The award for Distinguished Teaching is the highest honor that the faculty can bestow on a colleague. The winner of this award is selected annually by the Faculty Development Committee. The award is presented at the first opening Faculty Meeting.
| Year | Recipient | Recipient's title |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Timothy Shannon | Professor of History |
| 2022 | Kathleen Cain | Professor of Psychology |
| 2021 | No Award Given | No Award Given |
| 2020 | Julia Hendon | Professor of Anthropology |
| 2019 | Scott Hancock | Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History |
| 2018 | William D. Bowman | Johnson Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities and Professor of History |
| 2017 | Shirley Anne Warshaw | Harold G. Evans Professor of Eisenhower Leadership Studies, Political Science |
| 2016 | Joseph Grzybowski | G. Bowers and Louise Hook Mansdorfer Professor of Chemistry |
| 2015 | Michael Birkner ’72, P’10 | Franklin Professor of the Liberal Arts, Professor of History |
| 2014 | Jean L. Potuchek | Professor of Sociology |
| 2013 | John Commito | Professor of Environmental Studies |
| 2012 | Suzanne Johnson Flynn | Associate Professor of English |
| 2011 | Robert Viti | Professor of French |
| 2010 | Charlotte Armster | Associate Professor of German |
| 2009 | William E. Parker | Professor of Chemistry |
| 2008 | Judith A. Brough | Professor of Education |
| 2007 | Peter J. Pella | Professor of Physics |
| 2006 | Daniel R. DeNicola | Provost and Professor of Philosophy |
| 2005 | Derrick K. Gondwe | Professor of Economics (Awarded Posthumously) |
| 2004 | Janet M. Powers | Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Women’s Studies |
| 2003 | Kenneth F. Mott | Professor of Political Science |
| 2002 | Robert S. Fredrickson | Professor of English |
| 2001 | Ralph A. Sorensen | Professor of Biology |
| 2000 | Lisa Portmess | Professor of Philosophy |
| 1999 | Paul R. D’Agostino | Professor of Psychology |
| 1998 | Laurence Marschall | Professor of Physics |
| 1997 | Alex T. Rowland | Professor of Chemistry |
| 1997 | Emile O. Schmidt | Professor of English (Theatre Arts) |
| 1996 | Edward J. Baskerville | Professor of English |
| 1995 | Chan L. Coulter | Professor of Philosophy |
| 1994 | A. Ralph Cavaliere | Professor of Biology |
| 1993 | Michael J. McTighe | Associate Professor of Religion (Awarded Posthumously) |
| 1992 | Gareth V. Biser | Associate Professor of Health and Physical Education |
| 1991 | Ann Harper Fender | Professor of Economics |
| 1990 | Leonard I. Holder | Professor of Mathematics |