Faculty Awards

Loch Johnson 2011

Jamie Carson 2012

Andy Whitford 2013

Keith Dougherty 2014

Shane Singh 2015

Cas Mudde 2016

Andy Owsiak 2017

Jamie Monogan 2018

Tima Moldogaziev 2019

Amanda Abraham 2020

Christy Boyd 2021

Justin Conrad 2022

Geoffrey Sheagley and Ryan Powers 2023

Charles Bullock 2003

Jeff Berejikian 2004

Hal Rainey 2005

Chris Allen 2006

Markus Crepaz 2007

Vicky Wilkins and Daman Cann 2008

Brock Tessman 2009

Audrey Haynes 2010

Tricia Sullivan 2011

Paul Gurian 2012

Loch Johnson 2013

Teena Wilhelm 2014

Keith Dougherty 2015

Scott Ainsworth 2016

Chad Clay 2017

Andy Owsiak 2018

Christy Boyd 2019

Margaret Ariotti 2020

Michael Lynch 2021

Eric Zeemering 2022

Harrison Frye 2023

Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor (and its predecessor, the Meigs Distinguished Teaching Award), Provost’s Office (10 individuals; 12 awards; 7 since becoming a school):

1. Keith Dougherty (2024)(POLS)
2. Andy Owsiak (2020)(IA)
3. Markus Crepaz (2017)(IA)
4. Audrey Haynes (2014)(POLS)
5. Jeff Berejikian (2012)(IA)
6. Christopher Allen (2008)(IA) 
7. Chuck Bullock (2005)(POLS)
8. John Maltese (2004)(POLS)

      8-9. Susette Talarico (1990 and1986)(POLS)

      10-11. Lief Carter (1989 and 1984)(POLS)

      12. Loch Johnson (1987)(POLS/IA)

The Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professorship recognizes excellence in instruction at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The Meigs Professorship communicates the University of Georgia’s commitment to excellence in teaching, the value placed on the learning experiences of our students, and the centrality of instruction to the University’s mission. It is named for Josiah Meigs, who presided over the University’s first class of graduates.

Full list of winners can be found here: https://provost.uga.edu/resources/faculty-resources/faculty-honors-and-awards/teaching-awards-and-professorships/meigs-professors/

Updated September 2024

Russell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Provost’s Office (8 awards):

1. Laura Zimmerman (2024)(IA)
2. Harrison Frye (2025)(POLS)
3. Andy Owsiak (2015)(IA)
4. Tony Madonna (2014)(POLS)
5. Brock Tessman (2010)(IA)
6. Jaroslav Tir (2007)(IA)
7. Audrey Haynes (2006)(POLS)
8. Jeff Berejikian (2005)(IA)
9. Stefanie Lindquist (2002)(POLS)

The Russell Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching recognize excellence in undergraduate instruction by faculty members in their early academic careers. The awards were first presented in 1992 by the Richard B. Russell Foundation to honor Richard B. Russell, a distinguished Georgian and University alumnus who had a love for new knowledge and appreciation of our nation’s youth.

Full list of winners can be found here: https://provost.uga.edu/resources/faculty-resources/faculty-honors-and-awards/teaching-awards-and-professorships/russell-award-recipients/

Updated September 2024

Creative Teaching Award, Office of Instruction (4 awards)

1. Audrey Haynes (2023)(POLS)
2. Keith Dougherty (2022) (POLS)
3. Leah Carmichael (2021)(IA)
4. Jeff Berejikian (2018)(IA)

The Creative Teaching Awards are presented annually on behalf of the Office of Instruction to faculty who have demonstrated exceptional creativity in using either an innovative technology or pedagogy that extends learning beyond the traditional classroom or for their creative course design or implementation of subject matter that improves student learning outcomes in their courses.

No comprehensive list online. Must Google the award winners for each year, e.g.: https://news.uga.edu/2023-creative-teaching-awards/

Updated September 2024

J. Hatten Howard III Honors Teaching Awards, Honors College (8 awards; 6 since becoming a school)

1. K. Chad Clay (2023)(IA)
2. Leah Carmichael (2021)(IA)
3. Maryann Gallagher (2019)(IA)
4. Jamie Carson (2009)(POLS)
5. Teena Wilhelm (2008)(POLS)
6. Stefanie Lindquist (2002)(POLS)
7. Susan Haire (1997)(POLS)
8. Alvin Cohan (1994)(POLS/IA)

J. Hatten Howard III was an associate professor in geology and was a dedicated young faculty member teaching Honors courses. Following his untimely death in 1992, the J. Hatten Howard III Honors Teaching Award was established to recognize faculty members who exhibit special promise in teaching Honors courses early in their careers.

Full list of winners can be found here: https://honors.uga.edu/faculty/faculty-teaching-awards/#:~:text=Hatten%20Howard%20III%20Honors%20Teaching,courses%20early%20in%20their%20careers.

Updated September 2024

Lothar Tresp Outstanding Honors Professor Awards, Honors College (31 awards; 5 since becoming a school)

1. Keith Dougherty (2016)(POLS)
2. John Maltese (2008)(POLS)
3. Gary Bertsch (2005)(IA)
4. Loch Johnson (2004)(IA)
5. Charles Bullock (2003)(POLS)
6. Arnold Fleischmann (1998)(POLS)
7. Arnold Fleischmann (1997)(POLS)
8. Loch Johnson (1996)(POLS/IA)
9. Gary Bertsch (1995)(POLS/IA)
10. Walter Russell (1994)(POLS)
11. Walter Russell (1993)(POLS)
12. Walter Russell (1992)(POLS)
13. Gary Bertsch (1991)(POLS)
14. Walter Russell (1991)(POLS)
15. Loch Johnson (1990)(POLS/IA)
16. David Hunter (1980)(POLS)
17. Gary Bertsch (1989)(POLS)
18. Martin Hillenbrandt (1988)(POLS/IA)
19. Loch Johnson (1988)(POLS/IA)
20. Martin Hillenbrandt (1986)(POLS/IA)
21. Loch Johnson (1985)(POLS/IA)
22. Eugene Miller (1985)(POLS)
23. Gary Bertsch (1984)(POLS/IA)
24. Eugene Miller (1983)(POLS)
25.  Loch Johnson (1982)(POLS/IA)
26. Eugene Miller (1981)(POLS)
27. Gary Bertsch (1980)(POLS)
28. Eugene Miller (1979)(POLS)
29. Keith Billingsly (1977)(POLS)
30. Eugene Miller (1974)(POLS)
31. Charles Bullock (1970)(POLS)(Inaugural winner of the award)

The Lothar Tresp Outstanding Honors Professor Award was originally named the Outstanding Honors Professor Award. The award was dedicated to Lothar Tresp in the mid-1990s. In 1960, Dr. Tresp began teaching Honors students as a professor of history. He became interim director of the Honors Program in 1965 and director in 1967. He retired from the University of Georgia in 1994. The Tresp Award recognizes superior teaching and dedication to Honors students.

Full list of winners can be found here: https://honors.uga.edu/faculty/faculty-teaching-awards/#:~:text=Hatten%20Howard%20III%20Honors%20Teaching,courses%20early%20in%20their%20careers.

Updated September 2024

Lilly Teaching Fellow, Center for Teaching and Learning (12 fellows; 9 since becoming a school)

1. Katey Stauffer (2024)(POLS)
2. Michelle Lofton (2021)(PADP)
3. Roberto Carlos (2020)(POLS)
4. Alexa Bankert (2018) (POLS)
5. Sean Ingham (2015)(POLS)
6. Robert Christensen (2012)(PADP)
7. Tony Madonna (2011)(POLS)
8. Patricia Sullivan (2008)(IA)
9. Jeffrey Wenger (2005)(PADP)
10. Stefanie Lindquist (2000)(POLS)
11. Lawrence Biskowski (1991)(POLS)
12. Robert Durant (1986)(POLS/PADP)

Each spring semester ten tenure-track assistant professors who are recent recipients of a Ph.D. or terminal degree in their discipline or profession and who are in their first, second, or third year at the University are selected for the Lilly Teaching Fellows Program.

Goals:

• The goals of the CTL Lilly Teaching Fellows Program are to
• Provide opportunities for the Fellows to further develop skills associated with effective teaching;
• Provide opportunities for the Fellows to further develop their ability to appropriately balance teaching with the research and service roles required by a research university;
• Provide the Fellows information concerning the instructional policies, resources, and services at the University of Georgia;
• Offer a support system for the Fellows for sharing of ideas with colleagues from other disciplines who may have similar interests and who face similar challenges;
• Develop the instructional skills of the Fellows through exposure to and interaction with faculty mentors who are master teachers;
• Provide the Fellows an opportunity to complete an instructional project designed to strengthen courses and teaching methods in their academic department; and
• Reinforce an instructional environment that honors and recognizes dedicated teaching scholars; values a synergistic relationship between teaching, research, and service; and promotes a learning community spirit on a large campus.

Full list of participants can be found here: https://ctl.uga.edu/faculty/faculty-fellows-programs/lilly-teaching-fellows/.

Updated September 2024

Senior Teaching Fellow, Center for Teaching and Learning (11 participants; 7 since becoming a school):

1. Keith Dougherty (2022)(POLS)
2. Teena Wilhelm (2021)(POLS)
3. Markus Crepaz ((2014)(IA)
4. Jeff Berejikian (2011)(IA)
5. Audrey Haynes (2009)(POLS)
6. Chuck Bullock (2007)(POLS)
7. John Maltese (2005)(POLS)
8. Chuck Bullock (1997)(POLS)
9. Loch Johnson (1996)(POLS/IA)
10. Gary Bertsch (1992)(POLS/IA)
11. Susette Talarico (1990)(POLS)

The CTL Senior Teaching Fellows Program was originally established at the University of Georgia in 1987 through a three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE). In 1990, the program was continued with full support from the University of Georgia.

The goals of the CTL Senior Teaching Fellows Program are:

• To provide senior faculty with opportunities for the sharing of ideas with other dedicated, highly motivated, and innovative teachers from other disciplines who may have similar interests and who face similar teaching challenges;
• To provide senior faculty with opportunities for professional and personal renewal;
• To provide funding for an instructional project designed to strengthen courses and teaching methods in each participant’s academic department; and
• To help reinforce an instructional environment that honors and recognizes dedicated teaching scholars; that values a synergistic relationship between teaching, research, and service; and that promotes a learning-community spirit on a large campus.

Full list of participants can be found here: https://ctl.uga.edu/faculty/faculty-fellows-programs/senior-teaching-fellows/.

Updated April 2025

UGA Teaching Academy Members (10 members; 7 joined since becoming a school, but earlier inductees remained part of the Academy after the school was created; this may not be a complete list; do all Meigs and Russell winners automatically become members? That would expand the list.)

1. Keith Dougherty (2022)( POLS)
2. Teena Wilhelm (2022)(POLS)
3. Markus Crepaz (2014)(IA)
4. Jeff Berejikian (2008)(IA)
5. Paul-Henri Gurian (2008)(POLS)
6. Audrey Haynes (2009)(POLS)
7. John Maltese (2003)(POLS)
8. Del Dunn (2000)(POLS/PADP)
9. Loch Johnson (2000)(POLS/IA)
10. Susette Talarico (1999, Charter Member)(POLS)

The University of Georgia Teaching Academy was established in Fall 1999 as a forum to discuss, celebrate and promote teaching excellence. This program is part of the Teaching Academy Campus Program initiated by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the American Association for Higher Education. The Carnegie Foundation leads a national effort to affirm teaching as significant intellectual, scholarly work and to advance models of teaching that foster deep and lasting understanding by students.

A list of inductees by year can be found here: https://teachingacademy.uga.edu/membership/members/.

Updated September 2024

Active Learning Summer Institute, Center for Teaching and Learning (5 participants)

1. Leah Carmichael (IA)
2. Maryann Gallagher (IA)
3. Jeffrey Glas (POLS)
4. Geoffrey Sheagley (POLS)
5. Michelle Lofton (PADP)

The Active Learning Summer Institute is an intensive course redesign experience to increase student engagement and success by implementing active learning techniques. The Center for Teaching and Learning hosts the Active Learning Summer Institute (ALSI). Open to all full-time faculty, this intensive course (re)design institute promotes increased student engagement and success by implementing active learning techniques. By the end of the institute, participating faculty will be able to design interactive instructional, assessment, and learning technology strategies that foster ongoing student engagement, motivation, and reflection. During the three-week institute, daily sessions will include a discussion of active learning pedagogy and other evidence-based teaching practices, workshops to explore the application of pedagogical techniques and structured work time where faculty will progress on their course design. Outside formal institute sessions, faculty work independently and with consultant partners to finalize their courses for implementation during the subsequent academic year. Institute funding has been designated to support the participation of 24 current, full-time faculty members (tenure track or non-tenure track) who will attend the institute during the summer and then teach their redesigned course during the following academic year. Faculty selected to participate will receive $7,500 for completing the institute and course redesign.

Full list can be found here: https://activelearning.uga.edu/instructor-development/instructor-resources/introduction-to-active-learning-sessions/.

Updated September 2024

Outstanding Mentoring Award, Graduate School (2 winners):

1. Christy Boyd (2018)(POLS)
2. Jamie Carson (2011)(POLS)

This award recognizes excellence in a variety of mentoring functions. This award encourages and rewards innovation and effectiveness in mentoring graduate students during their educational experience. Two awards are given each year to current members of the Graduate Program Faculty. Awards in Professional/Applied Sciences and Social/Behavioral Sciences are given even years. Awards in Humanities/Fine & Applied Arts and Life/Physical Sciences are given in odd years. Each award is for $500. Faculty are nominated by graduate students and finalists for the award are asked to submit documentation of their mentoring activities.

Full list can be found here: https://grad.uga.edu/about/annual-events/graduate-school-honors-awards/outstanding-mentoring-award-recipients/.

Updated September 2024

Study Abroad Director of the Year, Office of International Education (now OGE) (1 winner):

1. John Maltese (2003)(POLS)

Based on student nominations, this award recognized “teaching excellence, mentoring of students, organization of the study abroad program, preparation, and crisis management skills.” This award is no longer given.

Updated September 2024

UGA Nominee for Regents Teaching Excellence Award for Online Teaching, CTL (1 UGA nominee):

1. Audrey Haynes (2018)(POLS)

The award committee will look for persuasive evidence that nominees:

• Are strongly committed to quality online teaching and learning as evidenced by teaching, service and scholarly activities designed to advance the quality of online teaching and learning.
• Use effective and innovative online teaching practices that result in student engagement, student satisfaction, and effectiveness in achieving desired learning outcomes.
• Demonstrate an extraordinary commitment to fostering the academic success of online students through the development of rapport with individual learners in and beyond the virtual classroom.
• Examine methods of assessment of student learning to inform teaching practices and reshape online courses based on an on-going and data-driven process.
• Utilize interactive strategies to promote collaboration among students.
• Exhibit a high level of instruction by using standards set by the USG such as Quality Matters.

https://www.usg.edu/faculty_affairs/awards/regents_teaching_excellence_awards_for_online_teaching_call_for_nominations.

Updated September 2024

UGA Nominee for Felton Jenkins, Jr. Hall of Fame Faculty Awards, CTL (1 UGA nominee):

1. Jeff Berejikian (2020)(IA)

The award committee will look for persuasive evidence that nominees:

• Are strongly committed to teaching and learning. This commitment might be demonstrated through activities designed to advance the quality and practice of teaching and learning, to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and/or global and multicultural understanding;
• Use effective teaching strategies to enhance student learning, including, but not limited to innovative uses of technology, active learning, learning communities, student portfolios, and assessment;
• Have a strong commitment to fostering the academic success of students through interaction with students outside of the classroom (e.g., advising, mentoring, recruiting, etc.).

https://www.usg.edu/faculty_affairs/awards/2017_felton_jenkins_jr_hall_of_fame_faculty_awards.

Updated September 2024

UGA Nominee for SEC Professor of the Year (1 UGA nominee):

1. Loch Johnson (IA)(2011-2012)

Updated September 2024

Regents Teaching Excellence Award for Online Teaching, USG Board of Regents (1 winner):

1. Audrey Haynes (2018)(POLS)

On behalf of the Board of Regents, the USG Office of Academic Affairs invites nominations for the Regents’ Teaching Excellence Awards for Online Teaching. This award recognizes individual faculty and staff for a strong commitment to engaged, online teaching and student success. The award committee will look for persuasive evidence that nominees:

• Are strongly committed to quality online teaching and learning as evidenced by teaching, service and scholarly activities designed to advance the quality of online teaching and learning.
• Use effective and innovative online teaching practices that result in student engagement, student satisfaction, and effectiveness in achieving desired learning outcomes.
• Demonstrate an extraordinary commitment to fostering the academic success of online students through the development of rapport with individual learners in and beyond the virtual classroom.
• Examine methods of assessment of student learning to inform teaching practices and reshape online courses based on an on-going and data-driven process.
• Utilize interactive strategies to promote collaboration among students.
• Exhibit a high level of instruction by using standards set by the USG such as Quality Matters.

https://www.usg.edu/faculty_affairs/awards/regents_teaching_excellence_awards_for_online_teaching_call_for_nominations

SEC Professor of the Year (1 winner):

1. Loch Johnson (2012)(IA)(Inaugural winner of the award)

Full list of winners can be found here: https://www.thesecu.com/programs/sec-faculty-achievement-awards/past-professor-awards/#:~:text=Johnson%20is%20a%20specialist%20in,books%20on%20U.S.%20national%20security.

U.S. Professor of the Year, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)(1 winner):

1. John Maltese (2004)(POLS)(winner for the state of Georgia)

 W.E.B. Dubois Educator Award (1 winner):

1. Audrey Haynes (2016)(POLS)

https://nabse.org/nabse-annual-awards/

Princeton Review Top 300 Professors, Princeton Review (1 winner):

1. Audrey Haynes (2012)(POLS)

https://www.princetonreview.com/press/best-professors

Teaching and Mentoring Award, Law & Courts Section of the American Political Science Association (2 winners):

1. Teena Wilhelm (2024)(POLS)
2. Susan Haire (2016)(POLS)
3. Susette Talarico (2007)(POLS)

Research and Service Awards/Recognitions/Professorships (in italics if before the creation of the School).

Regents’ Professor, Provost’s Office with BOR approval (3 winners; 1 since becoming a school):

1. Amanda Murdie (2024)(IA)
2. Loch Johnson (1990)(POLS/IA)
3. Del Dunn (1982)(POLS/PADP)

Regents’ Professorships are bestowed by the Board of Regents on truly distinguished faculty of the University of Georgia whose scholarship or creative activity is recognized both nationally and internationally as innovative and pace-setting.

Full list can be found here: https://provost.uga.edu/resources/faculty-resources/faculty-honors-and-awards/career-achievement-awards/regents-professors/

University Professor, Provost’s Office (4 winners; 3 since becoming a school):

1. John Maltese (2023)(POLS)
2. Chuck Bullock (2015)(POLS)
3. Han Park (2002)(POLS/IA)
4. Gary Bertsch (1996)(POLS/IA)

The title of University Professor is bestowed on faculty at the University of Georgia who have had a significant impact on the University in addition to fulfilling their normal academic responsibilities. The impact may be in the areas of policy development, teaching, curricular change, innovative programs, or academic leadership. The honor recognizes individuals whose actions as change-agents (whether through their research or their service at the University, in the community, through their professional organizations, or by other means) have improved the quality with which the University serves its missions.

Full list can be found here: https://provost.uga.edu/resources/faculty-resources/faculty-honors-and-awards/career-achievement-awards/university-professors/

Distinguished Research Professor, OVPI (2 winners):

1. Cas Mudde (2021)(IA)
2. Laurence O’Toole (2010)(PADP)

The title of Distinguished Research Professor recognizes senior faculty who are internationally recognized for their innovative body of work and its transformational impact on the field. The Professorship is awarded to faculty working at the very top of their discipline, who are recognized as a preeminent leader in their field of study. Nominations should clearly describe the evidence of prominence and impact of the nominee’s work, as well as the promise of ongoing and future scholarly work.

Full list can be found here: https://research.uga.edu/research-awards/award-recipients/distinguished-research-professor/

Athletic Association Professor (3 from 2 lines):

1. Amanda Murdie (2021)(IA)
2. Jamie Carson (2019)(POLS)
3. Robert Grafstein (2012)(POLS)

William A. Owens Creative Research Award, OVPI (3 winners):

1. Christy Boyd (2024) (POLS)
2. Brad Wright (2023) (PADP)
3. Shane Singh (2022) (IA)

Creative Research Awards recognize an established investigator whose research/creative accomplishments at UGA and overall scholarly body of work have had a major impact on the field of study and have established the investigator’s international reputation as a leader in the field. Nominations should clearly describe the scope and significance of the investigator’s work, how this contribution has influenced the field of study, and evidence of the nominee’s status as an internationally respected scholar in the field.

Full list can be found here: https://research.uga.edu/research-awards/award-recipients/william-a-owens-award/

Creative Research Medal, OVPI (2 winners; 3 if you include Jamie Monogan whose name has been expunged):

1. Amanda Abraham (2021) (PADP)
2. Susette Talarico (2003)(POLS)

[Jamie Monogan – but his name has been expunged]

These medals recognize a distinct, exceptional research/creative project with extraordinary impact and significance to the field of study performed by a mid-career faculty member. Nominations should clearly describe the specific project being nominated and its impact on the field. *The Creative Research Medal should not be considered a “stepping stone” or prerequisite to the Creative Research Award, which recognizes a complete body of work rather than a discrete project.

Full list can be found here: https://research.uga.edu/research-awards/award-recipients/creative-research-medal/

President’s Medal, Office of the President (4 winners):

1. Loch Johnson (2022)
2. Susette Talarico (2025) awarded posthumously
3. Thomas P. Lauth (2020)
4. Del Dunn (2017)
5. Gary Bertsch (2015)

The President’s Medal recognizes extraordinary contributions of former employees who have supported students and academic programs, advanced research and inspired community leaders to enhance Georgians’ quality of life.

Team Impact Award, OVPR (1 winner)

1. Laura Zimmermann (IA)(as part of The Center on Human Trafficking, Research &

Outreach (CenHTRO)

The Team Impact Award recognizes the critical contributions made by crosscutting teams in addressing today’s complex challenges. Specifically, the award recognizes a team for excellence in innovative and impactful scholarship that either has or soon promises to fundamentally advance knowledge, understanding and/or applications in ways not achievable by individual investigators or single disciplinary approaches alone.

Full list can be found here: https://research.uga.edu/research-awards/award-recipients-3/team-impact-award/

UGA nominee for the Carnegie Fellows Program (3 UGA nominees; there may have been others in years past):

1. Lihi Ben Shitrit (2017-18)(IA)(junior fellow nomination)
2. Alex Bankert (2023-24)(POLS)(junior fellow nomination)
3. Jamie Carson (2023-24)(POLS)(senior fellow nomination)

26 internal research and service awards/recognitions/professorships overall (including Monogan).

24 internal research and service awards/recognitions/professorships since becoming a school in 2001.

17 internal research and service awards/recognitions/professorships since 2017-2018.

Updated September 2024

Academic Advising Administrator Award, Academic Advising Services (1 winner):

1. Paul Welch (2022)

https://advising.uga.edu/For-Advisors/outstanding-academic-advisor-awards/

Updated September 2024