Cumulative

Annually, up to six Teacher–Scholar Awards are conferred on MSU tenure system faculty from the ranks of assistant professor and associate professor who early in their careers have earned the respect of students and colleagues for their devotion to and skill in teaching. 

2022 

• Elizabeth Dorrance Hall - Communication Arts & Sciences: Communication
• Bree Holtz - Communication Arts & Sciences: Advertising and Public Relations
• Ning Hsieh - Social Science: Sociology
• Stef M. Shuster -  Lyman Briggs
• Amy Simon - James Madison
• Marjorie Weber - Natural Science Plant Biology

2021

• David Blankfein-Tabachnick - College of Law
• Alyssa Hadley Dunn - Education: Teacher Education
• Rachel Mourão - Communication Arts & Sciences: Journalism
• Peter White - Lyman Briggs
• Bradley Willcuts - Arts & Letters: Theatre
• Willie Wai-Yeung Wong - Natural Science: Mathematics

2020 

• John Aerni-Flessner - Residential College in the Arts & Humanities
• Yadu Pokhrel - Engineering: Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Erin Purcell - Engineering: Biomedical Engineering
• Michaela TerAvest -  Natural Science: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Kjerstin Thorson - Communication Arts & Sciences: Advertising and Public Relations
• Courtney Venker - Communication Arts & Sciences: Communicative Sciences and Disorders

2019 

• Laura Chomiuk - Natural Science: Physics and Astronomy
• Sarah Douglas - Social Science: Human Development & Family Studies
• Saweda Liverpool-Tasie - Agriculture and Natural Resources: Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics
• N. Cecilia Martinez-Gomez - Natural Science: Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
• Deric McNish - Arts & Letters: Theatre
• Robert Montgomery - Agriculture and Natural Resources: Fisheries and Wildlife

2018 

• Saleem Alhabash - Communication Arts & Sciences: Advertising & Public Relations
• M. Daniel Caballero - Natural Science: Physics and Astronomy
• Michael Dease - Music: Jazz Studies
• Christine Greenhow - Education: Counseling, Educational Psychology & Special Education
• Kristin Parent -  Natural Science: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
• Vashti Sawtelle - Lyman Briggs; Natural Science: Physics and Astronomy

2017 

• Swarnavel Eswaran Pillai - Arts and Letters: English
• Jennifer Goett - James Madison
• Daniel Menchik - Lyman Briggs: Social Science Sociology
• Nathan Moore - Social Science: Geography and Spatial Sciences
• Rabindra Ratan - Communication Arts & Sciences: Media & Information
• Gretel Van Wieren - Arts & Letters: Religious Studies

2016 

• Lars Brudvig - Natural Science: Plant Biology
• Etienne Charles - Music: Jazz Studies
• Richard R. Lunt - Engineering: Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; Natural Science: Physics, Astronomy
• Georgina Montgomery - Lyman Briggs: Social Science History
• Sean A. Valles - Lyman Briggs: Arts and Letters Philosophy
• Joshua Yumibe -  Arts and Letters: English

2015 

• Mohammad Hassan Khalil - Arts & Letters: Religious Studies, Law
• Anna R. McAlister - Communication Arts & Sciences: Advertising & Public Relations
• Brian W. O'Shea - Lyman Briggs: Natural Science Physics & Astronomy
• Nelson Sepúlveda - Engineering: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

2014 

• Kristen N. Bieda - Education: Teacher Education
• Ryan C. Black - Social Science: Political Science
• Michael R. Callahan - Music
• Teena M. Gerhardt - Natural Science: Mathematics
• Wei Peng - Communication Arts & Sciences: Telecommunication, Information Studies & Media
• Benjamin I. Schmidt - Natural Science: Mathematics

2013 

• Rebecca Jacobsen - Education: Teacher Education
• Derek Kealii Polischuk - Music
• Cary J. Roseth - Education: Counseling, Educational Psychology, & Special Education
• Jeff Sakamoto - Engineering: Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
• Tobias Schoenherr - Broad: Business Supply Chain Management
• Alexander W. Shingleton - Natural Science: Zoology

2012 

• Kendra Spence Cheruvelil - Lyman Briggs: Agriculture & Natural Resources Fisheries & Wildlife
• Daniel Boyd Kramer - James Madison; Agriculture & Natural Resources: Fisheries 
• David M. Sheridan - Residential Arts & Humanities
• Benjamin T. Smith - Social Science: History
• Gwendolyn Burgett Thrasher - Music
• Ignacio Uriarte-Tuero - Natural Science: Mathematics

2011 

• Eric Aronoff - Residential Arts & Humanities
• Yael S. Aronoff - James Madison
• Kevin Bartig - Music
• Shantanu Chakrabartty - Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Tonghun Lee - Engineering: Mechanical Engineering
• Ethan Segal - Social Science: History

2010

• Ilana M. Blumberg - James Madison
• Clifford A. Lampe - Communication Arts & Sciences: Telecommunication, Information Studies & Media
• Maria Knight Lapinski - Communication Arts & Sciences: Communication
• Xiaobo Tan - Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
•  John C. Waller - Lyman Briggs: Social Science History
• S. Patrick Walton - Engineering: Chemical Engineering & Materials Science

2009

• Katherine Alaimo - Agriculture & Natural Resources: Food Science & Human Nutrition
• Steven J. Haider-  Social Science: Economics
• Mira Lee - Communication Arts & Sciences: Advertising, Public Relations & Retailing
• Christian Lotz - Arts & Letters: Philosophy
• Aaron M. McCright - Lyman Briggs: Sociology, Social Science
• Hee Sun Park - Communication Arts & Sciences: Communication

2008 

• Carl J. Boehlert - Engineering: Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
• Jennifer Mora Fay - Arts & Letters: English
• Gerd Kortemeyer - Lyman Briggs: Science and Mathematics Education
• Ramakrishna Mukkamala - Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Anna Pegler-Gordon - James Madison
• Kami J. Silk - Communication Arts & Sciences: Communication

2007 

• Pero Gaglo Dagbovie - Social Science: History
• Lynn Fendler - Education: Teacher Education
• Kelly L. Klump - Social Science: Psychology
• Carrie La Ferle - Communication Arts & Sciences: Advertising, Public Relations
• Sandra L. Snow - Arts & Letters: Music
• Peter K. Yu - Law

2006 

• Dorothea Anagnostopoulos - Education: Teacher Education
• Rigoberto Burgueño - Engineering: Civil & Environmental Engineering
• Andrew J. Mason - Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Charles Art Ofria - Engineering: Computer Science & Engineering
• Aron C. Sousa - Human Medicine: Medicine
• Miriam S. Weber Nielsen - Agriculture & Natural Resources: Animal Science

2005

• Daina Ramey Berry - Social Science: History
• Kathleen A. Hoag - Natural Science: Medical Technology; Agriculture & Natural Resources: Food Science and Human Nutrition
• Punya Mishra - Education: Counseling, Educational Psychology & Special Education
• Judith M. Whipple - Agriculture & Natural Resources: Agricultural Economics
• Rodney T. Whitaker - Arts & Letters: Music
• Antoinette WinklerPrins - Social Science: Geography

2004 

• Timothy P. Hogan - Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Bradley P. Marks - Agriculture & Natural Resources: Agricultural Engineering
• Joel T. Nigg - Social Science: Psychology
• Bryan K. Ritchie - James Madison
• Christopher J. Womack - Education: Kinesiology
• Yong Zhao - Education: Counseling, Educational Psychology & Special Education

2003 

• Laura Apol - Education: Teacher Education
• Mathew E. Doumit - Agriculture & Natural Resources: Animal Science
• Laurent Dubois - Arts & Letters: History
• Ranjani A. Krishnan - Broad: Business Accounting & Information Systems
• Charles B. Owen - Engineering: Computer Science & Engineering
• Rodney Lee Phillips - James Madison

2002 

• Anna Harwell Celenza - Arts & Letters: Music; Integrative Studies in the Arts & Humanities
• Leo C. Kempel - Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Jianguo Liu -  Agriculture & Natural Resources: Fisheries & Wildlife
• James R. Scarce, III - Natural Science: Lyman Briggs
• Juli S. Wade - Social Science: Psychology Natural Science, Zoology
• Pamela S. Whitten - Communication Arts & Sciences: Telecommunication

2001 

• Marsha Carolan - Human Ecology: Family & Child Ecology
• Christian Lastoskie - Engineering: Chemical Engineering
• Douglas Luckie - Natural Science: Lyman Briggs
• Troy Mariage - Education: Counseling, Educational Psychology & Special Education
• Cheri Speier - Business: Accounting
• Gregg VandeKeift - Human Medicine: Family Practice

2000 

• Neeraj Buch - Engineering: Civil & Environmental Engineering
• Alice Domurat Dreger - Natural Science: Lyman Briggs
• Mark H. Ebell - Human Medicine: Family Practice
• Jill L. Elfenbein - Communication Arts & Sciences: Audiology & Speech Sciences
• Sridhar Mahadevan - Engineering: Computer Science & Engineering
• Paul F. Mantica - Natural Science: Chemistry, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory

1999 

• Thomas Glasmacher - Natural Science: Physics & Astronomy
• David Ramsey - Veterinary Medicine: Small Animal Clinical Science
• Thomas Schmidt - Natural Science: Microbiology
• Madan Syal - Agriculture & Natural Resources: Agricultural Engineering
• Eric Torng - Engineering: Computer Science
• Colleen Tremonte - James Madison

1998

• Ronald C. Averill - Engineering: Materials Science & Mechanics
• M. Julia Grant - James Madison
• Kay E. Holekamp - Natural Science: Zoology
• Michael Largey - Arts & Letters: Music
• H. Christopher Peterson - Agriculture & Natural Resources: Agricultural Economics
• Diane T. Rover - Engineering: Electrical Engineering

1997

• Elizabeth A. Eldredge - Arts & Letters: History
• Jeanne M. Foley - Education: Physical Education & Exercise Science
• John L. McCracken - Natural Science: Chemistry
• Eric S. Petrie - James Madison
• Christopher E. Smith - Social Science: Criminal Justice
• Kim Witte - Communication Arts & Sciences: Communication

1996

• Henry Campa III - Agriculture & Natural Resources: Fisheries & Wildlife
• Susan J. Masten - Engineering: Civil & Environmental Engineering
• Lynnette Young Overby - Education: Physical Education & Exercise Science
• Kathy R. Petroni - Business: Accounting
• Cynthia Crump Taggart - Arts & Letters: Music
• Francisco A.Villarruel - Human Ecology: Family & Child Ecology

1995 

• Martin Crimp - Engineering: Materials Science & Mechanics
• James Jackson- Natural Science: Chemistry
• Joseph Lulloff - Arts & Letters: Music
• Alec Scranton -Engineering: Chemical Engineering
• Suzanne Wilson - Education: Teacher Education
• Robert Woods - Business: Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Management

1994

• Deborah Loewenberg Ball - Education: Teacher Education
• Patricia Edwards - Education: Teacher Education
• Mutsuko Hudson - Arts & Letters: Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic, Asian & African Languages
• Steven McCornack - Communication Arts & Sciences: Communication
• Linda Racioppi - James Madison
• Sandi W. Smith - Communication Arts & Sciences: Communication

1993

• Anibal Gonzalez-Perez - Arts & Letters: Romance & Classical Languages, Comparative Literature Program
• Norman A. Graham - James Madison
• Steven J. Triezenberg - Biochemistry
• R. Mark Worden - Engineering: Chemical Engineering
• Lauren S. Jones Young - Education: Teacher Education
• Michael H. Zaroukian - Human Medicine: Medicine

1992

• Margaret E. Benson - Agriculture & Natural Resources: Animal Science
• John E. Linz - Agriculture & Natural Resources: Food Science & Human Nutrition
• Ronald S. Harichandran - Engineering: Civil & Environmental Engineering
• Lynn Webster Paine - Education: Teacher Education
• Ellen M. Pollak - Arts & Letters: English
• Charles W. Steinfield - Communication Arts & Sciences: Telecommunication

1991

• Frank W. Ewers - Natural Science: Botany & Plant Pathology
• Jon M. Kaguni - Biochemistry
• Patrick LeBlanc - Veterinary Medicine: Large Animal Clinical Sciences
• Lister Matheson - Arts & Letters: English
• Stephen Raudenbush - Education: Counseling, Educational Psychology & Special Education
• Denise Smith - Human Ecology: Food Science & Human Nutrition

1990 

• Charles L. Ballard - Business: Economics
• Kim Renee Dunbar - Natural Science: Chemistry
• David F. Labaree - Education: Teacher Education
• Stephen R. Lacy - Communication Arts & Sciences: Journalism
• Helen P. Pollard - Social Sciences: Anthropology
• David Alan Stewart - Education: Counseling, Educational Psychology & Special Education

1989 

• Eldon Case - Engineering: Metallurgy, Mechanics & Material Science
• Margot Kurz - Osteopathic Medicine: Family Medicine
• Edward B. Montgomery - Business: Economics
• Daniel C. Nocera - Natural Science: Chemistry
• Gail Richmond - Natural Science: Natural Science
• Todd Simon - Communication Arts & Sciences: Journalism

1988

• Linda Beard - Arts & Letters: English
• Leon Gregorian - Arts & Letters; Music
• Harry Holzer - Business; Economics
• Horace Smith - Natural Science; Physics & Astronomy
• Won Song - Human Ecology; Food Science & Human Nutrition
• John Willerton - James Madison

 1987

• David T. Bailey - Arts & Letters: History
• Kris A. Berglund - Engineering: Agricultural Engineering, Chemical Engineering
• Carol Sue Englert - Education: Counseling, Educational Psychology & Special Education
• John R. Hollenbeck - Business: Management
• James J. Pestka - Food Science & Human Nutrition
• Taffy E. Raphael - Education: Teacher Education, Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education

1986

• Susan Haka - Business: Accounting
• Linda Jackson - Social Science: Psychology
• Dennis Miller - Engineering: Chemical Engineering
• Dana Ott-  Food Science & Human Nutrition
• Annemarie Palincsar- Education: Counseling, Educational Psychology & Special Education
• Shawnee Vickery - Business: Management

1985 

• Daina Briedis -Engineering: Chemical Engineering
• Raymond Brock - Natural Science: Physics & Astronomy
• William Lee-VanPatten - Arts & Letters: Romance & Classical Languages
• Steven Melnyk - Business: Management
• Rosanne Mohr - Business: Accounting
• Michael W. Sedlak - Education: Teacher Education

1984

• Linda M. Anderson - Education: Teacher Education
• Howard A. Brody - Human Medicine: Family Practice, Medical Humanities; Arts and  Letters: Philosophy
• John W. Coogan - Arts & Letters: History
• Stephen L. Esquith - James Madison
• Maureen H. McDonough - Park & Recreation: Resources
• Antonio A. Nunez - Social Science: Psychology

1983 

• Charles W. Anderson - Education: Teacher Education
• Howard Bossen - Communication Arts & Sciences: Journalism
• John F. Bratzel - Arts & Letters: American Thought & Language
• Hassan K. Khalil - Engineering: Electrical Engineering & Systems Science
• Marjorie J. Kostelnik - Human Ecology: Family & Child Ecology
• Edmund Outslay - Business: Accounting

1982

• Allen W. Batteau - Social Science: Social Science
• Roger J. Bresnahan - Arts & Letters: American Thought & Language
• Steven R. Heidemann - Physiology
• Masaharu Kato - Engineering: Metallurgy, Mechanics & Materials Science
• Richard T. Peterson - Arts & Letters: Philosophy
• Mark A. Uebersax - Food Science & Human Nutrition

1981 

• Nancy Wallace Kline - Nursing
• Emily Z. Tabuteau - Arts & Letters: History
• M. Teresa Tavormina - Arts & Letters: English
• June Manning Thomas - Urban & Metropolitan Studies
• Susan Beth Tiano - Social Science: Social Science
• Scott Whiteford - Social Science: Anthropology

1980

• Judee K. Burgoon - Communication Arts & Sciences: Communication
• Hans D. Kellner - Arts & Letters: Humanities
• Sheila V. Roberts - Arts & Letters: English
• Katherine O'Sullivan See - James Madison
• Suzanne Uphaus - Arts & Letters: American Thought & Language
• Peter Vinten-Johansen - Arts & Letters: History

1979 

• Albert N. Andry, Jr. - Engineering: Mechanical Engineering
• James E. Bernard - Engineering: Mechanical Engineering
• Kenneth D. Boyer - Business: Economics
• Cathy N. Davidson - Arts & Letters: English
• Richard M. Lebeaux - Arts & Letters: American Thought & Language
• Leonard N. Reid - Communication Arts & Sciences: Advertising

1978 

• Jenny T. Bond - Human Ecology: Food Science & Human Nutrition
• Nancy L. Bunge - Arts & Letters American Thought & Language
• Nicholas A. De Mara - Arts & Letters: Romance & Classical Languages
• Michael L. Kasavana - Business: Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Management
• Robert H. McKinley - Social Science: Anthropology
• Michael G. Schechter - James Madison

1977

• Cassandra L. Book - Communication Arts & Sciences: Communication
• Ronald F. Dorr - James Madison
• Alfred C. Goodson -  Arts & Letters: English
• Kwok-Wai Ho - Education: Health, Physical Education & Recreation
• John M. Lipski - Arts & Letters: Romance & Classical Languages
• J. Morgan Sweeney - Arts & Letters: Humanities

1976 

• Martin P. Block - Communication Arts & Sciences: Advertising
• Daniel W. Collins - Business: Accounting & Financial Administration
• Steven C. Dilley - Business: Accounting & Financial Administration
• Lawrence W. Foster - Business: Management
• Ronald L. Spangler - Agriculture & Natural Resources: Horticulture
• Jerry W. Weinberger - Social Science: Political Science

1975 

• Henrietta Barnes - Education: Teacher Education
• Joseph L. Chartkoff - Social Science: Anthropology
• Kevin C. Gottlieb - Social Science: Social Science
• Stephen J. Hill - Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Joyce Ruddel Ladenson - Arts & Letters: American Thought & Language
• Kay Ann Snyder - Social Science: Sociology

1974 

• Charles K. Atkin - Communication Arts & Sciences: Communication
• Anne O. Cauley - Natural Science: Lyman Briggs College
• Paul J. Ferlazzo - Arts & Letters: American Thought & Language
• Sandra Gustafson - Arts & Letters: American Thought & Language
• John E. Lopis - Education: Teacher Education
• John C. Thrush - Social Science: Social Science

1973 

• Daniel Beasley - Communication Arts & Sciences: Audiology & Speech Sciences
• Martin Benjamin - Arts & Letters: Philosophy
• Donald P. Cushman - Communication Arts & Sciences: Communication
• Ronald L. Kerber - Engineering: Mechanical Engineering
• L. Edna Rogers - Social Science: Social Science
• Walter Verdehr - Arts & Letters: Music

1972

• Lonnie Eiland - Natural Science: Natural Science
• William L. Ewens - Social Science: Sociology
• John J. Forsyth - Engineering: Computer Science
• Shlomo Libeskind - Natural Science: Mathematics
• James Schwinghamer - Physiology
• Mary Zaenglein - Social Science: Social Science

1971

• Alwynelle S. Ahl - Natural Science: Natural Science
• Samuel S. Corl, III - Education: Secondary Education & Curriculum
• George E. Drum - Natural Science: Natural Science
• Ruth Hamilton - Social Science: Sociology
• Patricia Julius - Arts & Letters: American Thought & Language
• Clifford Welsch - Osteopathic Medicine: Anatomy

1970 

• Frank Bruno - Education: Elementary & Special Education
• Albert C. Cafagna - Arts & Letters: Philosophy
• Jay R. Harman - Social Science: Geography
• Kevin D. Kelly - Social Science: Sociology
• Perry Lanier - Education: Elementary & Special Education
• James Trosko - Natural Science & Human Development

1969

• Gerald Duffy - Education: Elementary & Special Education
• Thomas Greene - Social Science: Political Science
• Dennis Nyquist - Engineering: Electrical Engineering
• Merle Potter - Engineering: Mechanical Engineering
• Leslie Rout - Arts & Letters: History
• Stephen Yelon - Education: Counseling, Personnel Services & Educational Psychology