Faculty Teaching Excellence Awards
Nomination Deadline: March 1st
The Faculty Teaching Excellence Awards recognize Brown faculty members for sustained and continued excellence in undergraduate teaching. One award can be made in each of the four major areas of the curriculum: humanities, life, physical and social sciences. The awards are named for past faculty members recognized for their teaching achievements: John Rowe Workman (Humanities), Elizabeth LeDuc (Life Sciences), Philip J. Bray (Physical Sciences), and William G. McLoughlin (Social Sciences). Each recipient will receive a professional development fund of $3,000 for each of two years. Nominations from any member of the Brown faculty are welcome, but should be directed to the chair or director of the appropriate academic unit, who will forward all nominations.
The portfolio of each nominee should contain:
- The candidate's current curriculum vitae.
- A written nomination (from the chair/director or with the endorsement of the chair/director) setting out the nominee's abilities and accomplishments in teaching. These statements should be no more than two pages in length.
- Summaries of departmental course evaluations from students for courses taught by the candidate over the past three years.
Additional material in support of the nomination on behalf of the candidate or by the candidate may be submitted as well. The Dean of the Faculty may request more information (e.g. letters from students and a teaching statement) from the finalists, if necessary. Nominations and materials can be sent electronically to the Dean of the Faculty or by campus mail to Box 1857.
Previous Years’ Recipients
| Phillip J. Bray Award | |
| 2012 -2014 | Christopher Seto, Associate Professor of Chemistry |
| 2011-2013 | Sarah Delaney, Assistant Professor of Chemistry |
| 2010-2012 | Richard Stratt, Newport Rogers Professor of Chemistry |
| 2010-2012 | Pascal van Hentenryck, Adjunct Professor of Computer Science |
| 2009- 2011 | Humphrey J. Maris, Hazard Professor of Physics |
| 2008- 2010 | David E. Cane, Vernon K. Krieble Professor of Chemistry |
| 2007- 2009 | Philip Klein, Professor of Computer Science |
| 2006-2008 | No recipient |
| 2005- 2007 | Antal Jevicki, Professor of Physics |
| 2005- 2007 | Matthew Zimmt, Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Chemistry |
| 2004- 2006 | Jan Hesthaven, Professor of Applied Mathematics |
| 2003- 2005 | Allan Bower, Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Engineering |
| 2002-2004 | No recipient |
| 2001-2003 | Stuart Geman, James Manning Professor of Applied Mathematics |
| 2000- 2002 | Michael I. Rosen, Adjunct Professor of Mathematics |
| 1999- 2001 | Robert A. Pelcovits, Professor of Physics |
| 1998- 2000 | Leslie Kaelbling, Adjunct Professor of Computer Science |
| 1997-1999 | Janet A. Blume, Associate Professor of Engineering |
| 1996-1998 | Joseph Silverman, Professor of Mathematics |
| 1995-1997 | Jan A. Tullis, Professor of Geological Sciences |
| 1994-1996 | Matthew Zimmt, Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Chemistry |
| 1993-1995 | Thomas Banchoff, Professor of Mathematics |
| Elizabeth LeDuc Award | |
| 2011-2014 | No recipients |
| 2010-2012 | Michael McKeown, Professor of Medical Science |
| 2009-2011 | Susan Gerbi, George D. Eggleston Professor of Biochemistry |
| 2008-2010 | Christine Janis, Professor of Biology |
| 2007-2009 | Kimberly Mowry, Robin Chemers Neustein Professor of Biomedicine |
| 2006-2008 | Michael Paradiso, Sidney A. Fox and Dorothea Doctors Fox Professor of Opthalmology and Visual Science |
| 2005-2007 | Kristi A. Wharton, Professor of Medical Science |
| 2004-2006 | Sally Zierler, Professor of Medical Science |
| 2003-2005 | Gary M. Wessel, Professor of Biology |
| 2002-2004 | Michael Lysaght, Professor of Biomedical Science and Biomedical Engineering (Research) |
| 2001-2003 | John R. Coleman, Professor of Biology |
| 2000-2002 | Mark F.Bear, Sidney A. Fox and Dorethea Doctors Fox Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences |
| 1999-2001 | Mark Bertness, Robert P. Brown Professor of Biology |
| 1998-2000 | Paul M. Knopf, Professor of Medical Science |
| 1997-1999 | Ferdinan Jones, Professor of Cognitive Linguistic & Psychological Sciences |
| 1996-1998 | Peter Heywood, Professor of Biology |
| 1995-1997 | William H. Warren Jr., Chancellor's Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences |
| 1994-1996 | Jonathan K. Waage, Professor of Biology |
| 1993-1995 | Kenneth Miller, Professor of Biology |
| William G. McLoughlin Award | |
| 2010-2014 | No recipients |
| 2009-2011 | Ralph Rodriguez, Associate Professor of American Studies |
| 2008-2010 | Rachel M. Friedberg, Senior Lecturer in Economics |
| 2007-2009 | Daniel J. Smith, Associate Professor of Anthropology |
| 2006-2008 | Rachel Morello-Frosch, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Community Health |
| 2003-2007 | No recipients |
| 2002-2004 | Roger Cobb, Professor of Political Science |
| 2001-2003 | Karl Jacoby, Professor of History |
| 2000-2002 | Wilbur J. Johnson Jr., Lecturer in Education |
| 1999-2001 | Roberto Serrano, Harrison S. Kravis University Professor of Economics |
| 1998-2000 | Ross E. Cheit, Professor of Political Science |
| 1997-1999 | Caroline Anne Karp, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies |
| 1996-1998 | Mary Gluck, Professor of History |
| 1995-1997 | Amy Remensnyder, Associate Professor of History |
| 1994-1996 | R. Douglas Cope, Associate Professor of History |
| 1993-1995 | Carolyn Dean, Professor of History |
| John Rowe Workman Award | |
| 2012-2014 | Lung-Hua Hu, Senior Lecturer in East Asian Studies |
| 2011-2013 | Cristina Abbona-Sneider, Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies |
| 2010-2012 | Lynne deBenedette, Senior Lecturer in Slavic Languages |
| 2009-2011 | No recipient |
| 2008-2010 | Zachary Sng, Associate Professor of German Studies |
| 2007-2009 | Dore J. Levy, Professor of Comparative Literature |
| 2006-2008 | Dedda DeAngelis, Senior Lecturer Emerita in Italian Studies |
| 2005-2007 | Stephanie Merrim, Professor of Comparative Literature |
| 2004-2006 | Jeri DeBrohun, Associate Professor of Classics |
| 2003-2005 | Michael C. J. Putnam, Professor Emeritus of Classics |
| 2002-2004 | Annie J. Wiart, Senior Lecturer in French Studies |
| 2001-2003 | David Konstan, Professor Emeritus of Classics |
| 2000-2002 | Walter Davis, Professor of English |
| 1999-2001 | Sylvie Toux, Senior Lecturer in French Studies |
| 1998-2000 | Bernard Reginster, Professor of Philosophy |
| 1997-1999 | Edward J. Ahearn, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and French Studies |
| 1997-1998 | Joseph Pucci, Associate Professor of Classics |
| 1995-1997 | Arnold Weinstein, Edna and Richard Salomon Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature |
| 1994-1996 | Meera Viswanathan, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature |
| 1993-1995 | Dietrich Neuman, Professor of History of Art & Architecture |