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.


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