University Teaching Awards

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

7 p.m.

 

The University of Kansas will host the second annual University Teaching Awards on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, at the Jayhawk Welcome Center in Lawrence to celebrate KU's most outstanding educators.

This event will convene winners of all of KU's annual teaching awards -- from the Lawrence and KU Medical Center campuses -- to be recognized and celebrated.

Honorees

This year’s teaching award recipients are:

Lawrence Campus

Bob & Kathie Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award

• Dyan Morgan, associate teaching professor, undergraduate biology program

Chancellors Club Career Teaching Award

• Brian Laird, professor, chemistry

Chancellor’s Club Teaching Professorship

• Shannon O’Lear, professor, geography & atmospheric science

International Affairs Advisory Board International Teaching Award

• Melinda Lewis, professor of the practice, social welfare

Ned Fleming Trust Award for Excellence in Teaching

• Jennifer Gleason, associate professor, ecology & evolutionary biology 

William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence (originally announced in July 2024)

• Jenny Archibald, associate teaching professor, undergraduate biology program
• Alison Gabriele, professor, linguistics
• Tim Jackson, professor, chemistry
• Allison Kirkpatrick, associate professor, physics & astronomy
• Nilou Vakil, associate professor, architecture

KU Medical Center

Chancellors Club Teaching Professorship

• Nelda Godfrey, professor, nursing
• Wolfram Zückert, professor, microbiology, molecular genetics & immunology

Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Awards

• Cheen Alkhatib, associate professor, anesthesiology, pain & perioperative medicine
• David Becker, assistant professor, internal medicine
• Kirk Miller, associate professor, radiology
• Ericka Sanner-Stiehr, clinical associate professor, nursing