Excellence in Teaching Awards

Teaching Awards

Nominate yourself or a colleague for an award. Assistant, Associate, and Full Professors, as well as Instructors I,II, and III with at least one Fall and Spring teaching experience at FGCU are eligible. Adjunct Faculty with at least two semesters of teaching experience at FGCU are eligible for the Adjunct Faculty award.

AWARD GUIDELINES

Award Review and Selection Committee

Name	College	Term Ends
Huffman, Tanya	CAS	2028
Lakhani, Heena	COE	2028
Desrosiers, Greg	DKSOE	2028
Jiang, Yabing	LCOB	2027
Reycraft, Kim	LIB	2028
Peburn, Tara	MCHHS	2028
Kankarla, Vanaja	TWS	2028
No Representation	UAS
Danley, Ashley	WCE	2028
Motley, Clay	ex-officio, Provost Office
Weiss, Valerie	Past Recipient of the Senior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award	2027
Chailland, Charla	Past Recipient of the Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award	2027
Marino, Karen	Past Recipient of the Senior Instructor Teaching Excellence Award	2027
Frederick, Lee Ann	Past Recipient of the Junior Instructor Teaching Excellence Award	2027

Winners of the Teaching Awards

Three women stand in front of a Florida Gulf Coast University backdrop at the 2026 Celebration of Excellence Award Ceremony. The woman in the center holds a plaque recognizing the Senior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, while the two women beside her stand smiling.

Two women and one man stand in front of a Florida Gulf Coast University backdrop at the 2026 Celebration of Excellence Award Ceremony. The man in the center holds a plaque recognizing the Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, while the two women beside him stand smiling.

2025-2026 Winners

Senior Faculty: Dr. Shelby Gilbert

Senior Faculty: Dr. Valerie Weiss

Junior Faculty: Dr. Charla Chailland

Junior Faculty: Dr. Oscar Johnson

Senior Instructor: Karen Marino

Senior Instructor: Kara Winton

Junior Instructor: Lee Ann Frederick

Junior Instructor: Tara Peburn

Adjunct: Dr. Louis Baumann

Adjunct: Clarisse Halpern

2025-2026
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Senior Faculty: Dr. Daniel Paull

Senior Faculty: Dr. Adrian Valencia

Junior Faculty: Dr. Bhisnauth Churaman

Junior Faculty: Dr. Nicola Khalaf

Senior Instructor: Felicia Goulet-Miller

Senior Instructor: Nicole Legge

Junior Instructor: Mark Bole

Junior Instructor: Margaret Hood

Adjunct: Dr. Claude Lieber

Adjunct: Dr. Michael Weiss-Holmes
2023-2024
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Senior Faculty: Dr. Ashraf Badir

Senior Faculty: Dr. Alberto Condori

Junior Faculty: Dr. Christina Anaya

Junior Faculty: Dr. Kevin Minner

Junior Instructor: Brittany Eichler

Junior Instructor: Melissa Thompson

Adjunct: Dr. Hanna Lipsey

Adjunct: Dr. David Poisson
2022-2023
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Senior Faculty: Dr. Michael Baron

Junior Faculty: Dr. Denise Allen

Junior Faculty: Dr. Patti Bauer

Senior Instructor: Chad Evers

Senior Instructor: Tatiana Schuss

Junior Instructor: Karen Marino

Adjunct: Michael Osheroff

Adjunct: Rosanna Mitchell
2021-2022
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Senior Faculty: Dr. L. Donald Duke

Junior Faculty: Dr. Valerie Weiss

Senior Instructor: Carol Sweeney

Junior Instructor: Annie Stout

Adjunct: Joel Ying
2020-2021
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Senior Faculty: Dr. Arie van Duijn

Junior Faculty: Dr. Ann Tilman

Senior Instructor: Eugene Hoyt

Junior Instructor: Reid Lennertz

Adjunct: Jamie Wilson
2019-2020
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Senior Faculty: Dr. Lan Jiang

Junior Faculty: Dr. Molly Nation

Junior Instructor: Dr. Sari Paikoff

Adjunct: Mary-Cecile Gayoso
2018-2019
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Senior Faculty: Dr. Russell Hogg

Junior Faculty: Dr. Gina Tran

Senior Instructor: Julie Zemplinski

Junior Instructor: Maggie Swanson
2017-2018
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Senior Faculty: Dr. Daniel Rottig

Junior Faculty: Dr. Jan Martijn-Meij

Junior Instructor: Courtney Dwyer Satkoski

Adjunct: Kelly Jean Brock
2016-2017
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Senior Faculty: Dr. Tanya Kunberger

Junior Faculty: Dr. Edwin Myers

Junior Instructor: Katherine Wahlberg

Adjunct: Christopher Hamstra
2015-2016
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2014-2015
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Senior Faculty: Dr. Karen Tolchin
Junior Faculty: Dr. Arianna Pinello

Senior Instructor: Tanya Huffman

Junior Instructor: Felicia Goulet-Miller
2013-2014
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Senior Faculty: Dr. Takashi Ueda

Junior Faculty: Dr. Melodie Eichbauer

Senior Instructor: Lori Cornelius

Junior Instructor: Deeb-Paul Kitchen

Adjunct: Barbara Fuentes
2012-2013
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Senior Faculty: Dr. Edwin Everham

Junior Faculty: Dr. Adriana LaGier

Junior Instructor: Matthew Palmtag

Adjunct: Dr. Neil Selvin
2011-2012
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Senior Faculty: Dr. Randall Cross

Junior Faculty: Dr. David Thurmaier

Senior Instructor: Miles Mancini

Junior Instructor: Emily Vallier
2010-2011
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Senior Faculty: Dr. Madelyn Isaacs

Junior Faculty: Dr. Charles Gunnels

Senior Instructor: Thomas DeMarchi

Junior Instructor: David Green
2009-2010
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2008-2009
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2007-2008
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2006-2007
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2005-2006
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2004-2005
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2003-2004
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2002-2003
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2001-2002
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2000-2001
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1999-2000
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1998-1999
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1997-1998
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