Established in 1988 by the Board of Trustees, the Temple University Great Teacher Awards recognize faculty members annually for their continuous excellence in teaching. Each award carries a stipend of $15,000. In addition, each recipient's name is engraved on the Great Teachers Wall in the Founder's Garden. The awards are presented at a special convocation in spring which honors individual winners and their contributions to Temple's tradition of teaching excellence.
Temple students and faculty recognize extraordinary teaching and appreciate its result - extraordinary learning. But in the culture of academia, all too often teaching is less publicly rewarded than published research, and there is little recognition of the interconnections between scholarly excellence and teaching excellence. With the Great Teacher Awards, we recognize and honor Temple's excellent teachers on behalf of our students.
2023-24
Charles Abramovic, BYR
Robert L. Bettiker, Medicine
Heather R. Porter, CPH
2022-23
Andrea Monroe, Law
Matt Wray, CLA
2021-22
Maria E. Lorenz, CST
2020-21
Bryant Simon, CLA
Karen Marie Turner, Klein
2019-20
Eduard Schmieder, BYR
Ralph F. Young, CLA
2018-19
Lawrence Kaplan, Medicine
Nancy Morris, Klein
David Schuff, FOX
2017-18
Amy J. Goldberg, Medicine
William J. Stull, CLA
2016-17
Alice G. Abreu, Law
Robin A. Kolodny, CLA
2015-16
Rebecca Alpert, CLA
Elizabeth Bolman, Tyler
2014-15
Peter Axelrod, Medicine
2013-14
Jennifer Ibrahim, CHPSW
2012-13
Mitrabarun Sarkar, FOX
James Shellenberger, Law
2011-12
Shohreh Amini, CST
Sarah Bauerle Bass, CHPSW
2010-11
Brian Goldstein, CHPSW
Joan Shapiro, Education
2009-10
John Johnson, BYR
Miles Orvell, CLA
Jonathan Scott, FOX
2008-09
Maria Fornatora, Dentistry
Daniel Tompkins, CLA
Christine Woyshner, Education
2007-08
Helen Kwalwasser, BYR
Paul Lyons, Medicine
Edward Rosenthal, FOX
2006-07
Eli Goldblatt, CLA
Ronald Rubin, Medicine
David Sonenshein, Law
2005-06
Stanley Whitney, Tyler
Therese Dolan, Tyler
John McClendon, FOX
2004-05
David Zitarelli, CST
Marsha Weinraub, CLA
Thomas Fekete, Medicine
2003-04
Kevin Delaney, CLA
Laura Little, Law
Joan Mellen, CLA
2002-03
Joel Sheffield, CST
Stephen Krulik, Education
R.B. Drennan, Jr., FSBM
2001-02
David Hill, CST
Carolyn Karcher, CLA
Nancy Knauer, Law
2000-01
Kenneth Bruscia, Music & Dance
Richard Eisenstaedt, Medicine
Julia Ericksen, CLA
1999-00
Brian Butz, Engineering
Philip Hineline, CLA
Mel Silberman, Education
1998-99
Warren Bass, SCAT
Terry Halbert, SBM
Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek, CLA
1997-98
Raymond Coughlin, CAS
David Dalton, CAS
Anthony DiBenedetto, SBM
Chyan-Long Lin, CAS
Phillip Yanella, CAS
1996-97
Edrie Ferdun, HPERD
Philip Kendall, CAS
Gerald Sterling, Medicine
Edward Trayes, SCAT
Harvey Wedeen, Music
1995-96
Orin Chein, CAS
John Pron, ALAH
Sheryl Ruzek, HPERD
Joseph Scorsone, Tyler
Jagbir Singh, SBM
1994-95
Sarah Hilsendager, HPERD
Dieter Forster, CAS
Laurence Steinberg, CAS
Robert Hamilton, SBM
Cathy Morano, Education
1993-94
Richard Cramer, Tyler
Sarah Long, Medicine
Thomas Patterson, CAS
Howard Spodek, CAS
Michael Wang, Medicine
1992-93
Harry Bailey, CAS
Peter Goodwin, CAS
Rajan Chandran, SBM
Susan Wheelan, Education
Donald Price, Law
1991-92
Nina Hillman, CAS
Robert Walter, Education
Bennet Lorber, Medicine
Eve Meyer, Music
Neil Kosh, Tyler
1990-91
Samuel Hodge, SBM
Howard Blake, Education
Robert Weinberg, CAS
Burton Carrow, Music
Dawn Marks, Medicine
1989-90
Leroy Carl, SCAT
Joseph Schmuckler, Education
Edwin Gordon, Music
Stanley Lechtzin, Tyler
J. Robert Troyer, Medicine
1988-89
Arvind Phatak, SBM
Diane Bryen, Education
Richard Kennedy, CAS
Roger Anliker, Tyler
Carson Schneck, Medicine