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 the 2022-23 awards by Friday, Nov. 4, 2022.
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.
2021 - 2022 Trustee Teaching Award
Senior Award: Julie Brodie, Professor of Dance
Junior Award: Qussay Al-Attabi, Assistant Professor of Arabic
2020 - 2021 Trustee Teaching Award
Senior Award: Steve Van Holde, Professor of Political Science and International Studies
Junior Award: Erin Leatherman, Assistant Professor of Statistics
2019 - 2020 Trustee Teaching Award
Senior Award: H. Abbie Erler, Associate Professor of Political Science
Junior Award: Patrick Bottiger, Associate Professor of 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 (Classic)
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 Garcia (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
Junior: Scott Cummings (Chemistry)
Senior: Fred Baumann (Political Science)
1998
Junior: Michael Brint (IPHS)
Senior: Pamela Jensen (Political Science)
1997
Junior: Rosemary Marusak (Chemistry)
Senior: William McCulloh (Classics)
1996
Junior: Brad Hartlaub (Mathematics)
Senior: Don Rogan (Religious Studies)
1995
Junior: Harry Itagaki (Biology)
Senior: Margaret Patton (Dance)
1994
Junior: Juan DePascuale (Philosophy)
Senior: Royal Rhodes (Religious Studies)
1993
Junior: Timothy Shutt (IPHS)
Senior: Linda Metzler (Spanish)
1992
Junior: Benjamin Locke (Music)
Senior: Perry Lentz (English)
1991
Junior: David Harrington (Economics)
Senior: Owen York (Chemistry)
1990
Junior: Ellen Furlough (History)
Senior: Harry Clor (Political Science)
1989
Junior: Kimberly McMullen (English)
Senior: Dorothy Jegla (Biology)