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WVU Foundation Outstanding Teaching Award Recipients

2023-2024

Jake Follmer
Assistant Professor
School of Education
College of Applied Human Sciences

David Miller
Professor
School of Mathematical and Data Sciences
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Chris Ramezan
Assistant Professor
Department of Management Information Systems
Chambers College of Business and Economics

David Smith
Teaching Associate Professor
Journalism Program
Reed College of Media

2022-2023

Erin Goodykoontz
Teaching Professor
School of Mathematical and Data Sciences
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Paul Miller
Teaching Professor and Associate Chair
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Sarah Morris
Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Undergraduate Writing Program
Department of English
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

2021-2022

Lisa Ingram
Extension Assistant Professor
4-H Youth Development
WVU Extension

Aimee Moorewood
Professor
Department of Curriculum & Instruction, Literacy Studies
College of Education and Human Services

Mark Paternostro
Professor, Teaching Scientist and Associate Chair for Education
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
School of Medicine


2020-2021

Jody L. Crosno
Joseph E. Antonini Chair and Professor
Department of Marketing
John Chambers College of Business and Economics

Marina Galvez-Peralta
Teaching Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
School of Pharmacy

Alan K. Goodboy
Peggy Rardin McConnell Endowed Research Chair and Professor
Department of Communication Studies
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Yogendra Murti Panta
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Leonard C. Nelson College of Engineering and Sciences
WVU Institute of Technology 

Karen A. Woodfork
Teaching Associate Professor
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
School of Medicine

2019-2020

Vincent Paul Cardi
Bowles Rice Professor of Law
College of Law

Dawn Hunter
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Laboratory Medicine
School of Medicine

Scott A. Myers
Professor and Peggy Rardin McConnell Endowed Teaching Chair
Department of Communication Studies
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

2018-2019

Manal AlNatour
Associate Professor of Arabic Studies
Department of World Languages, Literatures and Linguistics
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Dana Huebert Lima
Teaching Associate Professor
Director of the Honors EXCEL Program
Department of Biology
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Kimberly Meigh
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
College of Education and Human Services

Joshua Osbourn
Teaching Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Audra Slocum
Assistant Professor
Department of Curriculum and Instruction/Literacy Studies
College of Education and Human Services

Andrea Taliaferro
Associate Professor
Physical Education Teacher Education Program&
College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences

2017-2018

Malayna B. Bernstein
Clinical Assistant Professor & Director
Learning Sciences Program
Department of Learning Sciences and Human Developments
College of Education and Human Services

Edward B. Flagg
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Eberly College of Arts & Sciences

Todd R. Hamric
Teaching Associate Professor
Fundamentals of Engineering Program
Statler College of Engineering & Mineral Resources

David R. Martinelli
Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Statler College of Engineering & Mineral Resources

Carrie W. Rishel
Professor & Director
Integrated Mental and Behavioral Health Training Program
School of Social Work
Eberly College of Arts & Sciences

Dana K. Voelker
Assistant Professor
Department of Sport Sciences
College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences

2016-2017

David W. Graham
Associate Professor
Lane Department of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering
Statler College of Engineering & Mineral Resources

Kristina M. Hash
Professor & Director
Gerontology Certificate Program
School of Social Work Eberly College of Arts & Sciences

Lizzie Santiago
Teaching Associate Professor
Fundamentals of Engineering Program
Statler College of Engineering & Mineral Resources

Lori A. Sherlock
Associate Professor
Exercise Physiology
WVU School of Medicine

James A. Thompson
Professor
Division of Plant & Soil Science
Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources & Design

Joshua E. Weishart
Associate Professor
Law & Policy
WVU College of Law

2015-2016

Nicholas David Bowman
Associate Professor
Department of Communication Studies
Eberly College of Arts & Sciences

Ordel Brown
Teaching Assistant Professor
Fundamentals of Engineering Program
Statler College of Engineering & Mineral Resources

Joshua Hall
Associate Professor
Department of Economics
College of Business & Economics

Karen Kunz
Associate Professor
Department of Public Administration
Eberly College of Arts & Sciences

Dennis Ruscello
Associate Professor
Department of Communication Studies & Disorders
College of Education & Human Services

Arif R. Sarwari
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
WVU School of Medicine

2014-2015

Joshua William Arthurs
Associate Professor
Department of History
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Damien Clement
Associate Professor
Department of Sport Sciences
College of Physical Activity & Sport Sciences

Melissa Lynn Morris
Teaching Assistant Professor
Freshman Engineering
Statler College of Engineering & Mineral Resources

Mario Perhinschi
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Statler College of Engineering & Mineral Resources

Michael P. Strager
Associate Professor
Division of Resource Management
Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources & Design

Elaine Waterhouse Wilson
Associate Professor of Law
WVU College of Law

2013-2014

Elizabeth Juckett
Teaching Assistant Professor
Department of English
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Gregory Bowman
Professor of Law
WVU College of Law

Claire St. Peter
Associate Professor of Psychology
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

2012-2013

Fonda Holehouse
Teaching Associate Professor and Attorney
Resource Management
Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design

Powsiri Klinkhachorn
Professor
Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Anne Lofaso
Professor
College of Law

Richard Riley
Professor, Accounting
College of Business and Economics

Jennifer Robertson-Honecker
Teaching Assistant Professor
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Matthew Valenti
Professor
Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

2011-2012

Brian Ballentine
Assistant Professor, English
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Kenneth P. Blemings
Professor, Animal and Nutritional Sciences
Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design

Gina Martino Dahlia
Teaching Assistant Professor
PI Reed School of Journalism

James W. Lewis
Assistant Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology
School of Medicine

Mark A. Schraf
Teaching Instructor, Chemistry
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Kate Staples
Assistant Professor, History
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

2010-2011

Huey Hannah Lin
Teaching Assistant Professor, Foreign Languages
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Douglas Squire
Instructor/Senior Lecturer, Mathematics
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Jack C. Watson II
Associate Professor and Chair, Sport Sciences
College of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences

Presha E. Neidermeyer
Associate Professor, Accounting
College of Business and Economics

Diana K. Martinelli
Associate Professor
PI Reed School of Journalism

Arun Ross
Associate Professor, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

2009-2010

Mary Ann Clarke
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Lisa M. DiBartolomeo
Teaching Assistant Professor, Foreign Languages
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Duncan Lorimer
Assistant Professor, Physics
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Marcello Napolitano
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Robert J. Tallaksen, MD., MA
Associate Professor, Radiology
School of Medicine

Dennis Allen
Professor, English
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

2008-2009

Catherine Gouge
Assistant Professor, English
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Deborah Janson
Associate Professor, Foreign Languages
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Ruth Kershner
Associate Professor, Community Medicine
School of Medicine

James Nolan
Associate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Arif R. Sarwari
Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
School of Medicine

John Temple
Assistant Professor
Reed College of Media

2007-2008

Cynthia Chalupa
Associate Professor, Foreign Languages
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Wade W. Huebsch
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

John Kuhlman
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Robert Maxon
Professor, History
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Kari Sand-Jecklin
Associate Professor, Health Restoration
School of Nursing

2006-2007

Kenneth Martis
Professor, Geography
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Kathleen O’Hearn Ryan
Assistant Professor, English
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Mary Ann Samyn
Assistant Professor, English
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Keith Weber
Associate Professor, Communication Studies
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Stanley Zaslau
Associate Professor, Urology
School of Medicine

2005-2006

Katherine B. Aaslestad
Associate Professor, History
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Andrẻ Douglas Pond Cummings
Associate Professor, Law
College of Law

Aaron Gale
Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Hong-Jian Lai
Professor, Mathematics
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Mary J. Wimmer
Professor, Biochemistry
School of Medicine

2004-2005

Julio F. Davalos
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Jorge A. Flores
Associate Professor, Biology
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

John Goldwasser
Professor, Mathematics
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

C. Lynne Ostrow
Chair and Associate Professor, Health Restoration
School of Nursing

Steven M. Zdatny
Associate Professor, History
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

2003-2004

James G. Arbogast
Professor, Family Medicine
School of Medicine

Gerald G. Ashdown
Professor, Law
College of Law

Paula Fitzgerald Bone
Professor, Marketing
College of Business and Economics

Susan M. Braidi
Associate Professor, Foreign Languages
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Maryanne Reed
Associate Professor
Reed College of Media

Janice Spleth
Professor, Foreign Languages
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

2002-2003

Robert Blobaum
Professor, History
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Jonathan Cumming
Associate Professor, Biology
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Peter Ehrlich
Associate Professor, Surgery and Pediatrics
School of Medicine

Stacy Gartin
Professor, Agricultural and Environmental Education
Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences

Virginia Kleist
Assistant Professor, Management IR Marketing Management
College of Business and Economics

Dorian Williams
Associate Professor, Family Medicine
School of Medicine

2001-2002

Larry Banta
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Robert Bastress
Professor, Law
College of Law

Michael Lastinger
Associate Professor, Foreign Languages
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Eric Pyle
Associate Professor, Education Theory and Practice
College of Human Resources and Education

Frank Reilly
Professor, Neurobiology and Anatomy
School of Medicine

David Schaal
Associate Professor, Psychology
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

2000-2001

Norman Ferrari
Professor, Pediatrics
School of Medicine

Elizabeth Fones-Wolf
Associate Professor, History
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Imogene Foster
Associate Professor, Nursing
School of Nursing

Larry Hornak
Professor, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

John Kilwein
Associate Professor, Political Science
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

John Renton
Professor, Geology
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

1999-2000

Khashayar Aminian
Professor, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Stanley Cohen
Professor, Psychology
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Penprapa Klinkhachorn
Lecturer, Anatomy
School of Medicine

John Kuhlman
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Tom Myers
Associate Professor, Physics
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Hema Siriwardane
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

1998-1999

Jack Bowman
Professor, Law
School of Law

Don Fidler
Professor, Behavioral Medicine and Psychology
School of Medicine

Marcello Napolitano
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

James Harms
Associate Professor, English
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Cheryl McNeil
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Earl Scime
Assistant Professor, Physics
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

1997-1998

Thomas Cady
Professor, Law
College of Law

Karen Douglas
Assistant Professor, Community Medicine
School of Medicine

Nancy Giles
Associate Professor, Physics
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Ronald Harris
Associate Professor, Geology
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Christine Martin
Assistant Professor of Journalism
School of Journalism

Dennis Ruscello
Professor, Speech Pathology and Audiology
College of Human Resources and Education

1996-1997

John Fisher
Professor, Law
College of Law

1995-1996

Robert E. Behling
Professor, Geology and Geography
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Barbara J. Howe
Director of the Center for Women’s Studies
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Rashida Abbas Khakoo
Section Chief
School of Medicine

Afzel Noore
Associate Professor, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Dennis O. Overman
Clinical Associate Professor
School of Medicine

Joseph F. Renahan
Lecturer, Foreign Languages
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

1994-1995

Gail Galloway Adams
Professor, English
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Vincent Cardi
Professor, Law
College of Law

E. Mark Cummings
Professor, Psychology
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Julio Davalos
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Joe Hagan
Professor, Political Science
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Louise Savage
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
School of Medicine

1993-1994

Mary Alice Barksdale-Ladd
Professor, Educational Theory and Practice Curriculum and Instruction
College of Human Resources and Education

Carl Malanga
Professor Emeritus, Basic Pharmaceutical Science
School of Pharmacy

Marjorie McDiarmid
Professor, Law
College of Law

Gary Morris
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Virgil Peterson
Professor Emeritus, English
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

William Vehse
Professor, Physics
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

1992-1993

John Andes
Professor Emeritus, Educational Leadership
College of Human Resources and Education

William Arnett
Associate Professor, History
Eberly Colleges of Arts and Sciences

Patrick Conner
Professor, English
Eberly Colleges of Arts and Sciences

Patricia Diehl
Associate Professor Emeritus
School of Nursing

Keith Garbutt
Professor, Biology
Eberly Colleges of Arts and Sciences

Richard Turton
Professor, Chemical Engineering
College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

1991-1992

Boyd Edwards
Professor, Physics
Eberly Colleges of Arts and Sciences

Michael D. Johnson
Professor, Physiology
School of Medicine

Kevin Larkin
Professor, Psychology
Eberly Colleges of Arts and Sciences

Takeko Minami
Lecturer, Foreign Languages
Eberly Colleges of Arts and Sciences

Joseph Shaeiwitz
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Nelson Smith
Professor Emeritus, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

1990-1991

Christina DeBiase
Professor of Periodontics
School of Dentistry

Norman Lass
Professor Speech Pathology and Audiology
College of Human Resources and Education

Denis MacDowell
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Eberly Colleges of Arts and Sciences

Michael Perone
Professor of Psychology
Eberly Colleges of Arts and Sciences

Judith Stitzel
Professor Emerita of English
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

John Zondlo
Professor of Chemical Engineering
College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

1989-1990

Jack Hammersmith
Professor of History
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Barbara Ludlow
Professor of Educational Theory and Practice
College of Human Resources and Education

Betty Miller
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Eberly Colleges of Arts and Sciences

Ethel Montiegel
Associate Professor Emerita of Biology
Eberly Colleges of Arts and Sciences

Michael W. Reed
Associate Professor of Education Theory and Practice Curriculum and Instruction
College of Human Resources and Education

Paul Speaker
Associate Professor of the Division of Economics and Finance
College of Business and Economics

1988-1989

Carolyn Atkins
Professor of Speech Pathology and Audiology
College of Human Resources and Education

Philip Comer
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
Eberly Colleges of Arts and Sciences

Charles Cremer
Professor Emeritus of Journalism
Reed College of Media

Paul Devore
Professor Emeritus of Technical Education
College of Human Resources and Education

Michael Mays
Professor of Mathematics
Eberly Colleges of Arts and Sciences

Mark Wicclair
Professor of Philosophy and Humanities
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

1987-1988

Linda M. Carson
Associate Professor of Physical Education and Sports Studies
College of Human Resources and Education

Ronald Eck
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Philip Faini
Dean/Professor Emeritus
College of Creative Arts

Sophia Peterson
Professor Emerita of Political Science
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Patricia Rice
Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
Eberly Colleges of Arts and Sciences

Richard Walls
Professor of Research and Training Center
College of Human Resources and Education

1986-1987

Marilyn Bendena
Associate Professor Emerita Foreign Languages
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Jerry Bouquot
Clinical Professor of Dental Practice and Rural Health
School of Dentistry

Charles DiSalvo
Professor of Law
College of Law

John Maxwell
History and Political Science
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Jeffrey Petersen
Professor of Chemistry
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Carl Rotter
Professor Emeritus of Physics
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

1985-1986

Robert DiClerico
Professor of Political Science
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

James Dowdy
Professor of Mathematics
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Harold Kidder
Professor of Animal and Vet Sciences
College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences

Kennon Lattal
Cent. Professor of Psychology
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

James Miltenberger
Professor of Music
College of Creative Arts

Dennis O’Brien
Associate Professor of History
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences