Established in 1999 - 2000 by the College's Board of Trustees, the annual awards recognize and reward two members of the Kenyon faculty for exemplary teaching informed by creative scholarship.
The Senior Award is awarded to a tenured level faculty member who has been teaching at Kenyon for at least ten years. The Junior Award is for either a tenured or tenure track faculty member who is in his or her first ten years at Kenyon. The awards, which carry $5,000 stipends, are intended to promote excellence by providing increased visibility for the College's most talented teacher-scholars.
Make a nomination for 2025-26 by Friday, December 6, 2025.
Nominations are made in the fall using the online nomination form and are submitted directly to the Office of the Provost. Winners will be announced at the Honors Day ceremony in the spring. All faculty members and students are encouraged to submit nominations for the awards. Letters of nomination, which will be reviewed by the president, provost, and associate provosts, need not be lengthy. They should, however, provide relevant detail in the form of anecdotes, data, examples, and testimony about the qualifications and strengths of a nominee. The reviewers will look for evidence of the capacity of a nominee's teaching to make a difference in students' lives.
The president, provost, and associate provosts will choose three finalists from each of the senior and junior faculty pools and forward their recommendations to the Curriculum and Faculty Committee of the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees will make its final choice in February.
2024 - 2025 Trustee Teaching Excellence Award
Senior Award: Tom Giblin, Professor of Physics
Junior Award: Iris Levin, Associate Professor of Biology & Environmental Studies
2023 - 2024 Trustee Teaching Excellence Award
Senior Award: Adele Davidson, Charles P. McIlvaine Professor of English
Junior Award: Margaret Stevenson, Associate Professor of Psychology
2022 - 2023 Trustee Teaching Excellence Award
Senior Award: Kerry Rouhier, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Junior Award: Leah Dickens, Assistant Professor of Psychology
2022
Senior: Julie Brodie (Dance)
Junior: Qussay Al-Attabi (Arabic)
2021
Senior: Steve Van Holde (Political Science, International Studies)
Junior: Erin Leatherman (Statistics)
2020
Senior: H. Abbie Erler (Political Science)
Junior: Patrick Bottiger (History)
2019
Senior: Bob Milnikel (Mathematics)
Junior: Austin Porter (Art History, American Studies)
2018
Senior: Karen Hicks (Biology)
Junior: James McGavran (Russian)
2017
Senior: Clara Román-Odio (Spanish)
Junior: Jacqueline McAllister (Political Science)
2016
Senior: Paula Turner (Physics)
Junior: Pashmina Murthy (English)
2015
Senior: Jay Corrigan (Economics)
Junior: Irene López (Psychology)
2014
Senior: Katherine Elkins (Humanities)
Junior: Zoë Kontes (Classics)
2013
Senior: Pamela Jensen (Political Science)
Junior: John Hofferberth (Chemistry)
2012
Senior: Jianhua Bai (Chinese)
Junior: Jaret Treber (Economics)
2011
Senior: Pamela Camerra-Rowe (Political Science)
Junior: Ivonne García (English)
2010
Senior: Sarah Murnen (Psychology)
Junior: Sarah Heidt (English)
2009
Senior: Perry Lentz (English)
Junior: Robert Mauck (Biology)
2008
Senior: David Suggs (Anthropology)
Junior: Glenn McNair (History)
2007
Senior: Thomas S. Turgeon (Drama)
Junior: Adam C. Serfass (Classics)
2006
Senior: Theodore O. Mason (English)
Junior: Wade H. Powell (Biology)
2005
Senior: Carol Schumacher (Mathematics)
Junior: Natalia Olshanskaya (Russian)
2004
Senior: Peter Rutkoff (American Studies)
Junior: Jonathan Tazewell (Drama)
2003
Senior: Michael P. Levine (Psychology)
Junior: Judy A. Holdener (Mathematics)
2002
Senior: Linda M. Smolak (Psychology)
Junior: Christopher M. Gillen (Biology)
2001
Senior: Reed S. Browning (History)
Junior: Sergei Lobanov-Rostovsky (English)
2000
Senior: Roy T. Wortman (History)
Junior: Carolin Hahnemann (Classics)
1999
Senior: Fred Baumann (Political Science)
Junior: Scott Cummings (Chemistry)
1998
Senior: Pamela Jensen (Political Science)
Junior: Michael Brint (IPHS)
1997
Senior: William McCulloh (Classics)
Junior: Rosemary Marusak (Chemistry)
1996
Senior: Don Rogan (Religious Studies)
Junior: Brad Hartlaub (Mathematics)
1995
Senior: Margaret Patton (Dance)
Junior: Harry Itagaki (Biology)
1994
Senior: Royal Rhodes (Religious Studies)
Junior: Juan DePascuale (Philosophy)
1993
Senior: Linda Metzler (Spanish)
Junior: Timothy Shutt (IPHS)
1992
Senior: Perry Lentz (English)
Junior: Benjamin Locke (Music)
1991
Senior: Owen York (Chemistry)
Junior: David Harrington (Economics)
1990
Senior: Harry Clor (Political Science)
Junior: Ellen Furlough (History)
1989
Senior: Dorothy Jegla (Biology)
Junior: Kimberly McMullen (English)