2026 Faculty Award honorees
Click on the bars below to read biographies of this year's class of Faculty Award recipients.
Click on the bars below to read biographies of this year's class of Faculty Award recipients.

Folkerts
Academy for Effective Teaching
Robin Folkerts, assistant teaching educator and program chair, School of Teaching and Learning, College of Education
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Bergman
Leadership in the Advancement of Teaching
Daniel Bergman, professor and program chair, School of Teaching and Learning, College of Education
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Eilts
Excellence in Teaching
Fred Eilts, senior educator, Department Finance, Real Estate and Decision Sciences, W. Frank Barton School of Business
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Terry
Excellence in Online Teaching
Ryan Terry, assistant professor, Department of Human Resource Management, W. Frank Barton School of Business
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Taylor
Excellence in Creative Activity
Sam Taylor, professor, Department of Creative Writing, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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Beck
Excellence in Research
Moriah Beck, professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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Hawley
Excellence in Community Research
Suzanne Hawley, professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Health Professions
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Rutti
Excellence in Accessibility
Raina Rutti, clinical associate professor, Department of Management, W. Frank Barton School of Business
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Mirsadikov
Early Career Faculty Scholar
Akmal Mirsadikov, associate professor, Department of Finance, Real Estate and Decision Sciences, W. Frank Barton School of Business
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Proppe
Tenure Track Faculty Risk-Taker
Christopher Proppe, assistant professor of exercise science, Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Health Professions
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Asaduzzaman
Tenured Faculty Risk Taker
Abu Asaduzzaman, professor and associate chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
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Past Honorees