Past Teaching Award Winners & Finalists
Past Teaching Award Winners
St. Ignatius of Loyola Award for Excellence in Teaching
Name |
Title |
Award Year |
Finalists |
| Ping Jing |
Associate Professor, School of Environmental Sustainability
|
2024 |
Finalist: tavis jules, EdD, School of Education
Finalist: Ghazal Poshtkouhian Nadi, PhD, Interdisciplinary Honors Program
Rising Star: Aqdas Aftab, PhD, Department of English
Rising Star: Paula Tallman, PhD, Department of Anthropology
Runner-Up: Noah Butler, PhD, Department of Anthropology
Runner-Up: Abhishek Sharma, MBA, Quinlan School of Business
|
| Elizabeth Wakefield |
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
|
2023 |
Runner-Up & Rising Star: Joan Shapiro Beigh, DBA, Quinlan School of Business
Finalist: Hong Chen, MS, Department of Modern Languages
Finalist: Carolyn Tang Kmet, MBA, MSJ, Quinlan School of Business
|
|
Advanced Lecturer, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
|
2022 | ||
| Anne Reilly | Professor, Quinlan School of Business | 2021 | |
| N/A | N/A | 2020 (not awarded due to COVID-19) | |
| Lisa Erceg | Senior Lecturer, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures | 2019 | |
| Jennifer Zitzner | Advanced Instructor, Department of Biology | 2018 | |
| Héctor García Chávez | Spanish Senior Lecturer, Latin American and Latino Studies Program Director Associate Faculty, WSGS and Honors Program |
2017 | |
| Noni Gaylord-Harden | Professor, Department of Psychology | 2016 | |
| F. Bryan Pickett | Associate Professor, Department of Biology | 2015 | |
|
Curt and Linda Rodin Clinical Professor of Law and Social Justice; Co-Director, Civitas ChildLaw Center; Director, ChildLaw Policy Institute; Director, Legislation Policy Clinic
|
2014
|
Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching First Years
Name |
Title |
Award Year |
Finalists |
| René Luís Alvarez |
Clinical Associate Professor, History, Arrupe College
|
2024 |
Finalist: Richard Hutchins, PhD, Department of Classical Studies
Finalist: Cynthia Ho, JD, School of Law
Rising Star: Kristin de Nesnera, PhD, Department of Biology
|
| Michael Nguyen |
Clinical Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences, Arrupe College
|
2024 |
Finalist: Richard Hutchins, PhD, Department of Classical Studies
Finalist: Cynthia Ho, JD, School of Law
Rising Star: Kristin de Nesnera, PhD, Department of Biology
|
| Yuna Blajer de la Garza |
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
|
2023 |
Runner-Up: Paula Tallman, PhD, Anthropology
Runner-Up: Giancarlo Tarantino, PhD, Engineering
Finalist: Dianne Rothleder, PhD, Honors Program, Political Science
Finalist: Sarah Ali, PhD, Engineering
|
| Shannon Gore | Clinical Associate Professor, Communication, Arrupe College | 2022 | |
| Christopher Whidden | Senior Lecturer, Honors Program, Department of Political Science | 2021 | |
| N/A | N/A | 2020 (not awarded due to COVID-19) | |
| Joseph Vukov | Assistant Professor, Philosophy Department | 2019 | |
| Elise Martel Cohen | Instructor, Department of Sociology | 2018 | |
| Noah Butler | Instructor, Department of Anthropology | 2018 | |
| Julia Bninski | Clinical Assistant Professor of Literature and Writing; Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs for Curriculum and Assessment at Arrupe College | 2017 | |
| Linda Brazdil | Director of the Center for Science and Math Education; Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry | 2017 | |
| Kristen Irwin | Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy | 2016 | |
| Hans Svebakken | Senior Lecturer, Department of Theology | 2016 | |
| David Dennis | Professor, Department of History | 2015 | |
| John Kelly | Professor, Department of Biology | 2015 | |
| Daniel Amick | Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology | 2014 | |
| Andrew Harrington | Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Department of Computer Science | 2014 | |
| Molly Melin | Associate Professor, Department of Political Science | 2014 | |
| Robert Bucholz | Professor, History Department | 2013 | |
| Patrick Daubenmire | Associate Professor and Assistant Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry | 2013 | |
| Ping Jing | Assistant Professor, Institute of Environmental Sustainability | 2013 | |
| Brian Endless | Advanced Lecturer, Department of Political Science; Director, African Studies and African Diaspora Program | 2012 | |
| Sherrie Weller | Senior Lecturer and Writing Program Director, Department of English | 2012 |
Peter Hans Kolvenbach Award for Engaged Teaching
Name |
Title |
Award Year |
Finalists |
| Amy Kyhos |
Executive Lecturer, Quinlan School of Business
|
2024 |
Runner-Up: Susan McCarthy, MACC, Business, Arrupe College
Runner-Up: Stephen Mitten, SJ, School of Environmental Sustainability
|
| Sarah J. Diaz |
Lecturer & Associate Director, School of Law, Center for the Human Rights of Children (CHRC)
|
2023 |
Runner-Up: Laurie Jordan, PhD, Mathematics and Statistics
Runner-Up: Michael Nguyen, PhD, Environmental Sciences, Arrupe College
Finalist: Dian Squire, PhD, Niehoff School of Nursing
Finalist: Minwoo Jung, PhD, Sociology
|
| Michael Schuck | Professor, Department of Theology and School of Environmental Stability | 2022 | |
| Rebecca Silton | Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology | 2021 | |
| Tania Schusler | Assistant Professor, Institute of Environmental Sustainability; Coordinator, Solutions to Environmental Problems | 2020 | |
| Pamela L. Caughie | Professor of English | 2019 | |
| Elizabeth Lozano | Program Director, Communication Studies; Associate Professor, Department of Communication | 2018 | |
| Stacy Neier Beran | Senior Ignatian Lecturer, Quinlan School of Business | 2017 | |
| Reuben Keller | Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Sustainability | 2016 |
Alice B. Hayes Award for Advising and Mentoring
Name |
Title |
Award Year |
Finalists |
| Paula Tallman |
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
|
2024 |
Finalist: Heather Wheeler, PhD, Department of Biology
Runner-Up: Monica Edwards, MD, MPH, FACP, Stritch School of Medicine
Runner-Up: Wei-Ming Yu, PhD, Department of Biology
|
| Susan McCarthy |
Clinical Assistant Professor, Arrupe College, Business
|
2023 |
Runner-Up: Simon Kaja, PhD, Stritch School of Medicine
Rising Star:
Zoe Smith, PhD, Psychology
Rising Star:
Paula Tallman, PhD, Anthropology
Finalist:
Vijayalakshmi Ananthanarayanan, MBBS, MD, Stritch School of Medicine
Finalist:
Joseph Vukov, PhD, Philosophy
|
| Robert Gutierrez | Clinical Associate Professor, Psychology | 2022 | |
| Kate Phillippo | Associate Professor, School of Education and School of Social Work | 2022 | |
| Rodney Dale | Assistant Professor, Department of Biology | 2021 | |
| Elizabeth Vera | Professor, School of Education | 2020 | |
| Dali Liu | Associate Professor and Researcher, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry | 2019 | |
| Minerva Ahumada | Instructor, Department of Philosophy, Arrupe College | 2018 | |
| David Doherty | Associate Professor, Department of Political Science | 2018 | |
| Jennifer Parks | Professor, Department of Philsophy and Women and Gender Studies | 2017 | |
| Susana Cavallo | Department Chair and Professor, Spanish Language and Literature, Department of Modern Languages | 2016 | |
| Daniel Becker | Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry | 2015 | |
| Grayson Holmbeck | Clinical Program Director; Professor, Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology | 2014 | |
| Kathleen Kannass | Director, Infant and Early Childhood Cognition Lab | 2013 |
Magis Award for Part-Time Instructors
Name |
Title |
Award Year |
Finalists |
| Marina Ross |
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Fine and Performing Arts
|
2024 |
Finalist: Caroline Macon Fleischer, MFA, Department of English
Finalist: Adriane Van Zwoll, LSCW, School of Social Work
|
| Rebecca Zapatochny Rufo |
Instructor, Niehoff School of Nursing
|
2023 |
Runner-Up: Alexander McKinley, Theology
Finalist: Adam Dirnberger, Theology
|
| Sarah Dallof | Instructor, School of Communications | 2022 |
Mary Therese Langerbeck Award for
Undergraduate Research Mentoring
Name |
Title |
Award Year |
| Robert Bucholz | Professor, Department of History | 2021 |
| Rodney Dale | Assistant Professor, Department of Biology | 2021 |
| Michael Dentato | Associate Professor, School of Social Work | 2020 |
| Elizabeth Wakefield | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology | 2020 |
| Rebecca Silton | Associate Professor, Department of Psychology | 2018 |
| Miguel Ballicora | Professor, Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry | 2018 |
| Tim Hoellein | Assistant Professor, Department of Biology | 2017 |
| Stephen Mitten, S.J. | Director of Undergraduate Research at LUREC; Advanced Lecturer, Institute of Environmental Sustainability | 2017 |
| Joseph Milanovich | Assistant Professor, Department of Biology | 2016 |
| Amy Wilkinson | Senior Lecturer of Dance, Department of Fine and Performing Arts | 2016 |
| Howard Laten | Professor, Department of Biology | 2015 |
| Kim Williamson | Professor, Department of Biology | 2015 |
| John Donoghue | Associate Professor, Department of History | 2014 |
| Jeffery Huntsinger | Associate Professor, Department of Psychology | 2014 |
| Stefan Kanzok | Associate Professor, Department of Biology | 2014 |
Past Teaching Award Winners
St. Ignatius of Loyola Award for Excellence in Teaching
Name |
Title |
Award Year |
Finalists |
| Ping Jing |
Associate Professor, School of Environmental Sustainability
|
2024 |
Finalist: tavis jules, EdD, School of Education
Finalist: Ghazal Poshtkouhian Nadi, PhD, Interdisciplinary Honors Program
Rising Star: Aqdas Aftab, PhD, Department of English
Rising Star: Paula Tallman, PhD, Department of Anthropology
Runner-Up: Noah Butler, PhD, Department of Anthropology
Runner-Up: Abhishek Sharma, MBA, Quinlan School of Business
|
| Elizabeth Wakefield |
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
|
2023 |
Runner-Up & Rising Star: Joan Shapiro Beigh, DBA, Quinlan School of Business
Finalist: Hong Chen, MS, Department of Modern Languages
Finalist: Carolyn Tang Kmet, MBA, MSJ, Quinlan School of Business
|
|
Advanced Lecturer, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
|
2022 | ||
| Anne Reilly | Professor, Quinlan School of Business | 2021 | |
| N/A | N/A | 2020 (not awarded due to COVID-19) | |
| Lisa Erceg | Senior Lecturer, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures | 2019 | |
| Jennifer Zitzner | Advanced Instructor, Department of Biology | 2018 | |
| Héctor García Chávez | Spanish Senior Lecturer, Latin American and Latino Studies Program Director Associate Faculty, WSGS and Honors Program |
2017 | |
| Noni Gaylord-Harden | Professor, Department of Psychology | 2016 | |
| F. Bryan Pickett | Associate Professor, Department of Biology | 2015 | |
|
Curt and Linda Rodin Clinical Professor of Law and Social Justice; Co-Director, Civitas ChildLaw Center; Director, ChildLaw Policy Institute; Director, Legislation Policy Clinic
|
2014
|
Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching First Years
Name |
Title |
Award Year |
Finalists |
| René Luís Alvarez |
Clinical Associate Professor, History, Arrupe College
|
2024 |
Finalist: Richard Hutchins, PhD, Department of Classical Studies
Finalist: Cynthia Ho, JD, School of Law
Rising Star: Kristin de Nesnera, PhD, Department of Biology
|
| Michael Nguyen |
Clinical Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences, Arrupe College
|
2024 |
Finalist: Richard Hutchins, PhD, Department of Classical Studies
Finalist: Cynthia Ho, JD, School of Law
Rising Star: Kristin de Nesnera, PhD, Department of Biology
|
| Yuna Blajer de la Garza |
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
|
2023 |
Runner-Up: Paula Tallman, PhD, Anthropology
Runner-Up: Giancarlo Tarantino, PhD, Engineering
Finalist: Dianne Rothleder, PhD, Honors Program, Political Science
Finalist: Sarah Ali, PhD, Engineering
|
| Shannon Gore | Clinical Associate Professor, Communication, Arrupe College | 2022 | |
| Christopher Whidden | Senior Lecturer, Honors Program, Department of Political Science | 2021 | |
| N/A | N/A | 2020 (not awarded due to COVID-19) | |
| Joseph Vukov | Assistant Professor, Philosophy Department | 2019 | |
| Elise Martel Cohen | Instructor, Department of Sociology | 2018 | |
| Noah Butler | Instructor, Department of Anthropology | 2018 | |
| Julia Bninski | Clinical Assistant Professor of Literature and Writing; Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs for Curriculum and Assessment at Arrupe College | 2017 | |
| Linda Brazdil | Director of the Center for Science and Math Education; Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry | 2017 | |
| Kristen Irwin | Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy | 2016 | |
| Hans Svebakken | Senior Lecturer, Department of Theology | 2016 | |
| David Dennis | Professor, Department of History | 2015 | |
| John Kelly | Professor, Department of Biology | 2015 | |
| Daniel Amick | Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology | 2014 | |
| Andrew Harrington | Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Department of Computer Science | 2014 | |
| Molly Melin | Associate Professor, Department of Political Science | 2014 | |
| Robert Bucholz | Professor, History Department | 2013 | |
| Patrick Daubenmire | Associate Professor and Assistant Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry | 2013 | |
| Ping Jing | Assistant Professor, Institute of Environmental Sustainability | 2013 | |
| Brian Endless | Advanced Lecturer, Department of Political Science; Director, African Studies and African Diaspora Program | 2012 | |
| Sherrie Weller | Senior Lecturer and Writing Program Director, Department of English | 2012 |
Peter Hans Kolvenbach Award for Engaged Teaching
Name |
Title |
Award Year |
Finalists |
| Amy Kyhos |
Executive Lecturer, Quinlan School of Business
|
2024 |
Runner-Up: Susan McCarthy, MACC, Business, Arrupe College
Runner-Up: Stephen Mitten, SJ, School of Environmental Sustainability
|
| Sarah J. Diaz |
Lecturer & Associate Director, School of Law, Center for the Human Rights of Children (CHRC)
|
2023 |
Runner-Up: Laurie Jordan, PhD, Mathematics and Statistics
Runner-Up: Michael Nguyen, PhD, Environmental Sciences, Arrupe College
Finalist: Dian Squire, PhD, Niehoff School of Nursing
Finalist: Minwoo Jung, PhD, Sociology
|
| Michael Schuck | Professor, Department of Theology and School of Environmental Stability | 2022 | |
| Rebecca Silton | Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology | 2021 | |
| Tania Schusler | Assistant Professor, Institute of Environmental Sustainability; Coordinator, Solutions to Environmental Problems | 2020 | |
| Pamela L. Caughie | Professor of English | 2019 | |
| Elizabeth Lozano | Program Director, Communication Studies; Associate Professor, Department of Communication | 2018 | |
| Stacy Neier Beran | Senior Ignatian Lecturer, Quinlan School of Business | 2017 | |
| Reuben Keller | Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Sustainability | 2016 |
Alice B. Hayes Award for Advising and Mentoring
Name |
Title |
Award Year |
Finalists |
| Paula Tallman |
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
|
2024 |
Finalist: Heather Wheeler, PhD, Department of Biology
Runner-Up: Monica Edwards, MD, MPH, FACP, Stritch School of Medicine
Runner-Up: Wei-Ming Yu, PhD, Department of Biology
|
| Susan McCarthy |
Clinical Assistant Professor, Arrupe College, Business
|
2023 |
Runner-Up: Simon Kaja, PhD, Stritch School of Medicine
Rising Star:
Zoe Smith, PhD, Psychology
Rising Star:
Paula Tallman, PhD, Anthropology
Finalist:
Vijayalakshmi Ananthanarayanan, MBBS, MD, Stritch School of Medicine
Finalist:
Joseph Vukov, PhD, Philosophy
|
| Robert Gutierrez | Clinical Associate Professor, Psychology | 2022 | |
| Kate Phillippo | Associate Professor, School of Education and School of Social Work | 2022 | |
| Rodney Dale | Assistant Professor, Department of Biology | 2021 | |
| Elizabeth Vera | Professor, School of Education | 2020 | |
| Dali Liu | Associate Professor and Researcher, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry | 2019 | |
| Minerva Ahumada | Instructor, Department of Philosophy, Arrupe College | 2018 | |
| David Doherty | Associate Professor, Department of Political Science | 2018 | |
| Jennifer Parks | Professor, Department of Philsophy and Women and Gender Studies | 2017 | |
| Susana Cavallo | Department Chair and Professor, Spanish Language and Literature, Department of Modern Languages | 2016 | |
| Daniel Becker | Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry | 2015 | |
| Grayson Holmbeck | Clinical Program Director; Professor, Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology | 2014 | |
| Kathleen Kannass | Director, Infant and Early Childhood Cognition Lab | 2013 |
Magis Award for Part-Time Instructors
Name |
Title |
Award Year |
Finalists |
| Marina Ross |
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Fine and Performing Arts
|
2024 |
Finalist: Caroline Macon Fleischer, MFA, Department of English
Finalist: Adriane Van Zwoll, LSCW, School of Social Work
|
| Rebecca Zapatochny Rufo |
Instructor, Niehoff School of Nursing
|
2023 |
Runner-Up: Alexander McKinley, Theology
Finalist: Adam Dirnberger, Theology
|
| Sarah Dallof | Instructor, School of Communications | 2022 |
Mary Therese Langerbeck Award for
Undergraduate Research Mentoring
Name |
Title |
Award Year |
| Robert Bucholz | Professor, Department of History | 2021 |
| Rodney Dale | Assistant Professor, Department of Biology | 2021 |
| Michael Dentato | Associate Professor, School of Social Work | 2020 |
| Elizabeth Wakefield | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology | 2020 |
| Rebecca Silton | Associate Professor, Department of Psychology | 2018 |
| Miguel Ballicora | Professor, Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry | 2018 |
| Tim Hoellein | Assistant Professor, Department of Biology | 2017 |
| Stephen Mitten, S.J. | Director of Undergraduate Research at LUREC; Advanced Lecturer, Institute of Environmental Sustainability | 2017 |
| Joseph Milanovich | Assistant Professor, Department of Biology | 2016 |
| Amy Wilkinson | Senior Lecturer of Dance, Department of Fine and Performing Arts | 2016 |
| Howard Laten | Professor, Department of Biology | 2015 |
| Kim Williamson | Professor, Department of Biology | 2015 |
| John Donoghue | Associate Professor, Department of History | 2014 |
| Jeffery Huntsinger | Associate Professor, Department of Psychology | 2014 |
| Stefan Kanzok | Associate Professor, Department of Biology | 2014 |
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