Each year, one professor is chosen to receive the SPIA Research Award and the SPIA Teaching Award. The SPIA Research Award recognizes an outstanding body of research over the previous three years. Each department may submit one nominee, and the recipient is chosen by the SPIA Research Awards Committee. The SPIA Teaching Award recognizes excellence in teaching at the undergraduate and/or graduate level. Each department may submit one nominee, and the recipient is chosen by the SPIA Teaching Awards Committee.

SPIA Research Awards
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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

SPIA Teaching Awards
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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

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