Recipients of the Distinguished Teaching Awards

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.

2024 Distinguished Teaching Awards Winners

Herman Faculty Achievement Award:

  • Nicole Dudukovic, Senior Instructor I, Clark Honors College; Neuroscience, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences

Herman Awards for Outstanding Online Education:

  • Deb Bauer, Peter and Molly Powell Distinguished Senior Instructor II, Department of Finance, Lundquist College of Business

Ersted Award for Distinguished Teaching:

  • Alex Murray, Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Lundquist College of Business

Herman Award for Specialized Pedagogy:

  • Brian Klopotek, Associate Professor, Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies, College of Arts and Sciences 
  • Jon Bellona, Senior Instructor, Audio Production Music, School of Music and Dance 
  • Jeff Stolle, Bashaw Senior Instructor II, Department of Management, Lundquist College of Business 
  • Rebecca Lewis, Associate Professor, School of Planning, Public Policy and Management, College of Design 
  • Jeffrey Measelle, Professor, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences 
  • Kelley Howarth, Senior Instructor II, Spanish, School of Global Studies and Languages, College of Arts and Sciences

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
 

 

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

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

 

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