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University Teaching Awards Recipients

The University Teaching Awards were first conferred in 1992 with the creation of the Charles Deering McCormick University Professorship of Teaching Excellence. They were then expanded in 1994 to include the Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lectureship and Clinical Professorship, and then again in 2000 to include The Alumnae of Northwestern Teaching Professorship.

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Award Recipients
Name Award Year
Kevin Boyle Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2019
Mesmin Destin Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2019
Mitra J. Hartmann Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2019
Danny M. Cohen Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Professor of Instruction 2019
Sara Owsley Sood Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Professor of Instruction 2019
Joshua Leonard Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2018
Miriam Petty Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2018
Catherine Woolley Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2018
Noelle Sullivan Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Lecturer 2018
Jill Wilson Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Professor of Instruction 2018
Jeremy Birnholtz Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2017
Vasili Byros Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2017
Nick Davis The Alumnae of Northwestern Teaching Professor 2017
Michael Jewett Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2017
Francesca Tataranni Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Professor of Instruction 2017
Tracy L. Vaughn-Manley Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Professor of Instruction 2017
Erin Waxenbaum Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Lecturer 2017
David W. Gatchell Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Clinical Professor 2016
Elizabeth M. Gerber Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2016
Erik Gernand Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 2016
Daniel J. O'Keefe Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2016
Wendy Lee Wall Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2016
Deborah Cohen Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2015
Walter B. Herbst Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Clinical Professor 2015
David N. Rapp Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2015
Karen Smilowitz Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2015
David Corr Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Clinical Professor 2014
Rebecca Gilman Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2014
Jeanne Weiland Herrick Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 2014
Todd David Murphey Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2014
Neelesh Patankar Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2014
Susie Phillips The Alumnae of Northwestern Teaching Professor 2014
Jack C. Doppelt Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2013
Benjamin Frommer Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2013
Nitasha Tamar Sharma Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2013
John M. Alongi Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 2013
Laura Schellhardt Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 2013
Bruce Earl Ankenman Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2012
Robert A. Orsi Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2012
John Torkelson Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2012
Eric Zaslow Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2012
Brodwyn Fischer The Alumnae of Northwestern Teaching Professor 2012
William Bleich Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 2012
Jinah Kim Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 2012
Wesley Burghardt Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2011
Dylan R. Penningroth Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2011
Michael Peshkin Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2011
Renee Engeln-Maddox Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 2011
Larry Stuelpnagel Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 2011
Ingrid Zeller Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 2011
Hans Jørgen Jensen Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2010
Indira M. Raman Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2010
Angela G. Ray Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2010
Mary M. Poole Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 2010
Michael F. Smutko Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 2010
Karl A. Scheidt The Alumnae of Northwestern Teaching Professor 2009
Wendy Nelson Espeland Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2009
David M. Meyer Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2009
Laurie Zoloth Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2009
Susan M. Piagentini Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 2009
Charles Samuel Yarnoff Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 2009
David L. Chopp Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2008
Julia A. Stern Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2008
David E. Tolchinsky Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2008
Lane Fenrich Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 2008
Eric Schulz Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 2008
Martina Bode Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 2007
Paul Edwards Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2007
Peter Hayes Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2007
Jules Law Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2007
Kevin M. Lynch Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2007
Edward Muir Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2006
Barry Nelson Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2006
Jeffrey Masten Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2006
Franziska Lys The Alumnae of Northwestern Teaching Professor 2006
Jesse Rosenberg Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Clinical Professor 2006
David Abrahamson Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2005
SonBinh Nguyen Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2005
Gail Williams Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2005
Ellen Wright Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 2005
Frederick Hemke Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2004
Lawrence Henschen Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2004
Melissa Macauley Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2004
Charles Whitaker Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Clinical Professor 2004
J. Edward Colgate The Alumnae of Northwestern Teaching Professor 2003
David Downs Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2003
Barbara J. Newman Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2003
Kathleen A. Stair Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 2003
Mallory Beth Thompson Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2003
Marcia B. Gealy Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2002
Edward Gibson Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2002
Richard A. Schwarzlose Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2002
William "Billy" Siegenfeld Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2002
Richard B. Silverman Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2001
Thomas O. Mason Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2001
John S. Buccheri Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2001
Ava Thompson Greenwell Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Clinical Professor 2001
Paul Arntson The Alumnae of Northwestern Teaching Professor 2000
Nicola K. Beisel Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2000
Richard Gaber Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2000
Michael Kocour Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 2000
Gary Saul Morson Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2000
Allen Taflove Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 2000
Joseph B. Lambert Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 1999
Richard Lueptow Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 1999
Dawn Mora Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 1999
Alan Sahakian Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 1999
Henry Binford Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 1998
Rives Collins Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 1998
Frances Freeman Paden Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 1998
Lawrence H. Pinto Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 1998
Ronald R. Braeutigam Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 1997
Dwight Conquergood Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 1997
Thomas William Heyck Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 1997
Franziska Lys Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 1997
George D. Bond Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 1996
Collette R. Coullard Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 1996
Nancy MacLean Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 1996
Barbara L. Shwom Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 1996
William Anthony Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 1995
Alvin Bayliss Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 1995
Dan P. McAdams Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 1995
Kenneth Seeskin Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 1995
Penny Lozoff Hirsch Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer 1994
W. Edward Olmstead Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 1994
Carl F. Petry Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 1994
David Protess Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 1994
Carl Smith Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 1994
S. Hollis Clayson Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 1993
Charles M. Payne, Jr. Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 1993
Ann Woodworth Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 1993
Jerry Goldman Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 1992
Edwin C. Rossow Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence 1992