The Dean of the College of Letters & Science honors outstanding instructional academic staff for their excellence in teaching and mentoring undergraduate students. To honor these contributions, the College offers individual L&S Academic Staff Teaching Excellence Awards and L&S Academic Staff Collaborative Teaching Excellence Awards.
All Recipients
2026 Recipients
- Ritt Deitz, Distinguished Teaching Faculty, Department of French & Italian
- Jeanne Schueller, Teaching Professor, Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+
- Cabell Gathman, Teaching Faculty, Department of Gender & Women’s Studies, Department of Sociology
- Joshua Weber, Course Coordinator, Department of Physics
2026 Milbourne Family Excellence in Innovation in Teaching Award Recipient
- Sarah Edlund, Teaching Faculty, Department of Integrative Biology
2025 Individual Recipients
- Saylín Álvarez Oquendo, Teaching Faculty II, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
- Amy Gangl, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Political Science
- David Johnson, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics
- Scott Mellor, Teaching Professor, Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+
- Kate Phelps, Teaching Faculty, Department of Gender and Women’s Studies
- Alexander Shashko, Lecturer, Department of African American Studies
2025 Collaborative Recipients
- Emily Hall, Distinguished Teaching Faculty IV, Department of English
- Abby Letak, Teaching Faculty II, Department of English