Award Description
This prestigious award honors 10 professors from throughout Texas during the current academic year for their dedication to the teaching profession and superior teaching ability at the college level. Although the purpose of these awards is to provide recognition to the teaching profession, the selection committee will also consider factors such as research, publication, administration and related activities. Each award recipient will be honored with a certificate naming them “Piper Professor” of the year, a cash honorarium of $5,000, and a gold commemorative pin.
Selection Process/Eligibility
Under the current Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation guidelines, each institution may submit only one nomination. The Faculty Awards Committee reviews nominations and makes a recommendation to the President for approval of the selected candidate. The candidate for the award must be a full-time instructor. Nominations are taken in early fall, with the official announcement of award recipients made in May each year by the Piper foundation.
Deadline
Selection criteria, application form, and nomination deadline can be found on the Faculty Senate website.
Learn more about the Piper Professor Award on the Texas Comptroller website.
Award Recipients
Red type indicates individual received a Piper Professorship
YEAR | FACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENT |
---|---|---|
YEARYEAR
2024-2025 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Information Technology and Decision Sciences |
YEARYEAR
2023-2024 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Economics |
YEARYEAR
2022-2023 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Communication Studies |
YEARYEAR
2021-2022 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
History |
YEARYEAR
2020-2021 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
History |
YEARYEAR
2019-2020 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
History |
YEARYEAR
2018-2019 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
History |
YEARYEAR
2017-2018 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Philosophy & Religion |
YEARYEAR
2016-2017 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Political Science |
YEARYEAR
2015-2016 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
John Quintanilla |
DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Mathematics |
YEARYEAR
2014-2015 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
Smita Mehta |
DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Educational Psychology |
YEARYEAR
2013-2014 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
Michael McPherson |
DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Economics |
YEARYEAR
2012-2013 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
Neal Brand |
DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Mathematics |
YEARYEAR
2011-2012 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
Janice Hauge |
DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Economics |
YEARYEAR
2010-2011 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
Carol Wickstrom |
DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Teacher Education and Administration |
YEARYEAR
2009-2010 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
Francisco Guzman |
DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Business |
YEARYEAR
2008-2009 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
Julia Bushkova |
DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Instrumental Studies |
YEARYEAR
2007-2008 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
Pamela Harrell |
DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Teacher Education and Administration |
YEARYEAR
2006-2007 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
Kimi King |
DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Political Science |
YEARYEAR
2005-2006 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
Mariela Nunez-Janes |
DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Anthropology |
YEARYEAR
2005-2006 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
Carol Wickstrom |
DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Teacher Education and Administration |
YEARYEAR
2003-2004 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
Audhesh Paswan |
DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Marketing and Logistics |
YEARYEAR
2001-2002 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
Frank Feigert |
DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Political Science |
YEARYEAR
2000-2001 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
Margie Tieslau |
DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Economics |
YEARYEAR
2000-2001 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
James Roberts |
DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Physics |
YEARYEAR
1998-1999 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Management |
YEARYEAR
1995-1996 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
Gloria Cox |
DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Political Science |
YEARYEAR
1987-1988 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
Donna Clevinger |
DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Dance and Theatre |
YEARYEAR
1979-1980 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
Anshel Brusilow |
DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Music |
YEARYEAR
1972-1973 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
Ruth Anderson |
DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Business |
YEARYEAR
1968-1969 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
Clovis Morrisson |
DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Government (now Political Science) |
YEARYEAR
1964-1965 |
FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
Helen Hewitt |
DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
Music |