Distinguished Teaching Awards
Distinguished Teaching Awards Overview & Past Recipients
The University of Michigan-Dearborn annually bestows two Distinguished Teaching Awards to recognize and celebrate faculty for exceptional contributions to undergraduate education through innovative pedagogy and other impactful teaching practices. Recipients of the Distinguished Teaching Awards are seen as exemplars of our teacher-scholar model, who inspire the rest of the 蹤獲扦-Dearborn community to be committed to providing an undergraduate education of academic excellence and to preparing students for a lifetime of learning and growth. Two awards are given annually.
If you are seeking information on Distinguished Teaching Award recipients prior to the years listed below, please contact the Office of the Provost.
2025 Award Recipients, DeLean Smith and Shunyao (Cynthia) Jin
DeLean Smith, Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science is a recipient of the 2025 Distinguished Teaching Award.
Shunyao (Cynthia) Jin, Assistant Professor of Accounting, Department of Accounting, College of Business is a recipient of the 2025 Distinguished Teaching Award.
Aditya Viswanathan, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters is a recipient of the 2024 Distinguished Teaching Award.
Christos Constantinides, Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Natural Sciences, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters is a recipient of the 2024 Distinguished Teaching Award.
Anys Bacha, assistant professor of Computer and Information Science, College of Engineering and Computer Science, is a recipient of the 2023 Distinguished Teaching Award.
Zhi (Elena) Zhang, assistant professor of Biological Sciences, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters is a recipient of the 2023 Distinguished Teaching Award.
Simona Marincean, associate professor of Physical sciences, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters is a recipient of the 2022 Distinguished Teaching Award.
Crystal Scott, associate professor of Marketing, College of Business is a recipient of the 2022 Distinguished Teaching Award.
Kamalesh Kumar, professor in the Department of Management Studies, College of Business, is a 2021 recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award.
Kristin Poling, assistant professor in the Department of Social Sciences, College of Arts, Sciences, & Letters, is a 2021 recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award.
Armagan Bayram, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE) in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS), is a recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Teaching Award.
Patricia Smith, professor in the Department of Social Sciences in the College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters (CASL), is a recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Teaching Award.
Nilay Chakraborty, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS), is a 2019 recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award.
Bochen Jia, assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE) in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS), is a 2019 recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award.
Brahim Medjahed, associate professor of Computer and Information Science, College of Engineering and Computer Sciences, is a 2018 recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award.
Hyejin Kim, assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts, Sciences, & Letters, is a 2018 recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award.
Emily Matthews-Luxon, assistant professor of Political Science in the Department of Social Sciences in the College of Arts, Sciences, & Letters, is a 2017 recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award.
Brian Green, professor in the Department of Accounting and Finance, College of Business, is a 2017 recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award.
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