Society for the Teaching of Psychology: Division 2 of the American Psychological Association

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  • Past Teaching Excellence Award Winners

Excellence in Teaching Award Recipients (1980-present)

  • High School 
    Named the Mary Margaret Moffett  Memorial Teaching Excellence Award in 1995

  • 2-Year Colleges
    Named the Wayne Weiten Teaching Excellence Award in 2005

  • 4-Year Colleges
    Named the Robert S. Daniel Teaching Excellence Award in 1995

  • Graduate Student
    Named the McKeachie Early Career Award in 1995
    Renamed the Wilbert J. McKeachie Teaching Excellence Award in 2005

  • Early Career
    Named the Jane S. Halonen Teaching Excellence Award in 2007

  • Adjunct Faculty

Note: Not all awards have been given each year.


High School
1981 Len McCord-Sheldahi Urbandale High School, IA
1982 John M. Christano McQuaid Jesuit High School, NY
1983 (no award) (no award)
1984 Charles E. Provon New Trier Township High School, IL.
1985 Jewell Lyngaas Edina High School, MN
1986 (no award) (no award)
1987 Mrs. Reba Wooden Perry Meridian High School, IN
1988 Thomas L Lestina Naperville Central High, IL
1989 (no award) (no award)
1990 K. Bates Mandel George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science, PA
1991 Karyn Hale Crater High School, OR
1992 Charles T. Blair-Brocker Cedar Falls High School, IA
1993 Randal M. Ernst Lincoln High School, NE
1994 Alan Feldman Perth Amboy High School, NJ
1995 Laura Lincoln Maitland W.C. Mepham High School, NY
Mary Margaret Moffett Memorial Teaching Excellence Award
The Division 2 Executive Committee voted to name this award in honor of Mary Margaret Moffett in 1995 (Read here)
1996 Nancy Grippo Henry M. Gunn High School, CA
1997 Carol Jo Dean Lake Park High School, IL
1998 Margaret Davidson Berkner H.S., TX
1999 Mary Spilis Northview High School, GA
2000 Michael Sullivan Sharon High School, MA
2001 Craig W. Gruber Walt Whitman High School, MD
2002 (no award) (no award)
2003 Jim Matiya Carl Sandburg High School, IL
2004 Rob McEntarffer Lincoln Southeast High School, NE
2005 Kristen Whitlock Viewmont High School, UT
2006 Amy C. Fineburg Spain Park High School, AL
2007 Debra Park
West Deptford High School, NJ
2008 Marjorie Kain Cole Kellam High School, VA
2009 Susan Spencer Northern Highlands Regional High School, NJ
2010 Wendy Hart Brentwood High School, Brentwood, TN
2011 (no award) (no award)
2012 Nancy Diehl

Hong Kong International School, Hong Kong

2013 Jeanne Blakeslee St. Paul's School for Girls, MD

2014

Amanda Harmon
Zionsville Community High School, IN
 2015
Tina Athanasopoulos             
 John Hersey High School, IL        
 2016 Terri Lindenberg  Lake Park High School, IL
 2017 Laura Brandt College Du Leman, Switzerland
 2018 Pamala Coburn Fremont High School, UT
 2019 Michael Hamilton Hopkinton High School, MA
 2020 Steve Jones City of Medicine Academy, NC
 2021 R. Scott Reed Chandler Unified School District, AZ
 2022 Casey Swanson Plymouth High School, MI
 2023Maria Vita Penn Manor High School, PA



2-Year Colleges
1980 Jim Eison Roane State Community College, TN
1981 (no award) (no award)
1982 James Bell Howard Community College, MD
1983 Duane Windemiller Northern Essex Community College, MA
1984 (no award) (no award)
1985 Peter Burzynski Vincennes University, IN
1986 Tom Bond Thomas Nelson Community College, VA
1987 Wayne Weiten College of DuPage, IL
1988 Karen R. Huffman Palomar College, CA
1989 Larry R Vandevert Spokane Falls Community Collge, WA
1990 Sandra Lee Ladd West Valley College, CA
1991 Richard E. Miller Navarro College, TX
1992 Ann E. Garrett Robinson South Central Community College, KY
1993 Margaret Anne Bly Edison Community College, FL
1994 JoAnn C. Brannocle Fullerton College, CA
1995 Virginia Nichols Quinn North Virginia Community College
1997 Robin Hailstorks Prince George's Community College, MD
1998 Mark W. Vernoy Palomar College, CA
1999 Jerry Rudmann Irvine Valley College, CA
2000 Ann T. Ewing Mesa Community College, AZ
2001 Tonja L. Ringgold Baltimore City Community College, MD
2002 David R. Murphy Waubonsee Community College, IL
2003 (no award) (no award)
2004 Robert L. Johnson Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, OR
2005 Joseph A. Mayo Gordon College, Barnesville, GA
Wayne Weiten Teaching Excellence Award
The STP Executive Committee voted to name the award in honor of Wayne Weiten in 2005 (Read here)
2006 Diane L. Finley Prince George's Community College, Largo, MD
2007 Kim O'Donnell Naugatuck Valley Community College, CT
2008 Kimberley Duff Cerritos College, CA
2009 Jennifer O'Loughlin-Brooks Collin College, TX
2010 Phil O. McClung West Virginia University at Parkersburg, WV
2011 Kari L. Tucker Irvine Valley College,CA
2012 Virginia Wickline Miami University, OH
2013 Vincent Granito Lorian County Community College, OH
2014
J. Kris Leppien-Christensen
Saddleback College, CA
 2015 Lynne N. Kennette Durham College, Ontario, Canada
 2016 Katherine  Wickes Blinn College, TX
 2017 Jaye Frances Van Kirk San Diego Mesa College, CA
 2018 William S. Altman SUNY Broome Community College, NY
 2019 Garth Neufeld  Cascadia College, WA
 2020 Jaclyn Ronquillo-Adachi Cerritos College, CA
 2021 Julie Lazzara Paradise Valley Community College , AZ
 2022 Jason Spiegelman Community College of Baltimore County, MD
 2023Heather Schoenherr College of Western Idaho 



4-Year Colleges/Universities
1980 Keith Jacobs Loyola University New Orleans, LA
1981 Mark Ware Creighton University, NE
1982 E. Scott Geller Virginia Polytechnic Institute
1983 Ernest D. Kemble University of Minnesota
1984 Sherman Ross Howard University, Washington, D.C.
1985 Margaret W. Matlin SUNY Geneseo
1986 Patricia Marks Greenfield University of California, Los Angeles
1987 Kennon A. Lattal University of West Virginia
1988 David S. Holmes University of Kansas
1989 Stephen T. Davis Emporia State University, KS
1990 Joseph J. Palladino University of Southern Indiana
1991 Maryanne Wolf Tufts University, MA
1992 Walter A. Minsk Macalester College, MN
1993 Drew C. Appleby Marian College, IN
1994 Richard A. Griggs University of Florida, Gainsville
1995 Mitchell H. Handelsman University of Colorado, Denver
Robert S. Daniel Teaching Excellence Award
The Division 2 Executive Committee voted to name this award in honor of Robert S. Daniel in 1995
and formally announced the naming of the award in 1996 (Read here)
1996 Barbara Nodine Beaver College, PA
1997 Patricia G. Devine University of Wisconsin, Madison
1998 William G.. Graziano Texas A&M University
1999 Philip G. Zimbardo Stanford University, CA
2000 William Buskist Auburn University, AL
2001 Jeanne Marsh Stahl Morris Brown University, GA
2002 Kenneth A. Weaver Emporia State University, KS
2003 Charles I. Abramson Oklahoma State University
2004 C. R. Snyder University of Kansas, Lawrence
2005 Stephen L. Chew Samford University, Birmingham, AL
2006 Dean Keith Simonton University of California, Davis, CA
2007 Bette Bottoms University of Illinois at Chicago
2008 Jane Sheldon University of Michigan-Dearborn
2009 Richard Miller University of Nebraska at Kearney
2010 Marianne Miserandino Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
2011 Mark Costanzo Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA
2012 David B. Daniel James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
2013 Andrew N. Christopher Albion College, Albion, MI
2014 (no award)
(no award)
 2015 Pam Marek  Kennesaw State University, GA
 2016 Erin Hardin University of Tennessee
 2017 Steven Meyers Roosevelt University, IL
 2018 Kim A. Case University of Houston-Clear Lake, TX
 2019 Tim Lawson Mount St. Joseph University, OH
 2020 Guy Boysen McKendree University, IL
 2021 Bridgette Hard Duke University, NC
 2022 Loreto Prieto Iowa State University, IA
 2023Colleen SeifertUniversity of Michigan



Graduate Student
1980 Susan Warner University of Florida
1982 Gary Namie University of California, Santa Barbara
1983 Hugh Foley State University of N.Y., Stony Brook
1984 Michael R. Stevenson Purdue University
1985 (no award) (no award)
1986 Lyn Mowafy University of Arizona
1987 David Pittenger University of Georgia
1988 Linda M. Woolf (Brandeberry)
St. Louis University, MO
1989 Arthur Kohn Duke University, NC
1990 Cathy Grover Texas A&M University
1991 Andrew Schrack Walters University of Georgia
1993 Joel David Swendsen University of California, Los Angeles
1994 Steven A. Meyers Michigan State University
McKeachie Early Career Teaching Award
The Division Two Executive Committee voted to name the award
in honor of Wilbert J. McKeachie in 1994. (Read here)
1995 Maria Lynn St. Louis University, MO
1996 Earl M. Williams University of California, Los Angeles
1997 Barbara Hofer University of Michigan
1998 Amy T. Galloway Northern Michigan University
1999 William Douglas Woody Colorado State University
2000 Linda R. Tropp University of California, Santa Cruz
2001 Courtney E. Ahrens University of Illinois at Chicago Circle
2002 Bryan K. Saville Auburn University, AL
2003 Erika W. Pohl University of Georgia
2004 Jason F. Sikorski Auburn University, AL
Wilbert J. McKeachie Teaching Excellence Award
The graduate student award was renamed in 2005
to differentiate it from a new award for early career teachers.
2005 George M. Slavich University of Oregon
2006 Trisha A. Benson Auburn University, AL
2007 Jessica Irons
Auburn University, AL
2008 Jared Keeley Auburn University, AL
2009 Jeremy Houska University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
2010 Sadie Leder University at Buffalo, NY
2011 Lynne Kennette Wayne State University, MI
2012 Robyn Kondrad University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2013 Robert Bubb Auburn University, AL
2014
Angela Legg
University of California, Riverside
 2015 Molly A. Metz University of California: Santa Barbara, CA
 2016 Leslie Berntsen University of Southern California
 2017 Paige Lloyd Miami University, OH
 2018 Rachel Shor George Mason University, VA
 2019 Kristina Howansky Rutgers University, NJ
 2020 Amy Nusbaum 
Washington State University, WA
 2021 Madeleine Pownall University of Leeds, United Kingdom
 2022 Melanie Maimon Rutgers University, NJ
 2023Skyler Mendes  Arizona State University



Early Career
2006 Jeffrey R. Stowell Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
2007 Tracy E. Zinn
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
2008 Scott Bates Utah State University, Logan, UT
 Jane S. Halonen Teaching Excellence Award
The STP Executive Committee voted to name the award in honor of Jane S. Halonen in 2007. (Read here)
2009 Debra Mashek Harvey Mudd College, CA
2010 Karen Z. Naufel Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
2011 Aaron S. Richmond Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO
2012 He Len Chung The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
2013 Stephanie E. Afful Fontbonne University, Clayton, MO
2014
Sadie Leder Elder
High Point University, NC
 2015 Courtney Stevens Willamette University, Salem, OR
 2016 Jordan  Troisi Sewanee: The University of the South, TN
 2017 Catherine Rawn University of British Columbia, Canada
 2018 Desdamona Rios University of Houston-Clear Lake, TX
 2019 Ashley Waggoner Denton University of Toronto, Canada
 2020 Lindsay Masland Appalachian State University, NC
 2021 Christina Shane-Simpson University of Wisconson-Stout, WI
 2022 Xiaomeng (Mona) Xu Idaho State University, ID
 2023Leslie BerntsenUniversity of Southern California 



Adjunct Faculty
2012 Hillary Hettinger Steiner University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2013 Joan T. Bihun University of Colorado-Denver, Denver, CO
2014
Thanos Patelis
Fordham University, NY
 2015 Albee Therese Ongsuco Mendoza Ivy Tech Community College, Bloomington, IN
 2016 (no award) (no award)
 2017 Jeremy Doughan University of San Francisco, CA
 2018 (no award) (no award)
 2019 Tina Jenkins Saddleback College, CA
 2020 Andrea Bonior Georgetown University. DC
 2021 Karen Scheel Iowa State University, IA
 2022Jen HoustonFlorida International University, FL
 2023(no award) (no award)
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