Past Recipients
The Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching
2022 Award Recipient Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Statistics Education, North Carolina State University
2022 Award Recipient Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Statistics Education, North Carolina State University
Hollylynne S. Lee earned her B.S. in secondary mathematics education from The Pennsylvania State University in 1991, her M.A.Ed. in secondary education-mathematics in 1995 from College of William and Mary, and her Ph.D. in mathematics education from University of Virginia in 2000. She serves as Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Statistics Education at North Carolina State University. Prior to her work at the university level, she served as a K-12 teacher.
2020 Award Recipient St. Mary's College of Maryland, English
2020 Award Recipient St. Mary's College of Maryland, English
Jennifer Cognard-Black earned her B.A. in English and music, summa cum laude, Phi Kappa Phi, from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1991, an M.A. in fiction and essay writing, with honors, from Iowa State University in 1994, and her Ph.D. in 19th-Century Anglo-American Literature, with honors, from The Ohio State University in 1999. She serves as professor of English at St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM), a public honors college.
2018 Award Recipient UCLA, Chemistry
2018 Award Recipient UCLA, Chemistry
Dr. Neil Garg, UCLA's Kenneth N. Trueblood Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, earned his B.S. in chemistry, magna cum laude with honors, from New York University in 2000 and his Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 2005 from the California Institute of Technology, where he was a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow. From 2005-07, Garg was a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow. He began teaching in 2007 at UCLA, where he is a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. From 2012–2016 he served as vice chair for education. He is also Faculty-in-Residence for UCLA Residential Life.
2016 Award Recipient Rice University, Psychology & Management
2016 Award Recipient Rice University, Psychology & Management
Dr. Mikki Hebl joined the faculty at Rice University in 1998 and was given the endowed title of the Radoslav Tsanoff Assistant Professorship in 2000, and is currently the Martha and Henry Malcolm Lovett Professor of Psychology with a joint appointment in the Jones School of Business. She is a proud native of Pardeeville, Wisconsin, who graduated with her Ph.D. from Dartmouth College in 1997.
2014 Award Recipient University of Missouri, Physics
2014 Award Recipient University of Missouri, Physics
Dr. Meera Chandrasekhar is a professor of physics and astronomy and Curator’s Teaching Professor of physics at the University of Missouri. Chandrasekhar earned her bachelor of science degree in physics and mathematics from M.G.M. College, Mysore University in India, in 1968, master’s degrees in physics from the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras, India, in 1970 and Brown University in 1973, and a Ph.D. in physics from Brown University in 1976. After a postdoctoral fellowship at Max-Planck-Institute in Germany, she joined the University of Missouri faculty in 1978.
2012 Award Recipient University of Michigan, Chemistry
2012 Award Recipient University of Michigan, Chemistry
Dr. Brian P. Coppola is The Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry at the University of Michigan. He serves as the Associate Chair for Education Development and Practice and also as Associate Director for the University of Michigan-Peking University Joint Institute, in Beijing, China.
2010 Award Recipient Williams College, Mathematics
2010 Award Recipient Williams College, Mathematics
Edward B. Burger earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics summa cum laude with distinction from Connecticut College in 1985 and received his doctorate in 1990 from The University of Texas at Austin. Burger, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Gaudino Scholar, began teaching at Williams College in 1990. Since that time, he has been honored with numerous teaching and writing awards, including the 2007 Award of Excellence from Technology & Learning magazine, the 2006 Reader's Digest "100 Best of America" as Best Math Teacher, and the 2006 Lester R. Ford Award, the 2004 Chauvenet Prize and the 2001 Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College Teaching of Mathematics, all from the Mathematical Association of America.
2008 Award Recipient Pepperdine University, Biology
2008 Award Recipient Pepperdine University, Biology
Stephen D. Davis received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Abilene Christian University. He earned his doctorate from Texas A&M, where he also worked as an instructor in botany. He joined the faculty at Pepperdine in 1974.
2006 Award Recipient St. Olaf College, Choral Music
2006 Award Recipient St. Olaf College, Choral Music
Anton E. Armstrong, the Harry R. and Thora H. Tosdal Professor of Music at St. Olaf College, is the conductor of the famed St. Olaf Choir. Armstrong received a bachelor's of music in vocal performance from St. Olaf College, a master's degree in choral music from the University of Illinois and a doctorate in choral conducting from Michigan State University.
2004 Award Recipient Saint Louis University, Philosophy
2004 Award Recipient Saint Louis University, Philosophy
Professor Eleonore Stump has been with Saint Louis University since 1992 and serves as the Robert J. Henle, S.J., Professor of Philosophy. She previously held positions at Cornell University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, and the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Stump received a Bachelor of Arts from Grinnell College in 1969, master's degrees from Harvard University and Cornell University, and her Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1975.
The Robert Foster Cherry Chair for Distinguished Teaching
1999 Award Recipient Rice University, History
1999 Award Recipient Rice University, History
Professor John B. boles has been with Rice University since 1981, serving as The Allyn R. and Gladys M. Cline Chair in History from 1991-1997 and the William Pettus Hobby Professor of history since 1997. A professor for 30 years, teaching at Towson State College and Tulane University before coming to Rice, Dr. Boles was the NEH Fellow in Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University in 1976-1977. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Rice in 1965 and his Doctorate from the University of Virginia in 1967.
1997 Award Recipient University of Texas at Austin, Education
1997 Award Recipient University of Texas at Austin, Education
Professor Mario Benitez served in the College of Education of the University of Texas system from 1980 until his retirement in 1997. He graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Philosophy and magna cum laude with his Licenciate in Philosophy from the Universidad de Comillas in Spain. Dr. Benitez also holds a Master of Arts degree in Spanish and linguistics from Texas Christian University, a Doctor en Filosofia y Letras degree in humanities and sociology from Universidad de la Habana, a Master of Education degree from Texas Wesleyan College and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in philosophy and education from Claremont Graduate School.
1995 Award Recipient Lehigh University, English
1995 Award Recipient Lehigh University, English
Professor Peter Beidler, the Lucy G. Moses Distinguished Professor of English at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA, is a 1962 graduate of Earlham College, where he received his bachelor of arts degree in English. Dr. Beidler received his master's and doctoral degrees in English from Lehigh University in 1965 and 1968, respectively, then began his tenure there as an assistant professor of English. He has 13 books, nine editing projects and more than 120 scholarly articles to his credit. The range of his scholarship extends from Chaucer and medieval literature to the American Indian culture.
1993 Award Recipient Temple University, Religion
1993 Award Recipient Temple University, Religion
Professor Franklin Littell is rightfully known as the Father of Holocaust education in America. He was the first American scholar to offer courses on the Holocaust and genocide and since 1998 has held the position of Distinguished Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Richard Stockton College.
1992 Award Recipient University of Cape Town, Microbiology
1992 Award Recipient University of Cape Town, Microbiology
An internationally recognized scholar and scientist, Professor David Woods was appointed as Vice-Chancellor and Principal of Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa in May 1996. He assumed this position after six years on the faculty of the University of Cape Town and 12 years of distinguished teaching and research responsibilities at Rhodes, from which he earned the Bachelor of Science degree in 1961 and the Bachelor of Science (Honors) degree in 1962. Dr. Woods was a Rhodes Scholar at University College, Oxford University, where he received the Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1966. He taught at Queen Mary College, London University, for a year before returning to teach at his undergraduate alma mater. He was a research fellow at the Institut Pasteur in Paris in 1973-1974 and had a similar position at Trondheim University, Norway, the following year.
1991 Award Recipient Brown University, Engineering
1991 Award Recipient Brown University, Engineering
A 1953 Princeton University graduate, Professor Barrett Hazeltine also holds the Master of Science in Engineering degree from Princeton and in 1963 received the Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Michigan. In 1988 he received the honorary Doctor of Science degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He has been a member of the faculty at Brown University since 1959 where he teaches courses in management and in engineering. Dr. Hazeltine has served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Malawi on three occasions and taught twice at the University of Zambia, helping both of these institutions develop degree programs in engineering. He also spent a year teaching at the University of Botswana.
The Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teachers
2003 Recipient
Colin C. Adams || Williams College || Mathematics
2001 Recipients
Kenneth W. Harl || Tulane University || History
Charles Warren Hofer || University of Georgia || Management
1998 Recipients
Paul G. Ashdown || University of Tennessee || Journalism
Robert H. Bell || Williams College || English
1996 Recipients
Alan P. Haskvitz || Suzanne Middle School, California || Social Studies
Clare K. Woodward || University of Minnesota || Biochemistry
1994 Recipients
Robert J. Fogelin || Dartmouth College || Philosophy
Alexander Pines || University of California at Berkeley || Chemistry
1993 Recipient
Josef Gingold || Indiana University || Music
1992 Recipients
Martha E. Andresen || Pomona College || English
Thomas L. Pangle || University of Toronto || Political Science
1991 Recipients
Richard J. Bernstein || New School for Social Research || Philosophy
John L. Thomas || Brown University || History