Teaching Awards

Information on all UT Austin teaching awards can be found on the Provost's Office web site. A significant number of Chemistry & Biochemistry Department faculty have won teaching awards, and we have six faculty members currently members of the UT Academy of Distinguished Teachers.

University Level Awards

UT Academy of Distinguished Teachers

  • Dr. Eric Anslyn
  • Dr. Alan Campion
  • Dr. Raymond E. Davis
  • Dr. Brent Iverson
  • Dr. David Laude
  • Dr. John M. White

William David Blunk Memorial Professorship Award

  • 1984-85 Dr. Raymond E. Davis
  • 1999-2000 Dr. David Laude

Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teaching Award

  • 1980-81 Dr. Raymond E. Davis

Dads' Association Centennial Teaching Fellowship

  • 1996-97 Dr. Raymond E. Davis

The Friar Centennial Teaching Award

  • 1994-95 Dr. Brent Iverson
  • 1997-98 Dr. David A. Laude

Jean Holloway Award for Excellence in Teaching

  • 1972 Dr. Stephen A. Monti
  • 1989 Dr. Alan Campion
  • 1993 Dr. David A. Laude
  • 1996 Dr. Raymond E. Davis
  • 1998 Dr. John M. White
  • 1999 Dr. Eric Anslyn
  • 2001 Dr. Brent Iverson

The President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award

  • 1988 Dr. Jonathan L. Sessler

Texas Exes Texas Excellence Teaching Awards

  • 1994 Dr. David Laude
  • 1999 Dr. Alan Campion
  • 2000 Dr. Brent Iverson
  • 2001 Dr. Art Meyer
  • 2003 Dr. Fatima Fakhreddine

Outstanding Professor Award

Given by the UT Austin freshmen honor societies, Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma:

  • 1983, 1984, 1987, 1992, 2001 Dr. Ray Davis

National Awards

Nominees of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Professor Award

  • 1995 Dr. David A. Laude
  • 1996 Dr. Raymond E. Davis
  • 1999 Dr. David A. Laude

Minnie Stevens Piper Nominees and Winners

  • 1981 Dr. Joseph J. Lagowski (Winner)
  • 1992 Dr. Raymond E. Davis (Winner)
  • 1995 Dr. David A. Laude (nominee)
  • 2000 Dr. David A. Laude (nominee)

Graduate School Awards

Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Graduate School

  • 1995 Dr. Allen Bard
  • 2003 Eric V. Anslyn

College of Natural Science Awards

College of Natural Science Advisory Council Teaching Excellence Award

  • 1983-1984 Alan H. Cowley
  • 1984-1985 Raymond E. Davis
  • 1987-1988 Alan Campion
  • 1991-1992 Jonathan L. Sessler
  • 1992-1993 Brent L. Iverson
  • 1994-1995 Eric Anslyn
  • 1996-1997 Brent L. Iverson (tie)
  • 1998-1999 Ruth I. Shear

College of Natural Science Teaching Excellence Recipients

  • 1981-1982 G. Barrie Kitto
  • 1982-1983 Richard A. Jones
  • 1983-1984 Alan H. Cowley
  • 1984-1985 Raymond E. Davis
  • 1987-1988 Alan Campion
  • 1988-1989 G. Barrie Kitto
  • 1991-1992 Jonathan Sessler
  • 1992-1993 Brent Iverson
  • 1994-1995 Eric Anslyn
  • 1996-1997 Brent Iverson
  • 1998-1999 Ruth Shear
  • 2003 Cynthia LaBrake, Brian Pagenkopf

Dept of Chemistry Teaching Assistant Awards

Faraday Fellowship for Teaching Excellence

  • 1994 Luis Montes
  • 1995 Han-chao Wei
  • 1996 Elizabeth Stevenson
  • 1997 Stacy Sparks and Kristen Smith
  • 1998 Michael Elliot and Ruth Ann Franks
  • 1999 Ryan Callahan, Donna Lyon
  • 2000 Cody Fisher, Brad Herrick, Rob Wiacek
  • 2001 Brian Arneson, Kyle Felling, Xiaoming Yan
  • 2002 Patricia Melfi, Jeffrey Pietryga, Cong-Dung Le, Anna Bergstrom
  • 2003 Craig Felton, Micheleen Harris, Gloria Wright-Brown

H. R. Henze Teaching Excellence Awards

  • 1990 Monica Alcala, Lisa Weill, Kuo-Ming Chen, Rodney Fonseca
  • 1991 Kathlynn Brown, Scott Battle, Harold Isom, Russell Seguin
  • 1992 James Anderson, Quentin Hibben, Eric Helms, Christopher King
  • 1993 Kelley Ruud, Luis Montes, Eric Schmidt, Uzo Okoroanyanwu, Todd Aplin
  • 1994 Kevin Boudreaux, Terry Cohen, Ellen Verdel, Elizabeth Burks, Chris E. Jones
  • 1995 David Medeiros, Donna Lyon, Michelle Foster
  • 1996 Jackie Naffin, Angie Loving, Greg Blakney
  • 1997 Chris Simmons, John Lavigne, Michael Elliott
  • 1998 Annie Lee, Julian Davis, Fatima Fakhreddine
  • 1999 Becky Zimmerman, Sandra Whaley
  • 2000 Ryan Callahan, Xiaoming Yan
  • 2001 Brian Bocknack, Leah Eller
  • 2002
  • 2003 A.J. Boydston, Martin Teresk, Erinn Alden

Welch Teaching Excellence Awards

  • 1995 Elizabeth Stevenson, Todd Minehardt
  • 1996 Cyndi Wells, Mary Satterfield, Kristen Smith
  • 1997 Darrell Spells, Michelle Reyzer
  • 1998 Julian Davis, Akin Davulcu, Fatima Fakhreddine, Brad Herrick, Annie Lee, Mary Satterfield
  • 1999 Mike Fiorentino, Brendan Grubbs, Tommi Miller, Cameron Youngstrom
  • 1999 Sherwin Chan, Hyonseok Hwang, Daniel Seidel, Sheryl Wiskur, Xiaoming Yan
  • 2000 David Cauble, Matthew Crowe, Laura Mayberry, Todd McEvoy, Yeonsuk Roh
  • 2001 Darren Engers, William Kittleman
  • 2002 Micheleen Harris
  • 2003 Craig Michoski, Kristin Procko