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

2023-2024

Marjorie Tieslau

Economics

2022-2023

Megan Morrissey

Communication Studies

2021-2022

Christopher J. Fuhrmann

History

2020-2021

J. Todd Moye

History

2019-2020

Nancy Stockdale

History

2018-2019

Andrew J. Torget

History

2017-2018

Michael Thompson

Philosophy & Religion

2016-2017

John Ishiyama

Political Science

2015-2016

John Quintanilla

Mathematics

2014-2015

Smita Mehta

Educational Psychology

2013-2014

Michael McPherson

Economics

2012-2013

Neal Brand

Mathematics

2011-2012

Janice Hauge

Economics

2010-2011

Carol Wickstrom

Teacher Education and Administration

2009-2010

Francisco Guzman

Business

2008-2009

Julia Bushkova

Instrumental Studies

2007-2008

Pamela Harrell

Teacher Education and Administration

2006-2007

Kimi King

Political Science

2005-2006

Mariela Nunez-Janes

Anthropology

2005-2006

Carol Wickstrom

Teacher Education and Administration

2003-2004

Audhesh Paswan

Marketing and Logistics

2001-2002

Frank Feigert

Political Science

2000-2001

Margie Tieslau

Economics

2000-2001

James Roberts

Physics

1998-1999

Donna Ledgerwood

Management

1995-1996

Gloria Cox

Political Science

1987-1988

Donna Clevinger

Dance and Theatre

1979-1980

Anshel Brusilow

Music

1972-1973

Ruth Anderson

Business

1968-1969

Clovis Morrisson

Government (now Political Science)

1964-1965

Helen Hewitt

Music