Faculty of Distinction Recipients

2025-26 Faculty and Instructors of Distinction Recipients

• Dana Bardolph, Department of Anthropology
• Heather Bergan-Roller, Department of Biological Sciences
• Anna Klis, Department of Economics
• Clare Kron, Department of Biological Sciences
• Laurence Lurio, Department of Physics
• Bill Martin, Department of Biological Sciences
• Kunal Patel, School of Health Studies, Public Health
• Alicia Schatteman, Department of Public Administration
• Scot Schraufnagel, Department of Political Science
• Ches Thurber, Department of Political Science
• Laura Vilardell Domenech, Department of World Languages and Cultures

2024-25 Faculty of Distinction Recipients

• Gibson Cima, School of Theatre and Dance
• Trude Jacobsen Gidaszewski, Department of History
• Allison Gladfelter, School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
• Tao Li, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Jamie Mayer, School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
• Ji-Chul Ryu, Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Brian Sandberg, Department of History
• Anitha Saravanan, School of Nursing
• Stephanie Uhr, School of Nursing
• Douglas Wallace, Department of Psychology

Great Professor Award

The Great Professor Award recipients (2001-2024) are recognized as Honors Faculty of Distinction:

• 2024: Natalie Andzik
• 2023: Timothy Crowley
• 2022: Melanie Koss
• 2021: Valerie Garver
• 2020: David Ballantine
• 2019: Andrea Radasanu
• 2018: Leslie Sassone
• 2017: Bart Sharp
• 2016: Masih Shokrani
• 2015: Madelyn Kerbach Anderson and Tim Pierce
• 2014: Nicholas Pohlman
• 2013: Tim Ryan
• 2012: Rebecca Houze
• 2011: Dennis Barsema
• 2010: Nancy Castle
• 2009: Jason Hawke
• 2008: Christopher Jones
• 2007: Judy Santacaterina
• 2006: Steve Franklin
• 2005: Carol Demoranville
• 2004: Thomas Roberts
• 2003: Gary Glenn
• 2002: Nancy Nuzzo
• 2001: C. Daniel Dillman

"Teaching honors seminars are one of the highlights of my teaching load. It is so exciting to me to get to know students from across the university and to explore topics of interest to me with them. I learn so much from their diverse perspectives, and enjoy creating a classroom culture of respect, inquiry, and understanding." -Melanie Koss, professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction