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Northwestern’s close to 8,000 faculty members are leaders in their fields. They are Nobel Prize laureates, Tony Award winners, Guggenheim Fellows, and MacArthur Fellows. They continually push the boundaries of knowledge, explore new possibilities, and lead the world in their discoveries and accomplishments. We are justifiably very proud of our esteemed faculty.

The Office of the Provost administers a number of award programs to recognize and celebrate the achievements of our faculty members:

• The Alumnae Award for Curriculum Development supports faculty work over the summer to develop innovative course materials, new courses, or new modes of teaching, including online education that will benefit our undergraduate students.
• The Daniel I. Linzer Award for Excellence in Diversity and Equity recognizes faculty individuals or groups who are working collaboratively to build a more diverse, inclusive and equitable climate at Northwestern University.
• The Provost's Digital Learning Fellowships provide resources to faculty who experiment with innovative learning technologies.
• The Daniel I. Linzer Grant for Faculty Innovation in Diversity and Equity is designed to fund innovative and novel faculty practices that will enhance our mission of education and research through improved diversity and inclusion at Northwestern University.
• The University Teaching Awards annually recognize and celebrate individual faculty members who have consistently demonstrated outstanding performance in classroom teaching, or who have developed significant innovations that have also influenced the methods and teaching effectiveness of other faculty.
• The Ver Steeg Fellowship recognizes tenured faculty whose research and scholarship enhance the reputation of Northwestern, both nationally and internationally.
• The Walder Award is annually awarded to a faculty member in any school or discipline for excellence in research.

Recent Honorees

Jeremy Birnholtz

Alumnae of Northwestern University Award for Curriculum Development

Associate Professor in Communication Studies, School of Communication, and Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, McCormick School of Engineering

Amanda Stathopoulos

Alumnae of Northwestern University Award for Curriculum Development

Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering

Vicky Kalogera

Walder Award for Research Excellence

Erastus O. Haven Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Linda Broadbelt

Ver Steeg Distinguished Research Fellowship

Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering

Jeremy Birnholtz

Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence

Associate Professor in Communication Studies, School of Communication, and Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, McCormick School of Engineering

Vasili Byros

Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence

Associate Professor of Music Theory and Cognition, Bienen School of Music

Nick Davis

The Alumnae of Northwestern Teaching Professor

Associate Professor in English and Gender Studies, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Michael Jewett

Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence

Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering

Francesca Tataranni

Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Professor of Instruction

Professor of Instruction in Classics, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Tracy L. Vaughn-Manley

Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Professor of Instruction

Associate Professor of Liberal Arts in Residence, Northwestern University-Qatar, and Associate Professor of Instruction in African American Studies, and by courtesy, in English, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Erin Waxenbaum

Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Lecturer

Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences