Morgan Chia-Wen Sze and Bobbi Josephine Hernandez Distinguished Teaching Prize

Eligible Title:

Professorial faculty

Criteria:

The prize is awarded to recognize faculty for excellence in teaching and will be awarded alternately over a three-year cycle to faculty in the humanities, social sciences and the natural sciences and mathematics. The award recipient will be encouraged to use a portion of the award to travel anywhere in the world of interest to them and, through that travel, “bring the world back to Cornell.” 

Available Awards:

One award - $31,700

Rotation of Awards:  

2025: Natural Sciences & Math

2026: Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Programs

2027: Humanities & Arts

The 2025 nomination submission deadline is Friday, March 14th.

Required nomination materials:

1. Chair’s nomination letter, which should include a brief summary of teaching evaluation data
2. Candidate’s CV
3. List of all courses taught in the past 5 years
4. Letters of support from students (maximum of 5)

All materials in the nomination package should be submitted as a single PDF titled lastname_DEPARTMENT_sze-hernandez

Email submission as a pdf attachment to Morgan_.22j4j8795qsxd6zt@u.box.com

2024-25

• Marcelo Aguiar, mathematics

2023-24

• Nick Admussen, Asian studies

2022-23

• Amy Krosch, psychology

2021-22

• Kyle Lancaster, chemistry and chemical biology

2020-21

• David Smith, psychology
• Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, literatures in English

2018-19

• Tara Holm, mathematics

2017-18

• Amy Villarejo, performing and media arts, comparative literature, and feminist, gender and sexuality studies
• Lydia Fakundiny, English