CNS Faculty Awards and Guidelines
The University of Texas at Austin and the College of Natural Sciences recognize excellence in teaching through a number of University-wide and College-wide awards.
University-Wide Teaching Awards
Each year the College solicits nominations from departments for the following awards:
- Minnie Stevens Piper Professorship
- President's Associates Teaching Excellence Awards
- Regents' Outstanding Teaching Awards
- Joe and Bettie Branson Ward Excellence Award (every three years)
- William David Blunk Memorial Professorship
- Dads' Association Centennial Teaching Fellowships
- Academy of Distinguished Teachers Award
Teaching Awards Committee Members
Advises the college on college-level and university-level teaching award nominations.
- Ruth Buskirk - Professor of Instruction, Biology
- Sarah Eichhorn - Executive Director, TIDES
- Kristin Harvey - Associate Professor of Instruction, Statistics
- Nancy Hazen - Professor, HDFS
- Chris Jolly – Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
- Pawan Kumar - Professor, Astronomy
- David Laude - Professor, Chemistry
- Blinda McClelland - Associate Professor of Instruction, Biology
- Kristin Patterson - Associate Professor of Instruction, Biology
- Natasa Pavlovic – Professor, Mathematics
- Mike Scott - Professor of Instruction, Computer Science
- Greg Sitz – Professor, Physics
- David Vanden Bout – Senior Associate Dean, Chair of Committee
