Award Description

This award recognizes a full-time faculty members for a record of teaching excellence at the University of North Texas for at least a five (5) year period. The $3,000 award is funded by the President's Council. The award will be presented at the Salute to Faculty Excellence Dinner and Ceremony.

Selection Process and Eligibility

All full-time faculty (tenured and professional faculty) are eligible, but previous recipients of the award are not eligible for nomination for five years following the receipt of the award. Faculty must be nominated by the Personnel Affairs Committee (PAC or LPAC) of a department, division, school or college or by any ad-hoc committee of three or more faculty members self-constituting. Administrators, including those who teach, are not eligible to apply.

Deadline

Selection criteria, application form, and nomination deadline can be found on the Faculty Senate website.

Award Recipients

YEAR FACULTY MEMBER DEPARTMENT

2025-26

Kenneth D. Cory

Management

2025-26

Dan J. Kim

Information Technology and Decision Sciences

2024-25

Joanna Davis-McElligatt

English

2024-25

Wesley Phelps

History

2023-24

Frances Perkins

Media Arts

2023-24

Kathryne Beebe

History

2022-23

Ӧzlem Altıok

Women's and Gender Studies, International Studies

2022-23

Michael Wise

History

2021-22

Nora Gilbert

English

2021-22

Sandra C. Mendiola García

History

2020-21

Glen Biglaiser

Political Science 

2020-21

Eric Nestler

Instrumental Studies, Woodwinds

2019-20

Priscilla Ybarra

English

2019-20

Christopher Fuhrmann

History

2018-19

Elizabeth A. Oldmixon

Political Science

2018-19

Shelley A. Riggs

Psychology

2017-18

Bethany Blackstone

Political Science

2017-18

Thorne Anderson

Mayborn School of Journalism

2016-17

Peter Johnstone

Criminal Justice

2016-17

Carol Wickstrom

Teacher Education and Administration

2015-16

Nancy Stockdale

History

2015-16

Gopala Ganesh

Marketing and Logistics

2014-15

Manjula Salimath

Management

2014-15

Ruthanne Thompson

Biological Sciences

2013-14

Nicole Smith

English

2013-14

Derrick D'Souza

Management

2012-13

Casey Barrio Minton

Counseling and Higher Education

2012-13

Janice Hauge

Economics

2011-12

Neal Brand

Mathematics

2011-12

Dee Ray

Counseling and Higher Education

2010-11

Donna Ledgerwood

Management

2010-11

Fang-Ling Lu

Speech and Hearing Sciences

2009-10

Margie Tieslau

Economics

2009-10

Haj Ross

Linguistics and Technical Communication

2008-09

Pam Harrell

Teacher Education and Administration

2008-09

Robin Henson

Educational Psychology

2007-08

Yvonne Chandler

Library Science and Information

2007-08

Bert Hayslip Jr.

Psychology

2006-07

Sue Bratton

Counseling and Higher Education

2006-07

Richard Tas

Hospitality Management

2005-06

Duncan Weathers

Physics

2005-06

Joseph Klein

Music

2004-05

Linda Di Fiore

Music

2004-05

Jennifer Way

Art History