Dr. Colin Potts, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs, presented 41 faculty members with the Outstanding Teaching Award based on their end-of-course evaluation scores for academic year 2020-2021. Five faculty members received the Sustained Excellence in Outstanding Teaching Award, which recognizes faculty members who have received Outstanding Teaching Awards for at least nine out of the last 10 years.

Recipients of the 2020-21 Sustained Excellence in Outstanding Teaching Award are:

• Dr. Petra DeWitt, associate professor of history and political science
• Dr. Gregory Hilmas, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of materials science and engineering
• Dr. Irina Ivliyeva, professor of Russian
• Dr. R. Joe Stanley, professor of electrical and computer engineering
• Dr. Greg Story, associate professor of physics.

Recipients of the 2020-21 Outstanding Teaching Award are:

• Dr. Ayodeji Alajo, interim director of nuclear engineering
• Dr. Julia Alexander, assistant teaching professor of teacher education and certification
• Dr. Syed Bahauddin Alam, assistant professor of nuclear engineering and radiation science
• Dr. Michael Baird, lecturer in arts, languages and philosophy
• Dr. Denise Baker, assistant professor of psychological science
• Dr. Trent Brown, professor of English and technical communication
• Dr. Gerald Cohen, professor of arts, languages and philosophy
• Dr. Carleigh Davis, assistant professor of English and technical communication
• Dr. Petra DeWitt, associate professor of history and political science
• Dr. Cassandra Elrod, associate professor of business and information technology
• Dr. Hanqing Fang, associate professor of business and information technology
• Dr. Jonathan Obrist-Farner, assistant professor of geosciences, geological and petroleum engineering
• Dr. Darin Finke, associate teaching professor of arts, languages and philosophy
• Dr. Mary Gillis, assistant teaching professor of teacher education and certification
• Dr. Katherine Grote, associate professor of geosciences, geological and petroleum engineering
• Taylor Gruenloh, assistant teaching professor of arts, languages and philosophy
• Dr. Sarah Hercula, assistant professor of English and technical communication
• Dr. Gregory Hilmas, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of materials science and engineering
• Dr. Sheryl Hodges, associate teaching professor of engineering management and systems engineering
• Dr. Wayne Huebner, professor of materials science and engineering
• Dr. Irina Ivliyeva, professor of Russian
• John Ketcherside, lecturer in history and political science
• Dr. Kurt Kosbar, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering
• Dr. Merilee Krueger, teaching professor of psychological science
• Dr. Yu Liu, assistant professor of business and information technology
• Dr. Hongyan Ma, associate professor of civil, architectural, and environmental engineering
• Dr. John McManus, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of history
• Dr. Bruce McMillin, professor of computer science
• Dr. Audra Merfeld-Langston, chair and associate professor of arts, languages, and philosophy
• Dr. Scott Miller, teaching professor of materials science and engineering
• Dr. Jason Murphy, assistant professor of mathematics and statistics
• Dr. Gayla Olbricht, associate professor of mathematics and statistics
• Dr. Kyle Perry, associate professor of mining and explosives engineering
• Dr. Daniel Reardon, associate professor of English and technical communication
• Dr. Joshua Schlegel, associate professor of nuclear engineering and radiation science
• Dr. Jillian Schmidt, assistant teaching professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
• Dr. Jeff Schramm, associate professor of history and political science
• Dr. Michelle Schwartze, assistant teaching professor of teacher education and certification
• Dr. R. Joe Stanley, professor of electrical and computer engineering
• Dr. Greg Story, associate professor of physics
• Dr. Courtney Webster, lecturer of arts, languages, and philosophy.