Weinberg College faculty and graduate students recognized for excellence in teaching

Each year, the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and the Office of the Provost recognizes members of the College’s tenure-line and teaching-track faculty for excellence in teaching. Weinberg College in addition recognizes the contributions of outstanding graduate student teachers in the instruction of its undergraduates. Below are this year’s award winners.

Distinguished Teaching Award | Arts and Sciences Alumni Teaching Award
Each year the College selects members of the tenure-line faculty to receive Weinberg College Distinguished Teaching Awards. The Arts and Sciences Alumni Teaching Awards are reserved for members of the teaching-track faculty. The award recipients this year are:

Distinguished Teaching Award

• Doug Kiel, Department of History
• Daniel Majchrowicz, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures

Arts and Sciences Alumni Teaching Award

• Chin-Hung Chang, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
• Alissa Levy Chung, Department of Psychology

Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Research Award
This award recognizes a faculty member who has exhibited particular skill in and dedication to mentoring undergraduate students engaged in research and other intellectually creative endeavors. This research or creative work may have taken the form of honors or senior theses or other senior projects, independent study, laboratory work, or a combination. Successful candidates for this award will have established a history of exceptional work with undergraduates and the development of opportunities for them to become involved in research and other sustained creative projects. The award recipient this year is:

• Daniel Horton, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
  

Community Building Award
The award recognizes faculty who foster a sense of community both inside and outside the classroom and who make students feel valued as members of the Northwestern intellectual community. The award recipient this year is:

• Shalini Shankar, Asian American Studies Program
  

Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award
Each year, the College selects three teaching assistants to receive this award. A Committee on Teaching Awards evaluates nominations from departments and undergraduate students and recommends candidates to the Dean. The award recipients this year are:

• Nava Cohen, Department of Classics
• Clay Davis, Department of Sociology
• Aaron Wilford, Department of History

CLI Excellence in Language Teaching Award
Each year the Council on Language Instruction recognizes the accomplishments of a faculty member who has established a tradition of excellence in teaching and has also shown laudable engagement in departmental, college or university affairs with the Excellence in Language Teaching Award.

• Heather Colburn, Department of Spanish and Portuguese

You are invited to view photos of the 2025 Weinberg College Teaching Awards.