | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1967 | Jack M. Davis | Department of English | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1967 | Galvin G. Gall | Department of Economics | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1968 | * Robert W. Stallman | Department of English | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1968 | Edwin W. Tucker | Department of Business Administration | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1969 | * Weston A. Bousfield | Department of Psychology | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1969 | * Frederick C. Turner | Department of Political Science | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1970 | Nathan L. Whetten | Department of Rural Sociology, Dean of the Graduate School | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1970 | * Harry J. Marks | Department of History | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1971 | * Hamilton D. Eaton | Department of Nutritional Sciences | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1971 | * Irene Kirk | Department of Germanic & Slavic Languages | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1972 | * James A. Slater | Systematics and Evolutionary Biology, Biological Sciences Group | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1972 | Gene J. Barbaret | Department of Romance & Classical Languages | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1972 | A. G. Medlicott, Jr. | Department of English | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1973 | * John C. Greene | Department of History | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1973 | Joel Kupperman | Department of Philosophy | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1974 | Heinz Herrman | Genetics and Cell Biology, Biological Sciences Group | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1974 | * Edward J. Rubins | Agronomy Department of Plant Science | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1975 | A. J. McEvily, Jr. | Department of Metallurgy | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1975 | Michael T. Turvey | Department of Psychology | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1976 | * Julian F. Johnson | Department of Chemistry | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1976 | Robert L. Bee | Department of Anthropology | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1977 | *Alvin M. Liberman | Department of Psychology | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1977 | * John Thomas Stock | Department of Chemistry | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1978 | *Paul G. Klemens | Department of Physics | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1978 | Vincent Carrafiello | Department of Business Administration | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1979 | * Glauco Cambon | Department of Romance & Classical Languages, Comparative Literature | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1979 | Leon W. Hoyer | School of Medicine | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1979 | * Charles Austin Lowe | Department of Psychology | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1980 | * Philip Shuchman | School of Law | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1980 | David Zeaman | Department of Psychology | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1980 | * Irving P. Cummings | Department of English | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1981 | Jean Lucas-Lenard | Biochemistry and Biophysics, Biological Sciences Group | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1981 | * George Mumford | School of Dental Medicine | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1981 | * Wyman R. Vaughan | Department of Chemistry | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1982 | * Hans Nowotny | Department of Metallurgy | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1982 | * Louis J. DeLuca | Department of Mathematics | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1983 | * Julian B. Rotter | Department of Psychology | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1983 | David Wilbur McKain | Department of English Avery Point | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1984 | * Arthur Chovnick | Genetics and Cell Biology, Biological Sciences Group | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1984 | James R. Knox | Biochemistry and Biophysics, Biological Sciences Group | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1984 | E. Russell Johnston, Jr. | Department of Civil Engineering | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1985 | Thomas G. Patterson | Department of History | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1985 | Bennett A. Brockman | Department of English | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1986 | Carroll O. Bennett | Department of Chemical Engineering | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1986 | Robert K. Gable | Department of Educational Psychology | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1987 | Philip Irving Marcus | Department of Molecular and Cell Biology | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1987 | George J. Allen | Department of Psychology | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1987 | John L. Allen | Department of Geography | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1988 | Howard Lasnik | Department of Linguistics | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1988 | Richard F. Kochanek | Department of Accounting | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1989 | Lindsay H. Allen | Department of Nutritional Sciences | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1989 | Derek W. Allinson | Agronomy – Department of Plant Science | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1990 | Philip Rosenberg | Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1990 | Keith Barker | Department of Computer Science and Engineering | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1991 | Richard Brown | Department of History | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1991 | * Norman Klein | Department of Animal Science | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1991 | Virginia Ogden Birdsall | Department of English – Avery Point Campus | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1992 | Joseph S. Renzulli | Department of Education Psychology | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1992 | Steven K. Wisensale | School of Family Studies | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1993 | Steven L. Suib | Department of Chemistry | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1993 | Irving Kirsch | Department of Psychology | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1994 | C. David Benson | Department of English | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1994 | Joseph Budnick | Department of Physics | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1994 | James Bobbitt | Department of Chemistry | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1995 | Ross Buck | Department of Communication Sciences | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1995 | R. Jack Schultz | Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1995 | Barry G. Sheckley | Department of Educational Leadership | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1996 | Alexandros Makriyannis | School of Pharmacy | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1996 | * Richard Reynolds | Department of English | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1997 | Steven Cohen | School of Pharmacy | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1997 | Ruth G. Millikan | Department of Philosophy | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1997 | William Francis Bailey | Department of Chemistry | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1998 | Evarist Gine | Department of Mathematics | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1998 | David R. Miller | College of Agriculture and Natural Resources | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1998 | Scott W. Brown | School of Education | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1999 | Lynn Z. Bloom | Department of English | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1999 | Harry A. Frank | Department of Chemistry | Faculty Excellence in Research |
1999 | John C. Bennett, Jr. | Department of Chemistry | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
1999 | Janine N. Caira | Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
2000 | Robert K. Colwell | Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Faculty Excellence in Research |
2000 | John A. Davis | Department of History | Faculty Excellence in Research |
2000 | Nina R. Heller | School of Social Work | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
2000 | William A. McEachern | Department of Economics | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
2001 | Margaret Gilbert | Department of Philosophy | Faculty Excellence in Research |
2001 | J. Larry Renfro | Department of Physiology and Neurobiology | Faculty Excellence in Research |
2001 | Douglas J. Cooper | Department of Chemical Engineering | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
2001 | Achilles Pappano | Department of Pharmacology – School of Medicine | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
2002 | Frank Costigliola | Department of History | Faculty Excellence in Research |
2002 | Bahram Javidi | Department of Engineering | Faculty Excellence in Research |
2002 | James Hurley | Department of Mathematics | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
2002 | John D. Salamone | Department of Psychology | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
2003 | Bette Talvacchia | Department of Art History | Faculty Excellence in Research |
2003 | Peter Turchin | Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Faculty Excellence in Research |
2003 | Thomas Terry | Department of Molecular and Cell Biology | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
2004 | Joel Kupperman | Department of Philosophy | Faculty Excellence in Research |
2004 | John Silander | Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Faculty Excellence in Research |
2004 | Mark Boyer | Department of Political Science – Graduate | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
2004 | Elizabeth Hanson | Department of Political Science – Undergraduate | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
2005 | Ronald Cotterill | Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics | Faculty Excellence in Research |
2005 | Dipak Dey | Department of Statistics | Faculty Excellence in Research |
2005 | David Miller | Department of Psychology – Undergraduate | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
2005 | Stuart Sidney | Department of Mathematics – Graduate | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
2006 | J. Peter Gogarten | Department of Molecular and Cell Biology | Faculty Excellence in Research |
2006 | Thomas Kehle | Department of Educational Psychology | Faculty Excellence in Research |
2006 | Karl Guillard | Department of Plant Science – Undergraduate | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
2006 | Kathleen Segerson | Department of Economics – Graduate | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
2007 | Kent Holsinger | Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Faculty Excellence in Research |
2007 | Richard Langlois | Department of Economics | Faculty Excellence in Research |
2007 | Richard Hiskes | Department of Political Science – Undergraduate | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
2007 | Michelle Williams | Department of Psychology – Graduate | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
2008 | Wolodymyr R. Madych | Department of Mathematics | Faculty Excellence in Research |
2008 | Nancy Naples | Department of Sociology | Faculty Excellence in Research |
2008 | Marijke Kehrhahn ’76, ’95 | Department of Educational Leadership – Graduate | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
2008 | Robert Milvae | Department of Animal Science – Undergraduate | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
2009 | Sharon Harris | Department of English | Faculty Excellence in Research |
2009 | William Kraemer | Department of Kinesiology | Faculty Excellence in Research |
2009 | Sandra Chafouleas | Department of Educational Psychology – Graduate | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
2009 | Linda Strausbaugh | Department of Molecular & Cell Biology – Undergraduate | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
2010 | Yaakov Bar-Shalom | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Faculty Excellence in Research |
2010 | Laura Crow | Department of Dramatic Arts | Faculty Excellence in Research |
2010 | David Mills | Department of Music – Undergraduate | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
2010 | Bandana Purkayastha ’99 | Department of Sociology – Graduate | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
2011 | Manos Anagnostou | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | Faculty Excellence in Research |
2011 | Seth Kalichman | Department of Psychology | Faculty Excellence in Research |
2011 | Kristin Kelly | Department of Political Science – Undergraduate | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
2011 | Jennifer Sterling-Folker | Department of Political Science – Graduate | Faculty Excellence in Teaching |
2012 | Thomas Morawetz | School of Law | Faculty Excellence in Research and Creativity (Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences) |
2012 | Quing Zhu | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Faculty Excellence in Research and Creativity (Sciences) |
2012 | Richard Pomp | School of Law | Faculty Excellence in Teaching (Graduate Level) |
2012 | Robert Gross | Department of History | Faculty Excellence in Teaching (Undergraduate Level) |
2013 | Bernard Goffinet | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Faculty Excellence in Research and Creativity (Sciences) |
2013 | Isaac M. (Morty) Ortega | Natural Resources and the Environment | Faculty Excellence in Teaching (Undergraduate Level) |
2014 | Ming-Hui Chen | Department of Statistics | Faculty Excellence in Research and Creativity (Sciences) |
2014 | Scott Harding | School of Social Work | Faculty Excellence in Teaching (Graduate Level) |
2014 | David A. Yalof | Department of Political Science | Faculty Excellence in Teaching (Undergraduate Level) |
2016 | Eldridge S. Adams, Ph.D. | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Faculty Excellence in Teaching (Graduate Level) |
2016 | Debra A. Kendall, Ph.D. | School of Pharmacy | Faculty Excellence in Research and Creativity (Sciences) |
2016 | John E. Mathieu ’80, Ph.D. | School of Business | Faculty Excellence in Research and Creativity (Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences) |
2016 | Steven Zinn, Ph.D. | College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources | Faculty Excellence in Teaching (Undergraduate Level) |
2017 | Chris Simon | Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Faculty Excellence in Research and Creativity (Sciences) |
2017 | Jennifer Sterling-Folker | Department of Political Science | Faculty Excellence in Teaching (Undergraduate) |
2018 | Challah Kumar, PHD | Department of Chemistry | Faculty Excellence in Research and Creativity (Sciences) |
2018 | Sandra Chafouleas, PHD | Neag School of Education | Faculty Excellence in Research and Creativity (Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences) |
2018 | Judy Brown, PhD | College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources | Faculty Excellence in Teaching (Undergraduate) |
2018 | Linda Pescatello, PHD | Neag School of Education | Faculty Excellence in Teaching (Graduate) |
2019 | Dr. Kumar Venkitanarayanan | CAHNR, Animal Science | Faculty Excellence in Research and Creativity (Sciences) |
2019 | Dr. Harry van der Hulst | CLAS, Linguistics | Faculty Excellence in Research and Creativity (Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences) |
2019 | Dr. Laura Donorfio | CLAS, Human Development and Family Sciences | Faculty Excellence in Teaching (Undergraduate) |
2019 | Dr. Kevin McEvoy | School of Business, Marketing | Faculty Excellence in Teaching (Graduate) |
2020 | Amy Dunbar, Ph.D. | School of Business, Accounting | Faculty Excellence in Teaching (Graduate) |
2020 | Ann Bucklin, Ph.D. | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Marine Sciences, | Faculty Excellence in Research and Creativity (Sciences) |
2020 | Noël A. Cazenave, Ph.D. | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Sociology | Faculty Excellence in Research and Creativity (Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences) |