The Distinguished Teaching Award, established in 1987, is presented annually to outstanding fulltime faculty members in recognition that, along with research, exceptional teaching, both within and outside the classroom, is among our institutional priorities.
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Distinguished Teaching Awards
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2011-2012 Award Winners
Rohit S. Deo
Professor of Statistics and Operations Research
Stern School of Business
Ralph V. Katz
Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion
College of Dentistry
Robert Nathan Link
Associate Professor of Medicine
School of Medicine
Ted Magder
Associate Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
Bambi Schieffelin
Collegiate Professor and Professor of Anthropology
Faculty of Arts and Science
Laura Slatkin
Professor
Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Recent Award Recipients by Year
2010-2011
Karen E. Adolph
Professor of Psychology and Neural Science
Faculty of Arts and Science
Jeane W. Anastas
Professor of Social Work
Silver School of Social Work
Judith Haber
Professor of Nursing and Associate Dean
College of Nursing
Jim Hinojosa
Professor of Occupational Therapy
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
Katherine M. O'Regan
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Director
Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Joseph D. Zuckerman
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery with Chair
School of Medicine
2009-2010
Mosette Broderick
Clinical Associate Professor of Art History
Faculty of Arts and Science
Laura Levine
Associate Professor, Theater Studies
Tisch School of the Arts
Nancy Reale
Master Teacher, Liberal Studies
Faculty of Arts and Science
Anthony C. Thompson
Professor of Clinical Law
School of Law
David Zagzag
Associate Professor of Pathology and Neurosurgery
School of Medicine
2008-2009
Joyce Apsel
Master Teacher in the Humanities
Liberal Studies Program
John Canemaker
Professor and Executive Director, Animation Area
Kanbar Institute of Film and Television
Tisch School of the Arts
Ingrid Gould Ellen
Professor of Public Policy and Urban Planning
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Jerome Lowenstein
Professor of Medicine
School of Medicine
Andrew I. Spielman
Professor of Basic Science
College of Dentistry
Tyler Volk
Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies
Faculty of Arts and Science
2011-2012 Distinguished Teaching Award winners Ralph Katz, Laura Slatkin, Rohit Deo, Bambi Schieffelin, Nathan Link, and Ted Magder are pictured with President John Sexton (far right) and Provost David McLaughlin (far left).
2000-2008
2007-2008
Peggy Cooper Davis
John S.R. Shad Professsor of Lawyering and Ethics
Director of the Lawyering Program
School of Law
Barbara Krainovich-Miller
Clinical Professor
Program Coordinator in Nursing Education
College of Nursing
Carol Krinsky
Professor
Department of Art History
Faculty of Arts and Science
Jonathan Zimmerman
Professor of Education and History
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
2006-2007
John M. Bell
Master Teacher of the Humanities
General Studies Program
Faculty of Arts and Science
Zelda Fichandler
Arts Professor
Graduate Acting Program
Tisch School of the Arts
Stacy Pies
Master Teacher of Individualized Study
Gallatin School of Individualized Study
David A. Scicchitano
Professor of Biology
Faculty of Arts and Science
William Slater
Associate Professor (Clinical) of Medicine
School of Medicine
2005-2006
Paul W. Glimcher
Associate Professor of Neural Science
Faculty of Arts and Science
Joan Andersen Phelan
Professor and Chair
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Radiology, and Medicine
College of Dentistry
Bryan A. Stevenson
Professor of Clinical Law
School of Law
2004-2005
Michael D. Dinwiddie
Associate Professor of Individualized Study
Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Martin S. Nachbar
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Medicine
School of Medicine
Robert Rosenblum
Henry Ittelson, Jr. Professor of Modern European Art
Institute of Fine Arts/Faculty of Arts and Science
2003-2004
Deborah J. Borisoff
Professor of Speech Communication
The Steinhardt School of Education
James A. Colaiaco
Master Teacher of the Individual and Society
General Studies Program
School of Continuing and Professional Studies
Cyrus R. K. Patell
Associate Professor of English
Faculty of Arts and Science
Dennis P. Tarnow
Professor of Implant Dentistry in the Division of Reconstructive and Comprehensive Care
Chair, Arthur Ashman Department of Implant Dentistry
School of Dentistry
Stephen Wangh
Master Teacher of Experimental Theatre
Experimental Theatre Wing
Tisch School of the Arts
2002-2003
Lewis R. Goldfrank
Professor of Medicine and Surgery,
School of Medicine
Randy Hertz
Professor of Clinical Law,
School of Law
Lynne Kiorpes
Associate Professor of Neural Science and Psychology,
Faculty of Arts and Science
George M. Shulman
Associate Professor of Individualized Study,
Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Marti G. Subrahmanyam
Charles E. Merrill Professor of Finance,
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
2001-2002
Terry Harrison
Professor of Anthropology,
Faculty of Arts and Science
Robert Landy
Professor of Educational Theatre, Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions,
Steinhardt School of Education
Carol Tosone
Professor of Social Work,
Shirley M. Ehrenkranz School of Social Work
Anthony Thomas Vernillo
Professor of Oral Pathology in the Division of Biological Science, Medicine and Surgery,
College of Dentistry
2000-2001
Bruce Ian Bogart
Associate Professor of Cell Biology,
School of Medicine
Joseph B. Giacquinta
Professor of Educational Sociology, Department of Humanities and the Social Sciences in the Professions,
Steinhardt School of Education
Ellen Schall
Martin Cherkasky Professor of Health Care Policy and Management,
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Sarah Schlesinger
Master Teacher of Musical Theatre, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program,
Tisch School of the Arts
Friedrich Ulfers
Associate Professor of German,
Faculty of Arts and Science
1990's
1999-2000
Theresa Aiello Gerber
Associate Professor of Social Work,
Shirley M. Ehrenkranz School of Social Work
Melvin Hausner
Professor of Mathematics,
Faculty of Arts and Science
Paul A. Rosenberg
Professor of Surgical Sciences, Chair of the Quartararo Department of Endodontics,
College of Dentistry
David D. Sabatini
Frederick L. Ehrman Professor of Cell Biology, Chair of the Department of Cell Biology,
School of Medicine
1998-1999
Jo Dixon
Associate Professor of Sociology,
Faculty of Arts and Science
Steven A. Finkler
Professor of Public Administration,
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Robert A. Jeske
Master Teacher of Humanities, The General Studies Program,
School of Continuing and Professional Studies
John S. Mayher
Professor of English Education,
Steinhardt School of Education
William L. Silber
Dean Abraham L. Gitlow Professor of Finance and Economics,
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
1997-1998
Arnold Baskin
Associate Professor of Film and Television,
Tisch School of the Arts
Steven Hutkins
Associate Professor of Individualized Study,
Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Lidia Kiremidjian-Schumacher
Professor of Basic Sciences (Cell Biology),
College of Dentistry
T. James Matthews
Professor of Psychology,
Faculty of Arts and Science
1996-1997
Susan M. Andersen
Professor of Psychology,
Faculty of Arts and Science
Lloyd Burlingame
Master Teacher and Chair of the Department of Design,
Tisch School of the Arts
Priscilla A. LaBarbera
Associate Professor of Marketing,
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
1995-1996
Kay Cummings
Master Teacher and Chair of the Department of Dance,
Tisch School of the Arts
Herbert H. Frommer
Professor of Radiology (Basic Sciences),
College of Dentistry
Nancy Freeman Regalado
Professor of French,
Faculty of Arts and Science
Jeffrey Seinfeld
Associate Professor of Social Work,
Shirley M. Ehrenkranz School of Social Work
1994-1995
Thomas Drysdale
Associate Professor of Photography and Chair,
Tisch School of the Arts
Peter Lax
Professor of Mathematics,
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Edward L. Melnick
Professor of Statistics,
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Lenore H. Ringler
Professor of Educational Psychology,
Steinhardt School of Education
Fleur L. Strand
Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Biology, Professor of Neural Science,
Faculty of Arts and Science
1993-1994
A. Richard Turner
Professor of Fine Arts,
Faculty of Arts and Science
Una Chaudhuri
Associate Professor of English,
Faculty of Arts and Science
Annette Michelson
Professor of Cinema Studies,
Tisch School of the Arts
Richard Freedman
Professor of Management,
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
1992-1993
Helene Anderson
Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literature,
Faculty of Arts and Science
Aaron Tenenbein
Professor of Statistics,
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Ron Van Lieu, Chair
Graduate Acting Program, Teacher of Acting,
Tisch School of the Arts
1991-1992
Margret Herzfeld Sander
Professor of German and Comparative Literature,
Faculty of Arts and Science
Henry Perkinson
Professor of History of Education,
The Steinhardt School of Education
Thomas Pugel
Professor of Economics and International Business,
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Arthur Tannenbaum
Associate Curator, Librarian for Education,
NYU LIbraries
1990-1991
Marketa Kimbrell
Associate Professor of Film and Television,
Tisch School of the Arts
Burt Shachter
Professor of Social Work,
Shirley M. Ehrenkranz School of Social Work
Edward Sullivan
Associate Professor of Fine Arts and Chair of Department,
Faculty of Arts and Science
1980's
1989-1990
Aswath Damodaran
Assistant Professor of Finance,
Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Graduate Division
Robert Gurland
Professor of Philosophy,
Faculty of Arts and Science
Eleanor Hamerow
Professor of Film and Chair of Graduate Film Department,
Tisch School of the Arts
Burt Neuborne
Professor of Law,
School of Law
1988-1989
Anthony Amsterdam
Professor of Law and Director of Clinical and Advocacy Programs,
School of Law
James Carse
Professor of Religion and Director of the Religious Studies Program,
Faculty of Arts and Science
Sharon Friedman
Director of New Directions for Women,
Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Neil Postman
Professor of Media Ecology,
The Steinhardt School of Education
1987-1988
Roger Deakins
Professor of English,
Faculty of Arts and Science
Helen Scire
Professor of Social Work,
Shirley M. Ehrenkranz School of Social Work
George Stoney
Professor of Film,
Tisch School of the Arts