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Home / Featured Content / NIU Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award Recipients

NIU Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award Recipients

Year Name NIU Department
2019 Kate Cady Communication
Myoung Jung Special & Early Education
Tim Ryan History
2018 Emma Kuby History
Jie Chen School of Nursing
Amanda Littauer Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality
2017 Paul Dawkins Mathematical Sciences
Diane Rodgers Sociology
Katja Wiemer Psychology
2016 Jason Hanna Philosophy
Jeanne Isabel Allied Heath & Communicative Disorders
Qingkai Kong Mathematical Sciences
2015 Steven Daskal Jason Hanna
Amanda Durik Psychology
James Horn Chemistry & Biochemistry
2014 Mary Lynn Henningsen Communication
Geoffrey Pynn Philosophy
Toni VanLaarhoven Special and Early Education
2013 Timothy Aurand Management
Rebecca Hannagan Political Science
Betty Helen LaFrance Communication
2012 Terry Bishop Management
Nancy LaCursia Nursing & Health Studies
Andrea Radasanu Political Science
2011 Michael Konen Geography
Michael Morris Foreign Languages & Literatures
Brendan Swedlow Political Science
2010 J.D. Bowers History
Dennis Cessarotti Technology
Kenneth Gasser Biological Sciences
2009 Mylan Engel Philosophy
Lesley Rigg Geography
Jeanette Rossetti Nursing
2008 Anne Britt Psychology
Ed Klonoski Music
Melissa Lenczewski Geology and Environmental Geosciences
2007 Judith Lukaszuk Family, Consumer and Nutrition Sciences
Carla Montgomery Geology and Environmental Geosciences
Julie Robertson Nursing
2006 Katharina Barbe German
Lisa Finkelstein Psychology
David Gunkel Communication
2005 Julie Hillery Family and Consumer and Nutrition Sciences
Lee Shumow Leadership, Educational Psychology & Foundations
Allan Zollman Mathematical Sciences
2004 Kristen Myers Sociology
Amy Newman English
Lawrence Stoffel Music
2003 Jenny Parker Kinesiology and Physical Education
Joseph Scudder Communication
David Sinason Accountancy
2002 Richard Blecksmith Mathematical Sciences
James Giles English
Christopher Jones Political Science
2001 Rick Ridnour Marketing
William Koehler Music
Judith Testa Art
2000 Donald E. Hardy English
Ayhan Lash Nursing
Ronnie Wooten Music
1999 Daniel Grubb Mathematical Science
Chhiu-Tsu Lin Chemistry and Biochemistry
Kathleen Propp Communication Studies
1998 David S. Ballantine, Jr. Chemistry
Linda M. Johnson Accountancy
Jay A. Stravers Geology
1997 Dianne Cearlock Allied Health
Angela Powers Communication
Stephen Squires Music
1996 Elizabeth Kay Allied Health
Sean Shesgreen English
Gordon Hilton Political Science
1995 Gary Glenn Political Science
Bernard Harris Mathematical Sciences
Promod Vohra Technology
1994 Arthur Doederlein Communication Studies
Henry Leonard Mathematical Sciences
Seymour Simon Psychology
1993 Curtiss Behrens Management
Harvey Blau Mathematical Sciences
B. Diane Kinder Educ. Psychology, Counseling, & Special Education
1992 Arra M. Garab English
Antonio J. Garcia School of Music
Sondra King Human and Family Resources
1991 David E. Keys Accountancy
Charles Larson Communication Studies
Charles J. Olson School of Art
1990 William Blair Mathematical Science
Robert LaConto Journalism
Helen Merritt School of Art
1989 Jeffrey Chown Communication Studies
Curtis Norton Accountancy
Carl Roskott Music
1988 William Johnson English
Randall Newsom Theatre Arts
Ahmed Rifai BSA
1987 Donald Brod Journalism
Elliott Lessen LDSE
Peter Nicholls Math
1986 John Beachy Math
Darrell E. Newell Electrical Engineering
J. Patrick White History
1985 Arnold Hampel Biological Sciences
Richard H. Howland Marketing
William Snyder Chemistry
1984 Sue Warrick Doederlein English
Kuo-Huang Han Music
John R. Simon Accountancy
1983 Charles A. Pennel English
William M. Shearer Communicative Disorders
Harold O. Wright, Jr. BEAS
1982 Laszlo Hanzely Biological Sciences
Askari H. Kizilbash Marketing
Avra Liakos Art
1981 Jaroslaw Komarynsky Finance
F. Marion Miller Chemistry
Diane Ragains Music
1980 Charles (Tim) Blickhan Music
Walter S. Dewey Theatre Arts
Linda R. Sons Math
1979 Floyd L. Crank BEAS
Gustaaf Van Cromphout English
Robert F. Wheeler Math
1978 Jan Bach Music
James Hendricks Accountancy
Doris Crank BEAS
1977 Lawrence Hapeman LDSE
Jack Villmow Geography
Richard Preston Physics
1976 Esther Mocega-Gonzales Foreign Languages and Literature
Patrick Delaney Accountancy
Louis Mustari Art
1975 Sharon A. Plowman Physical Education
Norman Potts Theatre Arts
John Starkey LDSE
1974 Dimitri Liakos Art
Margaret Wood Speech Communication
Ruth Woolschlager BEAS
1973 Mazhar Hasan Physics
Kathryn Iliff Accountancy
Paul Steg Music
1972 Leonard Kouba Geography
M. Jack Parker Speech Communication
Vernon Wills LEPS
1971 Frank Bazeli LEPS
Allan Dionisopoulos Political Science
Hallie Hamilton Journalism
Ralph Novak Management
Elwood Smith Music
Joe Vaughn Chemistry
1970 Abdul Basti Finance
Mary Frances Reed Home Economics
John Rhoads Sociology
1969 Arnold Fox English
E. Edward Harris BEAS
Edward Herbert English
1968 J. Hubert Dunn Physical Education
Parvine Mahmoud Foreign Languages and Literature
Rosalie Reynolds Chemistry
1967 John Bower Chemistry
John Collins History
Lucien Stryk English
1966 Donald Kieso Accountancy
Richard Little Political Science
Donald Murray English
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