Each year, the University of Oregon recognizes a select group of faculty for excellence in teaching. The Distinguished Teaching Awards committee expects to award one Herman Award for Faculty Achievement and one Ersted Award for Distinguished Teaching each year.
The late Mr. A.J. Ersted established the Ersted Award for Distinguished Teaching so that the University of Oregon could annually honor career instructional or tenure track faculty members who have demonstrated early career excellence.
The Ersted Award for Specialized Pedagogy recognizes career instructional or tenure track faculty currently in their third, fourth, fifth or sixth year who have demonstrated exceptional teaching abilities and who have expertise in a particular area of teaching.
The Thomas F. Herman Faculty Achievement Award for Distinguished Teaching honors senior career instructional or tenure track faculty in at least their seventh year who have demonstrated long-standing excellence in teaching.
The Herman Award for Specialized Pedagogy recognizes senior career instructional or tenure track faculty who have demonstrated outstanding achievement and expertise in a particular area of teaching.
The Herman Award for Outstanding Online Education recognizes faculty members at any stage of their career who have demonstrated innovation and creativity in implementing excellent learning experiences using the online or hybrid format.
2026 Distinguished Teaching Awards Recipients
Herman Faculty Achievement Award
- Megan McAlpin, Clinical Professor, School of Law
Ersted Award for Distinguished Teaching
- Katelyn McDonough, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
Herman Award for Outstanding Online Education
- Anne Mannering, UO Online Master's in Psychology Program Director and Assistant Teaching Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
Herman Award for Specialized Pedagogy
- Alison Carter, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
- Alison Schmitke, Teaching Professor, Undergraduate Degree Program Director, College of Education
- Courtney Thorsson, Professor of English, College of Arts and Sciences
- Brandon Julio, Academic Director of the Oregon Executive MBA Program and Professor of Finance, Lundquist College of Business
Herman AI Innovation Award
- Ralph Heidl, Associate Professor of Management, Lundquist College of Business
Ersted Award For Distinguished Teaching
- 1957 — Charles G. Howard
- 1958 — Paul S. Dull
- 1959 — Bernd Craseman
- 1960 — Lucian C. Marquis
- 1961 — John L. Hulteng
- 1962 — David A. Baerncopf
- 1963 — Stanley Greenfield
- 1964 — Stanley A. Pierson
- 1965 — Roland Bartel, George Streisinger
- 1966 — Thomas Koplin, Karl E. Stromberg
- 1967 — Daniel Kimble, William D. Strange
- 1968 — Caroline Feller, Thomas Hovet
- 1969 — Peter Gontrum
- 1970 — Barre Toelken, Ed Whitelaw
- 1971 — Richard Koch, Gloria Johnson
- 1972 — Carolin Keutzer, Kwangjai Park
- 1973 — Peter Bergquist
- 1974 — Terry Beyer, Wolfgang Sohlich
- 1975 — Michael Posner, James Reinmuth
- 1976 — Effie Fairchild, John Reynolds
- 1977 — James Boren, Francoise Calin
- 1978 — Lorraine G. Davis, Barbara Mossberg
- 1979 — Robert Hurwitz, Esther Jacobson
- 1980 — Douglas Carnine, Susan Glaser
- 1981 — John Postlethwait, Richard Stevenson
- 1982 — Duncan McDonald, Charles Wilkinson
- 1983 — Paul L. Csonka, Fruim Yurevich
- 1984 — Laird Kirkpatrick, Grant McKernie
- 1985 — Frances Cogan, Helen Gernon
- 1986 — M. C. Gernsbacher, George Sheridan
- 1987 — C. Anne Laskaya James W. Long
- 1988 — Joseph Fracchia, Stephen Ponder
- 1989 — Robert Proudfoot, David Schuman
- 1990 — Leonora B. Cohen, John (Jack) Watson
- 1991 — Alexander Murphy, Stephen Owen
- 1992 — Dana Johnston, William Ryan
- 1993 — Louise Bishop
- 1994 — Alan Dickman, Mary C. Wood
- 1995 — Karen J. Ford, Alan G. Stavitsky
- 1996 — Linda Fuller, Wesley W. Wilson
- 1997 — Barbara Altmann, Robert Pena
- 1998 — Leon Johnson
- 1999 — Erica Bastress-Dukehart, Michael Manga
- 2000 — No Ersted Award given in 2000
- 2001 — Lisa Freinkel, David Castillo
- 2002 — Carlos Aguirre, Joanna Lambert
- 2003 — Bruce A. Blonigen, John Schmor, Jon Brundan
- 2004 — Michael L. Moffitt, Elizabeth Reis
- 2005 — Deborah Bauer, Joshua J. Roering
- 2006 — Ronald A. Beghetto, Thomas Lininger
- 2007 — Leah Middlebrook
- 2008 — Sierra Dawson
- 2009 — No Ersted Award given in 2009
- 2010 — No Ersted Award given in 2010
- 2011 — Yvonne Braun, Scott Fallstrom
- 2012 — Jennifer W. Reynolds
- 2013 — Colin Koopman
- 2014 — Daniel Tichenor
- 2015 — Alaí Reyes-Santos
- 2016 — Stephen McKeon
- 2017 — Caitlin Fausey, Kristin Yarris
- 2018 — Melissa Baese-Berk
- 2019 — Samantha Shune
- 2020 — Annie Zemper
- 2021 — Cathy Wong
- 2022 — tia north
- 2023 — Faith Barter
- 2024 — Alex Murray
- 2025 — Lana Lopesi
Ersted Award For Specialized Pedagogy
- 2016 — Trygve Faste, for Product Design and Jon Runyeon, for Human Anatomy
- 2017 — Christopher Michlig, for Core Studio
- 2018 — Melissa Graboyes, for History
- 2019 — Robin Hopkins, for UG Anatomy & Physiology
- 2020 — Maile Hutterer, for History of Art and Architecture
Herman Faculty Achievement Award
- 1985 — C. H. Edson, Dominic LaRusso, Ingrid Weatherhead
- 1986 — Maradel Gale, Gloria Johnson, Robert Smith
- 1987 — James Boren O. Hayes Griffith, Willis Winter
- 1988 — Jack Overley, Barbara Pope
- 1989 — Ralph Barnhard, Francoise Calin, Daniel Pope
- 1990 — Daniel Kimble, R. James Mooney, Gerardo Ungson
- 1991 — Frances Cogan
- 1992 — Dominick Vetri
- 1993 — Kenneth Helphand, Ronald Wixman
- 1994 — Henry M. Alley
- 1995 — Paul E. Buckner
- 1996 — Carol T. Silverman
- 1997 — Daniel Goldrich
- 1998 — Richard Koch, Luis Verano
- 1999 — V. Patteson Lombardi
- 2000 — Jon Erlandson, Madonna Moss, Robert Proudfoot
- 2001 — Stephen Durrant
- 2002 — Michael Haley
- 2003 — Massimo Lollini
- 2004 — Daniel Close
- 2005 — Linda Kintz
- 2006 — F. Regina Psaki
- 2007 — Joseph Fracchia, Marian Smith
- 2008 — Peter Mills, Dennis Galvan
- 2009 — Alan W. Dickman, Michael Dreiling, David T. Dusseau
- 2010 — Kenneth Calhoon, Mark T. Unno, Richard Philip Taylor
- 2011 — Barbara Altmann, Howard Davis
- 2012 — Paul Peppis, Alexander B. Murphy
- 2013 — Sara Hodges, Richard York
- 2014 — Louise Bishop, David Blackwell
- 2015 — Karen Ford, Michael Stern
- 2016 — Leah Middlebrook, Mike Price
- 2017 — Steven Brence, Akiko Walley
- 2018 — Anita Chari
- 2019 — Peg Boulay
- 2020 — Michael Hames-García
- 2021 — Theresa May
- 2022 — Katie Lynch
- 2023 — Jocelyn Hollander
- 2024 — Nicole Dudukovic
- 2025 — Adell Amos
Herman Award for Specialized Pedagogy
2014
- Cynthia Herr, for Teacher Training in Special Education
- Rosario Murcia, for Language Instruction and Supervision
- Suzanne Rowe, for Legal Writing and Research
2015
- Dan Dugger, for Mathematics
- Judith Eisen, for the Science Literacy Program
- Harinder Khalsa, for First- and Second-year Italian
- John Park, for Digital Art Technology
- Idit Shner, for Studio Teaching of Saxophone Technique and Coaching of Chamber Music Ensembles
2016
- Alison Kwok, for Sustainable Design
- Elizabeth Ruiz Frost, for Legal Research and Writing
- Leslie Steeves, for Media and Globalization
- Doug Wilson, for Teaching of Business
2017
- Peter Alilunas, for Media Studies
- Shannon Mockli, for Kinesthetic Pedagogy
- Elly Vandegrift, for Science Literacy
2018
- Hanan Elsherif, for Arabic
- Mark Carrier, for Biology
2019
- Michelle McKinley, for UG Legal Studies
- Trish Pashby, for International Student Education
- Deborah Exton, for Chemistry Education
2020
- Habib Iddrisu, for ethnomusicology and dance
- Judith Raiskin, for Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Alison Gash, for Political Science
2021
- Mike Copperman, for English
- Casey Shoop, for Literature
- Erin Beck, for Political Science
2022
- Keli Yerian, for Linguistics
- Michael Aronson, for Cinema Studies
- Lara Bovilsky, for English
- David Steinberg, for Mathematics
2023
- Kirby Brown, for English
- Michael Moffitt, for Law
- Robin Hopkins, for Human Physiology
- Tannaz Farsi, for Art
- Patricia Rodley, for Theatre Arts
2024
- Brian Klopotek, for Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies
- Jon Bellona, for Audio Production Music
- Jeff Stolle, for Management
- Rebecca Lewis, for Planning, Public Policy and Management
- Jeffrey Measelle, for Psychology
- Kelley Howarth, for Spanish
2025
- Marli Miller, for Earth Sciences
- Damian Radcliffe, for Journalism and Communication
- Corrine Bayerl, for Comparative Literature
- Amanda Wojick, for Art
- Naoko Nakadate, for East Asian Languages and Literatures
Herman Award for Outstanding Online Education
- 2017 — Char Heitman, Jennifer Rice, Beth Sheppard
- 2018 — Philip Matern
- 2019 — Andy Halvorsen, Linda Wesley, Becki Quick, Tom Tasker
- 2020 — Erik Ford
- 2021 — Leah Schneider
- 2022 — Tina Starr
- 2023 — Alex Zunterstein
- 2024 — Deb Bauer
- 2025 — Mohsen Manesh