Faculty Awards and Distinctions​

Vanderbilt University recognizes and honors outstanding faculty who have dedicated time and energy to teaching, scholarship, service, and research. Throughout the year, Vanderbilt strives to support faculty as they apply for such prestigious awards. ​

​We believe that faculty deserve to receive the recognition they deserve for their countless contributions to the university and community.

Importance of Awards

Faculty awards are an important component of faculty development and advancement. Awards can be beneficial to faculty at all stages of their career. These awards, both internal and external, are among the highest honors that faculty can receive in their academic careers. ​

​Awards and fellowships provide necessary resources that can help faculty build on both their research and teaching. Financial support, time, and access to a community of scholars are some of the key advantages to receiving an award.

Internal Awards

Vanderbilt University proudly recognizes faculty members for their accomplishments in teaching, research, and service to the campus community. Below are links to award information pages and application guidelines.

25 Years of Service

Each year, Vanderbilt University recognizes those members of the faculty who have just completed twenty-five years of full-time service. Vanderbilt honors these twenty-five-year veterans with the presentation of a chair bearing brass plates engraved with the professor’s name and the Vanderbilt logo.

The brief highlights included here cannot begin to do justice to the contributions these faculty have made to Vanderbilt and their disciplines.

Fall Semester

  • Chancellor’s Award for Research

    Call for Nominations: Spring 2024
    Submission Deadline: 5 p.m. on June 14, 2024

    The Chancellor’s Awards for Research recognize excellence on the part of faculty in published research, scholarship, or creative expression. The awards will be given for works presented or published in the preceding three calendar years. This year’s awards will be given for works that have publication years of 2021, 2022, or 2023. Up to five of these prizes may be awarded each year. Unlike the Sutherland Prize, which is awarded for lifetime achievement in research, the Chancellor’s Awards for Research recognize excellence for research published during a given year. All full-time faculty members are eligible for these research prizes. Works by research teams (two or more faculty) at Vanderbilt are also eligible for consideration. All Vanderbilt co-authors must be nominated in a single nomination, and they would share the award. (Co-authors who are not Vanderbilt faculty are not recognized.)

    The award consists of a monetary prize and an engraved pewter julep cup.

    Nominations must include the following materials:

    1. The full citation for the work;
    2. A brief description of the nominated work;
    3. An explanation of the significance of the research, scholarship, or creative expression;
    4. Evidence of the work’s importance, including external commentary, book reviews, impact factors, citations, awards, and other external recognition;
    5. A complete curriculum vitae; and,
    6. A copy of the article or, in the case of a book, the introduction and a significant chapter. For creative works or presentations, an appropriate archival work may be submitted.

    Letters of nomination or additional recommendation letters are helpful but not required.

    Previous recipients are not eligible to receive a second award. The list of past winners can be found below.

    Complete nominations must be received by TBA.

    Please submit all nominations electronically via InfoReady. You must log in to the system using your VUnetID and password. Please direct any questions to the Office of Faculty Development (facultydevelopment@vanderbilt.edu).

    PDF Guide

    Current Winners

    • Jonathan Brown (Medicine)
    • Jefferson Cowie (History)
    • Kathryn Humphreys (Psychology & Human Development)
    • Douglas Ruderfer (Medicine)
    • Allison Schachter (Jewish Studies)

    Previous Winners

    2022

    • Mariana Byndloss (Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology)
    • Joshua Caldwell (Mechanical Engineering)
    • Bennett Landman (Electrical Engineering)
    • Emily Greble (German, Russian & East European Studies
    • John McLean (Chemistry)
    • Yesha Yadav (Law)

    2021

    • Brandon Byrd (History)
    • Andrew Coe (Political Science)
    • Sara Mayeux (Law)
    • Justus Ndukaife (Electrical Engineering)
    • John Wilson (Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering)
    • Manuel Ascano (Biochemistry)
    • Mark Kelley (Surgery)
    • Douglas Johnson (Medicine)
    • Justin Balko (Medicine)

    2020

    • Jessica Clarke (Law)
    • Nicole Creanza (Biological Sciences)
    • Jennifer Fay (English)
    • Jonathan Metzl (Sociology, Psychiatry, and Medicine, Health & Society)
    • Cynthia Reinhart-King (Biomedical Engineering)

    2019

    • Sarah Igo (History)
    • Mark Jarman (English)
    • Todd Rice (Medicine), Wesley Self (Emergency Medicine), and Mathew Semler (Medicine)
    • Sharon Weiss (Electrical Engineering)
    • Kimberly Welch (History)

    2018

    • Clare McCabe (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
    • Douglas Shadle (Musicology)
    • Steven Townsend (Chemistry)
    • Michael Vandenbergh (Law) and Jonathan Gilligan (Earth and Environmental Sciences)
    • Colin Walsh (Biomedical Informatics)

    2017

    • Tony Capra (Biological Sciences)
    • René Gifford (Hearing & Speech Sciences)
    • Morgan Ricks (Law)
    • Ganesh Sitaraman (Law)
    • Jason Valentine (Mechanical Engineering)

    2016

    • Christopher M.S. Johns (History of Art)
    • Sohee Park (Psychology) & Geoffrey Woodman (Psychology)
    • Marybeth Shinn (Human and Organizational Development)
    • Julia Velkovska (Physics)
    • Alan Wiseman (Political Science)

    2015

    • Julia Cohen (Jewish Studies)
    • Lisa Guenther (Philosophy)
    • Sachin Patel (Psychiatry)
    • Joseph Rife (Classical Studies)
    • Kevin Stack (Law)

    2014

    • Seth R. Bordenstein (Biological Sciences)
    • Joshua C. Denny (Biomedical Informatics)
    • Isabel Gauthier (Psychology)
    • Joel F. Harrington (History)
    • Holly J. McCammon (Sociology)

    2013

    • Randy D. Blakely (Pharmacology)
      Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele (Psychiatry)
    • Vivien Casagrande (Cell & Developmental Biology)
    • Deyu LI (Mechanical Engineering)
    • Betsey Robinson (History of Art)
    • Daniel J. Sharfstein (Law)

    2012

    • Darryl J. Bornhop (Chemistry)
    • William O. Cooper (Pediatrics)
    • Colin Dayan (English)
    • Kelly Oliver (Philosophy)
    • Holly A. Tucker (French & Italian)

    2011

    • Brandt F. Eichman (Biological Sciences)
    • Larry W. Isaac (Sociology)
    • Jeffrey N. Johnston (Chemistry)
    • Robert M. Kessler (Radiology & Radiological Sciences; Psychiatry)
      David H. Zald (Psychology; Psychiatry)
    • Antonis Rokas (Biological Sciences)

    2010

    • Tony Lee Earley (English)
    • Judy Garber (Psychology, Peabody College)
    • Todd R. Graham (Biological Sciences)
    • Björn C. Knollmann (Pharmacology)
    • Charles R. Sanders II (Biochemistry)

    2009

    • Yanqin Fan (Economics)
    • Irina N. Kaverina (Cell & Development Biology)
    • Gordon Dennis Logan (Psychology, A&S)
      Thomas J. Palmeri (Psychology, A&S)
      Jeffery D. Schall (Psychology, A&S)
    • James G. Patton (Biological Sciences)
    • Eric Patrick Skaar (Microbiology & Immunology)

    2008

    • Michael Goldfarb (Mechanical Engineering)
    • Douglas G. McMahon (Biological Sciences)
    • Tracy G. Miller (History of Art)
    • Frank Tong (Psychology A&S)
    • Mark A. Wollaeger (English)

    2007

    • Bruce Hans Appel (Biological Sciences)
    • James E. Crowe, Jr. (Pediatrics)
    • Peter T. Cummings (Chemical Engineering)
    • Richard Douglas Lloyd (Sociology)
    • Daphne Manoussaki (Mathematics)
    • Keivan Guadalupe Stassun (Physics & Astronomy)

    2006

    • Kenneth C. Catania (Biological Sciences)
      G. Kane Jennings (Chemical Engineering)
    • Walter J. Chazin (Biochemistry)
      Ellen H. Fanning (Biological Sciences)
    • Daniela Drummond-Barbosa (Cell and Developmental Biology)
    • E. Duco Jansen (Biomedical Engineering)
      Changqing Kao (Neurological Surgery)
      Peter E. Konrad (Neurological Surgery)
      Anita Mahadevan-Jansen (Biomedical Engineering)
    • Hassane S. Mchaourab (Molecular Physiology and Biophysics)

    2005

    • A.B. Bonds (Electrical Engineering & Computer Science)
    • Martin Egli (Biochemistry)
      Carl H. Johnson (Biological Sciences)
    • Douglas P. Hardin (Mathematics)
      Edward B. Saff (Mathematics)
    • Nancy J. King (Law)
    • René Marois (Psychology)
    • David A.Weintraub (Physics & Astronomy)

    2004

    • Randolph Blake (Psychology)
      Joseph S. Lappin (Psychology)
    • Gabor Karsai (Electrical Engineering & Computer Science)
      Janos Sztipanovits (Electrical Engineering & Computer Science)
    • Robert A. Knop, Jr. (Physics & Astronomy)
    • Marilyn L. Murphy (Art)

    2003

    • Jeffrey R. Balser (Anesthesiology)
    • Rebecca L. Brown (Law)
    • Daniel M. Fleetwood (Electrical Engineering & Computer Science)
      Sokrates Theodore Pantelides (Physics & Astronomy)
      Ronald D. Schrimpf (Electrical Engineering & Computer Science)
    • Alfred L. George, Jr. (Medicine)
    • Nilanjan Sarkar (Mechanical Engineering)
  • Chancellor’s Award for Research on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

    Call for Nominations: Spring 2024
    Submission Deadline: 5 p.m. on June 14, 2024

    The Chancellor’s Awards for Research on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion recognize excellence on the part of faculty in published research, scholarship, or creative expression that advances our understanding of equity, diversity, and inclusion. The awards will be given for works presented or published in the preceding three calendar years. This year’s awards will be given for works that have publication years of 2021, 2022, or 2023. All full-time faculty members are eligible for these research prizes. Work by research teams (two or more faculty) at Vanderbilt are also eligible for consideration. All Vanderbilt co-authors must be nominated in a single nomination, and they would share the award. (Co-authors who are not Vanderbilt faculty are not recognized.)

    The award consists of a cash prize and an engraved pewter julep cup.

    Nominations must include the following materials:

    1. The full citation for the work;
    2. A brief description of the nominated work;
    3. An explanation of the significance of the research, scholarship, or creative expression;
    4. Evidence of the work’s importance, including external commentary, book reviews, impact factors, citations, awards, and other external recognition;
    5. A complete curriculum vitae; and,
    6. A copy of the article or, in the case of a book, the introduction and a significant chapter. For creative works or presentations, an appropriate archival work may be submitted.

    Letters of nomination or additional recommendation letters are helpful but not required.

    Previous recipients are not eligible to receive a second award. The list of past winners can be found below.

    Complete nominations must be received by TBA.

    Please submit all nominations electronically via InfoReady. You must log in to the system using your VUnetID and password. Please direct any questions to the Office of Faculty Development (facultydevelopment@vanderbilt.edu).

    PDF Guide

    Current Winners

    • Allison Anoll (Political Science)
    • Consuelo Wilkins (Medicine)

    Previous Winners

    2022

    • Joanne Golann (Leadership, Policy & Organizations)
    • Jennifer Shinall (Law)
    • Rebecca VanDiver (History of Art & Architecture)

    2021

    • Emily Lordi (English)
    • Rena Robinson (Chemistry)

    2020

    • Melinda Aldrich (Medicine) and Jeffrey Blume (Biostatistics)
    • Velma McBride Murry (Education and Human Development, Health Policy)

    2019

    • Aimi Hamraie (Medicine, Health, and Society)
    • Nicole Joseph (Teaching and Learning)

    2018

    • Jessica Kennedy (Owen)
    • Herbert Marbury (Divinity)

    2017

    • Jason Grissom (Leadership, Policy, & Organizations)
    • Evelyn Patterson (Sociology)

    2016

    • Gilbert Gonzales (Health Policy)
    • Ebony O. McGee (Teaching & Learning) and William H. Robinson (Electrical Engineering & Computer Science)
  • Earl Sutherland Prize for Achievement in Research

    Call for Nominations: Spring 2024
    Submission Deadline: 5:00 p.m. on June 14, 2024

    The Earl Sutherland Prize for Achievement in Research is awarded annually to a member of the Vanderbilt faculty whose achievements in research, scholarship, or creative expression, particularly in the past ten years, have garnered significant critical reception and are recognized nationally or internationally. Candidates for the Sutherland Prize should be known, to a significant degree, for works completed while at Vanderbilt.

    The prize consists of $10,000 and an engraved pewter julep cup, and the winner’s name is added to a silver bowl following a famous design by Paul Revere. The recipient keeps the bowl for a year.

    The nomination must include the following materials:

    1. A letter of nomination that discusses the significance and impact of the nominee’s research as well as any evidence of national and international impact;
    2. A complete and current curriculum vitae; and,
    3. An abbreviated vitae that lists the nominee’s 20 most significant publications/accomplishments. These may include articles, books, awards, invited talks, presentations, etc.

    The nomination may also include supporting materials such as external letters. Supporting materials are optional.

    The Review Committee will pay close attention to the level of documented national or international distinction or recognition that the nominee has achieved. The strongest candidates for the Sutherland Prize have received national and international recognition in the form of awards, fellowships, or prizes.

    Previous recipients are not eligible for the award. The list of past winners can be found below.

    Please submit all nominations electronically via InfoReady. You must log in to the system using your VUnetID and password. Please direct any questions to the Office of Faculty Development (facultydevelopment@vanderbilt.edu).

    Nominations are due by TBA.

    PDF Guide

    Current Winner

    • Christopher Slobogin (Law)

    Previous Winners

    • 2022 Elizabeth Zechmeister (Political Science)
    • 2021 Gordon Logan (Psychology)
    • 2020 James Crowe (Pediatrics & Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology)
    • 2019 W. Kip Viscusi (Law, Economics and Management)
    • 2018 Kathleen Gould (Cell and Developmental Biology)
    • 2017 Larry Bartels (Political Science)
    • 2016 David Kosson (Engineering)
    • 2015 Billy G. Hudson (Medicine)
    • 2014 Jane Gilmer Landers (History)
    • 2013 John C. Gore (Radiology & Radiological Sciences)
    • 2012 Peter I. Buerhaus (Nursing)
    • 2011 Mark W. Lipsey (Human and Organizational Development)
    • 2010 John A. Oates (Medicine)
    • 2009 Harold L. Moses (Cancer Biology)
    • 2008 Lenn E. Goodman (Philosophy)
    • 2007 David Robertson (Medicine)
    • 2006 L. Jackson Roberts II (Pharmacology)
    • 2005 Douglas Fuchs and Lynn S. Fuchs (Special Education)
    • 2004 Herbert Y. Meltzer (Psychiatry)
    • 2003 Leonard Bickman (Psychology)
    • 2002  David M. Hercules (Chemistry)
    • 2001 F. Peter Guengerich (Biochemistry)
    • 2000 Randolph Blake (Psychology)
    • 1999 Travis I. Thompson (Psychology)
    • 1998 Alice Carmichael Harris (Germanic & Slavic Languages)
    • 1997 John D. Bransford (Psychology)
    • 1996 Hans Stoll (Management)
    • 1995 Gisela Mosig (Molecular Biology)
    • 1994 John H. Exton (Molecular Physiology & Biophysics)
    • 1993 Thomas M. Harris (Chemistry)
    • 1992  James F. Blumstein (Law)
    • 1991 Edward Farley (Divinity)
    • 1990  Tadashi Inagami (Biochemistry)
    • 1989 Paul K. Conkin (History)
    • 1988 Joseph H. Hamilton (Physics & Astronomy)
    • 1987  Hans H. Strupp (Psychology)
    • 1986 Lubomir Hnilica (Biochemistry & Pathology)
    • 1985 Jon H. Kaas (Psychology)
    • 1984  Charles R. Park (Molecular Physiology & Biophysics)
    • 1983 Donald Davie (English)
    • 1982 Bjarni Jónsson (Mathematics)
    • 1981 Sidney Fleischer (Molecular Biology)
    • 1980 John W. Wade (Law)
    • 1979  Grant W. Liddle (Medicine)
    • 1978 Claude Pichois (French & Italian)
    • 1977 Stanley Cohen (Biochemistry)
    • 1976 Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (Economics)
  • The Chancellor’s Cup

    The Chancellor’s Cup is given annually for “the greatest contribution outside the classroom to undergraduate student-faculty relationships in the recent past.” The faculty member’s contribution “shall be one of educational importance, relevant to the central purpose of the University.”

    Established by the Nashville Vanderbilt Club in 1963, the award is presented by the President of the Club during the Homecoming activities in the fall. The award consists of a cash prize of $2,500 contributed by the Club, an engraved pewter julep cup as a permanent trophy, and one year’s custody of a silver bowl by Tiffany bearing the names of all recipients since 1963. Full-time faculty in all schools who are actively engaged in undergraduate teaching are eligible. Selection is made by the Chancellor on the basis of recommendations submitted by Mortar Board, Omicron Delta Kappa, deans of the undergraduate schools, and administrators in the Office of the Dean of Students.

    Previous Winners

    • 2020 Lori Troxel (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
    • 2019 Ryan Middagh (Music, Jazz Studies)
    • 2018 Jonathan Waters (Cinema and Media Arts)
    • 2017 A.V. Anilkumar (Mechanical Engineering)
    • 2016 Craig A. Smith (Psychology & Human Development)
    • 2015 Frank Wcislo (History)
    • 2014 Teresa A. Goddu (English)
    • 2013 Joseph H. Wehby (Special Education)
    • 2012 M.L. Sandoz (Communication Studies)
    • 2011 Tiffiny A. Tung (Anthropology)
    • 2010 Ronald D. Schrimpf (Electrical Engineering & Computer Science)
    • 2009 John M. Braxton (Leadership, Policy & Organizations)
    • 2008 James Lovensheimer (Music)
    • 2007 Molly Fritz Miller (Earth & Environmental Sciences)
    • 2006 Douglas H. Fisher (Electrical Engineering & Computer Science)
    • 2005 Ellen H. Fanning (Biological Sciences)
    • 2004 Ann M. Neely (Teaching & Learning)
    • 2003 M. Fräncille Bergquist (Spanish and Portuguese)
    • 2002 Lucius Turner Outlaw, Jr. (Philosophy)
    • 2001 David A. Weintraub (Physics and Astronomy)
    • 2000 Samuel T. McSeveney (History)
    • 1999 Kathleen V. Hoover-Dempsey (Psychology)
    • 1998 James J. Lang (Sociology)
    • 1997 Lawrence Wilson Dowdy (Electrical Engineering & Computer Science)
    • 1996 T. Aldrich Finegan (Economics)
    • 1995 Michael A. Rose (Music)
    • 1994 Marshall C. Eakin (History)
    • 1993 Howard M. Sandler (Psychology)
    • 1992 Robert V. Dilts (Chemistry)
    • 1991 Robert E. Stammer, Jr. (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
    • 1990 Jimmie L. Franklin (History)
    • 1989 John H. Siegfried (Economics)
    • 1988 Robert B. Innes (Psychology)
    • 1987 Robert A. Baldwin (Fine Arts)
    • 1986 Susan Ford Wiltshire (Classical Studies)
    • 1985 William O. Thweatt (Economics)
    • 1984 Richard J. Larsen (Mathematics)
    • 1983 Susan A. Morgan (Nursing)
    • 1982 John Bingham (Spanish and Portuguese)
    • 1981 Paul S. Redelheim (Special Education)
    • 1980 William L. Mills (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
    • 1979 Oakley S. Ray (Psychology)
    • 1978 James S. Worley (Economics)
    • 1977 Merritt Williamson (Engineering Management)
    • 1976 James R. Wesson (Mathematics)
    • 1975 Ned Nabors (Classical Studies)
    • 1974 Robert H. Birkby (Political Science)
    • 1973 Carl R. Phillips (French and Italian)
    • 1972 Julia Jane Hereford (Nursing)
    • 1971 Amos Christie (Pediatrics)
    • 1970 Riordan J.A. Roett (Political Science)
    • 1969 John Lachs (Philosophy)
    • 1968 Charles E. Scott (Philosophy)
    • 1967 John J. Compton (Philosophy)
    • 1966 Vereen M. Bell (English)
    • 1965 John M. Aden (English)
    • 1964 Henry L. Swint (History)
    • 1963 Alexander Marchant (History)
  • Thomas Jefferson Award

    Call for Nominations: Spring 2024
    Submission Deadline: June 14, 2024

    The Thomas Jefferson Award is made annually “for distinguished service to Vanderbilt through extraordinary contributions as a member of the faculty in the councils and government of the University.”

    The award is presented by the Chancellor at the first meeting of the Fall Faculty Assembly, which officially begins each academic year. The prize carries with it an engraved pewter goblet and $5,000.

    The recipient is named by the Chancellor on the basis of the nomination of the Consultative Committee of the Faculty Senate. Faculty members in all schools are eligible. The Thomas Jefferson Award is endowed at several universities by the Robert Earl McConnell Foundation. It was first established at the University of Virginia in honor of that institution’s founder. It has been presented at Vanderbilt since 1967.

    Please submit all nominations electronically via InfoReady. You must log in to the system using your VUnetID and password.

    Provide a file as evidence of the nominee’s contribution to the councils and government of the University. Describe how that person’s contributions are extraordinary or why you think this person deserves the award. Attach the nominee’s current CV. PDF files are accepted.

    Previous recipients are not eligible.

    If you have questions regarding the Thomas Jefferson Award or the submission of nominations, please contact Rachel Bond-Naglak (facultysenate@vanderbilt.edu).

    Current Winner

    • Catherine McTamaney (Teaching & Learning)

    Previous Winners

    • 2022 Senta Victoria Greene (Physics & Astronomy)
    • 2021 John McLean (Chemistry)
    • 2020 Geoffrey Fleming (Pediatrics)
    • 2019 Timothy McNamara (Psychology)
    • 2018 Brian Heuser (Leadership, Policy & Organizations)
    • 2017 Richard Willis (Owen)
    • 2016 Malcom Getz (Economics)
    • 2015 Ron Emeson (Pharmacology)
    • 2014 D. Catherine Fuchs (Psychiatry)
    • 2013 Gordon R. Bernard (Medicine)
    • 2012 Vanessa Beasley (Communication Studies)
    • 2011  Kassian Kovalcheck (Communication Studies)
    • 2010 Virginia M. Scott (French & Italian)
    • 2009 David A. Weintraub (Physics & Astronomy)
    • 2008 Randolph Blake (Psychology)
    • 2007 Virginia L. Shepherd (Pathology) and Matthew Ramsey (History)
    • 2006 K. Arthur Overholser (Biomedical Engineering)
    • 2005 Douglas A. Knight (Divinity)
    • 2004 Lee E. Limbird (Pharmacology)
    • 2003 Howard M. Sandler (Psychology)
    • 2002 Thomas R. McCoy (Law)
    • 2001 Gary F. Jensen (Sociology)
    • 2000 Jimmie L. Franklin (History)
    • 1999 James V. Staros (Molecular Biology)
    • 1998 David F. Partlett (Law)
    • 1997 John Wikswo (Physics & Astronomy)
    • 1996 Eugene TeSelle (Divinity)
    • 1995 Joseph H. Hamilton (Physics & Astronomy)
    • 1994 Molly Fritz Miller (Geology)
    • 1993 H. Jackson Forstman (Divinity)
    • 1992 Robert N. Covington (Law)
    • 1991 Kathleen Hoover-Dempsey (Psychology)
    • 1990 Paul K. Conkin (History)
    • 1989 C. Elton Hinshaw (Economics)
    • 1988 Elizabeth Spencer Goldman (Teaching & Learning)
    • 1987  Fred Gorstein (Pathology)
    • 1986 Billy F. Bryant (Mathematics)
    • 1985 Walter Harrelson (Divinity)
    • 1984 Charles F. Delzell (History)
    • 1983 Robert H. Birkby (Political Science)
    • 1982 Susan Ford Wiltshire (Classical Studies)
    • 1981 James R. Wesson (Mathematics)
    • 1980  Mildred Stahlman (Pediatrics)
    • 1979  Lou Silberman (Divinity)
    • 1978 John G. Coniglio (Biochemistry)
    • 1977 Oscar Touster (Molecular Biology)
    • 1976  Ingram Bloch (Physics & Astronomy)
    • 1975 Virgil S. LeQuire (Pathology)
    • 1974  Lamar Field (Chemistry)
    • 1973 Herbert Weaver (History)
    • 1972 Robert Lagemann (Physics & Astronomy)
    • 1971  Paul H. Hardacre (History)
    • 1970 Alex Dragnich (Political Science)
    • 1969 William J. Darby (Medicine)
    • 1968  Paul J. Hartman (Law)
    • 1967 Wendell G. Holladay (Physics & Astronomy)

Spring Semester

  • Alexander Heard Distinguished Professor Award

    Call for nominations: November 1, 2024
    Submission Deadline: December 11, 2024

    The Alexander Heard Distinguished Service Professor Award was created on the occasion of the retirement of Chancellor Heard in 1982. It is endowed with funds contributed by faculty, staff, and others.

    The title is conferred upon a full-time faculty member, regardless of rank or school, for distinctive contributions to the understanding of problems of contemporary society. The purpose of the award is to encourage, recognize, and honor faculty members’ contributions to the analysis and solution of contemporary social problems, broadly construed. Contributions may take the form of teaching, writing, basic or applied research, and consultative or other forms of service. The announcement is made at the Spring Faculty Assembly.

    The recipient carries for one year the title Alexander Heard Distinguished Service Professor and receives a cash award and an engraved silver tray.

    Members of the faculty are invited to submit nominations to the Faculty Senate. The Faculty Senate Consultative Committee reviews the nominations and makes recommendations to the Provost. The final selection is made by the Chancellor in consultation with the Provost.

    Nominations will be accepted through InfoReady. Please contact Rachel Bond-Naglak (rachel.bond-naglak@vanderbilt.edu) with any questions related to the award process.

    Previous Winners

    • 2024 Carolyn Heinrich (Public Policy, Education and Economics)
    • 2023 Bradley Malin (Biomedical Informatics)
    • 2022 Jonathan Gilligan (Earth & Environmental Sciences)
    • 2021 David Owens (Management and Innovation)
    • 2020 William Schaffner (Health Policy)
    • 2019 Lynn Fuchs (Special Education) and Douglas Fuchs (Special Education)
    • 2018 Kevin B. Johnson (Biomedical Informatics)
    • 2017 Eugene LeBoeuf (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
    • 2016 Mitchell Seligson (Political Science)
    • 2015 Bonita A. Pilon (Nursing)
    • 2014 Teresa A. Goddu (English)
    • 2013 Gregory F. Barz (Music)
    • 2012 Sohee Park (Psychology)
    • 2011 Robert F. Barsky (French and Italian)
    • 2010 Nancy J. King (Law)
    • 2009 C. Neal Tate (Political Science)
    • 2008 Dale C. Farran (Teaching and Learning)
    • 2007 Steven D. Hollon (Psychology)
    • 2006 James W. Guthrie (Leadership, Policy, and Organizations)
    • 2005 Kathryn M. Edwards (Pediatrics)
    • 2004 Ellen B. Goldring (Leadership, Policy, and Organizations)
    • 2003 Virginia L. Shepherd (Pathology)
    • 2002 David J. Ernst (Physics and Astronomy)
    • 2001 John J. Siegfried (Economics)
    • 2000 Hugh Davis Graham (History)
    • 1999 Jonathan I. Charney (Law)
    • 1998  Paul K. Conkin (History)
    • 1997 Kenneth A. Dodge (Psychology)
    • 1995 Karl B. Schnelle, Jr. (Chemical Engineering)
    • 1994  Thomas A. Mahoney (Management)
    • 1993 H. Carl Haywood (Psychology)
    • 1992 Richard A. Pride (Political Science)
    • 1991 Liston O. Mills (Divinity)
    • 1990 Frank A. Sloan (Economics)
    • 1989 W. Anderson Spickard, Jr. (Medicine)
    • 1988 Frank L. Parker (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
    • 1987 Walter Harrelson (Divinity)
    • 1986 Alfred Baumeister (Psychology)
    • 1985 Erwin C. Hargrove (Political Science)
    • 1984 David Rabin (Medicine)
    • 1983 David J. Wilson (Chemistry)
     
  • Alumni Education Award

    The Alumni Education Award is given each year to a faculty member who has contributed substantially to developing or participating in those programs of the Vanderbilt Alumni Association that further the education of alumni. Any full-time faculty member actively engaged in teaching in any of the schools or colleges is eligible.

    Final selection is made by the Chancellor on the basis of a recommendation from the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association. The Education Committee of the Association is responsible for initiating the nomination. Nominations are solicited through Vanderbilt Magazine, through Vanderbilt Clubs, and from various active participants in alumni programs.

    The award consists of a cash prize and an engraved silver tray. It is presented at the spring meeting of the Alumni Association Board of Directors. The first recipient was named in 1982.

    Nominations for this award are initiated by the awards committee of the Vanderbilt Alumni Association and solicited through Vanderbilt Magazine, through Vanderbilt Clubs, and from various active participants in alumni programs. For more information please email catherine.hooper@vanderbilt.edu.

    Previous Winners

    • 1982 John Compton (Philosophy)
    • 1983 Susan Ford Wiltshire (Classical Studies)
    • 1984 Liston O. Mills (Divinity)
    • 1985 Mary Louise Donalson (Nursing)
    • 1986 F. Hamilton Hazlehurst (Fine Arts)
    • 1987 Enid Katahn (Blair School)
    • 1988 Michael P. Hodges (Philosophy)
    • 1989 Walter Harelson (Divinity)
    • 1990 Alexander Heard (Political Science)
    • 1991 John Lachs (Philosophy)
    • 1992 Milan Mihal (Fine Arts)
    • 1993 Vereen M. Bell (English)
    • 1994 Erwin C. Hargrove (Political Science)
    • 1995 H. Jackson Forstman (Divinity)
    • 1996 Taylor Wang (Engineering)
    • 1997 Barbara Tsakirgis (Classical Studies)
    • 1998 Francis Wcislo (History)
    • 1999 Marshall C. Eakin (History)
    • 2000 Leonard Folgarait (Fine Arts)
    • 2001 Kassian A. Kovalcheck, Jr. (Communication Studies)
    • 2002 Vivien G. Fryd (Fine Arts)
    • 2003 M. Fräncille Bergquist (Spanish)
    • 2004 Arthur A. Demarest (Anthropology)
    • 2005 Michael Alec Rose (Music Composition)
    • 2006 Robert Mode (Art and Art History)
    • 2007 Rick Chappell (Science and Research Communications)
    • 2008 Thomas Schwartz (History)
    • 2009 Vivien Fryd (Art and Art History)
    • 2011 Barbara Tsakirgis, (Classics & History of Art)
    • 2012 Mark Abkowitz (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
    • 2013 John Lachs (Philosophy)
    • 2014 John Geer (Political Science)
    • 2015 Jim Lovensheimer (Blair)
    • 2016 Marshall Eakin (History)
    • 2017 Robert Fry (Blair)
  • The Chancellor’s Award for University Service

    The Chancellor’s Award for University Service recognizes a faculty member’s truly exceptional and selfless service to benefit the entire university community. It recognizes faculty service at the university level beyond service through the senate or other faculty governmental body.

    Previous Winners

    • 2021: Pam Jones, Nursing
  • Ellen Gregg Ingalls Awards for Excellence in Classroom Teaching

    Call for nominations: Fall 2023
    Submission Deadline: December 2023

    Two teaching awards are made annually at the Spring Faculty Assembly. They are the Madison Sarratt Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and the Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching.

    Each recipient receives a cash prize and an engraved pewter Washington Camp Cup. Names of winners of the Madison Sarratt Prize are mounted on a permanent plaque in the Sarratt Student Center.

    The Madison Sarratt Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching was established by the Board of Trust in 1964 and is supported by Living Endowment funds contributed by alumni. The Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching was endowed by the Ingalls Foundation of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1965.

    The final selection for both awards is made by the Chancellor on the basis of nominations made by undergraduates of all schools and colleges.

    Previous Winners

    • 2023 Jeong-Oh Kim (English)
    • 2022 Holly Tucker (French)
    • 2021 Megan Saylor (Psychology and Human Development)
    • 2020 Alissa Hare (Chemistry)
    • 2019 Gerald Roth (Computer Science)
    • 2018 Sheri Shaneyfelt (History of Art)
    • 2017 Mazita Mohd Tahir (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
    • 2016  Laura Stark (Center for Medicine, Health and Society)
    • 2015 Cynthia Paschal (Biomedical Engineering)
    • 2014 Marc Hetherington (Political Science)
    • 2013  Kenneth C. Catania (Biological Sciences)
    • 2012 Paul E. Laibinis (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
    • 2011  Bunmi O. Olatunji (Psychology)
    • 2010 Claire Sisco King (Communication Studies)
    • 2009 John G. Geer (Political Science)
    • 2008 James Lovensheimer (Music)
    • 2007 Elena Olazagasti-Segovia (Spanish and Portuguese)
    • 2006 José Medina (Philosophy)
    • 2005 G. Kane Jennings (Chemical Engineering)
    • 2004 Edward F. Fischer (Anthropology)
    • 2003 Tina Yih-Ting Chen (English)
    • 2002 Beth Ann Conklin (Anthropology)
    • 2001 Jeffrey D. Schall (Psychology)
    • 2000 John M. Sloop (Communication Studies and Theatre)
    • 1999 Howard M. Sandler (Psychology)
    • 1998  Robert Drews (Classical Studies)
    • 1997  Peter G. Hoadley (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
    • 1996 Sean P. O’Rourke (Communication Studies and Theatre)
    • 1995 Michael D. Bess (History)
    • 1994  George Becker (Sociology)
    • 1993 Robert B. Innes (Psychology)
    • 1992 Cecelia Tichi (English)
    • 1991  Jean Bethke Elshtain (Political Science)
    • 1990  Michael A. Rose (Music)
    • 1989  Michael Nelson (Political Science)
    • 1988 Kathleen Hoover-Dempsey (Psychology)
    • 1987 Kassian Kovalcheck (Communication Studies and Theatre)
    • 1986 Leonard Folgarait (Fine Arts)
    • 1985 R. Chris Hassel, Jr. (English)
    • 1984 M. Rajan Menon (Political Science)
    • 1983 Elizabeth Spencer Goldman (Teaching and Learning)
    • 1982 Elizabeth Kerr Hay (Nursing)
    • 1981 Merritt A. Williamson (Engineering)
    • 1980 John H. Venable (Molecular Biology)
    • 1979 Melvyn P. Leffler (History)
    • 1978 Knowles K. Overholser (Biomedical Engineering)
    • 1977 Barbara Fox Grimes (Nursing)
    • 1976 Richard J. Larsen (Mathematics)
    • 1975 T. Aldrich Finegan (Economics)
    • 1974  Sheldon Shih-Tsun Ma (East Asian Studies)
    • 1973 Lucille H. Aulsebrook (Anatomy and Nursing)
    • 1972 Oakley S. Ray (Psychology)
    • 1971 Riordan Roett (Political Science)
    • 1970 G. Wayne Sullivan (Mathematics)
    • 1969 James R. Wesson (Mathematics)
    • 1968  Robert V. Dilts (Chemistry)
    • 1967  Walter Waverly Graham (Mathematics)
    • 1966 David Nunnally (Biology)
  • Harvie Branscomb Distinguished Professor Award

    Call for nominations: November 1, 2024
    Submission Deadline: December 11, 2024

    The Harvie Branscomb Distinguished Professor Award is made to a full-time, regular faculty member without restriction as to age, rank, or school, for distinguished accomplishment in furthering the aims of Vanderbilt University.

    The purpose of the award should be to recognize, and thereby to encourage in others, that combination of talents and achievements that we identify as desirable in the University faculty member: creative scholarship, including accomplishment in the creative arts and artistic performance; stimulating and inspiring teaching that results in learning of a high order; and service to students, colleagues, the University at large, and society at large. The award should be made for the total contribution and not solely for notable accomplishment in any single or narrow aspect of University endeavor. Neither shall long service nor promise of future accomplishment be a prime factor in the selection.

    The award was established in 1963 to honor retiring Chancellor Harvie Branscomb. It is endowed with funds contributed by members of the faculty. The winner receives a cash award, an engraved silver tray, and an official designation as Harvie Branscomb Distinguished Professor for one academic year. The announcement is made at the Spring Faculty Assembly.

    Members of the faculty are invited to submit nominations to the Faculty Senate. The Faculty Senate Consultative Committee reviews the nominations and makes recommendations to the Provost. The final selection is made by the Chancellor in consultation with the Provost.

    Nominations will be accepted through InfoReady. Please contact Rachel Bond-Naglak (rachel.bond-naglak@vanderbilt.edu) with any questions.

    Previous Winners

    • 2024 Douglas Adams (Mechanical Engineering)
    • 2023 Randolph Blake (Psychology)
    • 2022 Jennifer Pietenpol (Biochemistry)
    • 2021 Edward Fischer (Anthropology)
    • 2020 Christopher Slobogin (Law, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences)
    • 2019 Benoit Dawant (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
    • 2018 Kate Daniels (English)
    • 2017 George M. Hornberger, (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
    • 2016 Lorraine M. Lopez (English)
    • 2015 Keivan G. Stassun (Physics and Astronomy)
    • 2014 Jay Clayton (English)
    • 2013 Donna Ford (Special Education)
    • 2012 Suzanna Sherry (Law)
    • 2011 David Jon Furbish (Earth and Environmental Sciences)
    • 2010 William Schaffner (Medicine)
    • 2009  Ronald D. Schrimpf (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
    • 2008 Daniel B. Cornfield (Sociology)
    • 2007 Cecelia Tichi (English)
    • 2006 Elaine Sanders-Bush (Pharmacology)
    • 2005 Harold L. Moses (Medicine)
    • 2004 Robert S. Dittus (Medicine)
    • 2003 John A. Phillips III (Pediatrics)
    • 2002 Thomas R. Harris (Biomedical Engineering)
    • 2001 Ann P. Kaiser (Special Education)
    • 2000  Lawrence J. Marnett (Biochemistry)
    • 1999  Travis I. Thompson (Psychology)
    • 1998 John Oates (Medicine)
    • 1997 Paul K. Conkin (History)
    • 1996 Robert D. Collins (Pathology)
    • 1995 Melvin D. Joesten (Chemistry)
    • 1994  Frank Parker (Civil and Environmental Engineering
    • 1993  Frank Chytil (Biochemistry)
    • 1992 Carolyn M. Evertson (Teaching and Learning)
    • 1991 Laurence Lerner (English)
    • 1990 David T. Karzon (Pediatrics)
    • 1989 Sallie McFague (Divinity)
    • 1988 Leon W. Cunningham (Biochemistry)
    • 1987 Alfred A. Baumeister (Psychology)
    • 1986 William C. Havard, Jr. (Political Science)
    • 1985 Hans H. Strupp (Psychology)
    • 1984 Mildred T. Stahlman (Pediatrics)
    • 1983 Joseph H. Hamilton (Physics and Astronomy)
    • 1982 Oscar Touster (Molecular Biology)
    • 1981 Douglas E. Leach (History)
    • 1980 Rendigs Fels (Political Science)
    • 1979  Grant W. Liddle (Medicine)
    • 1978 Sidney Colowick (Microbiology)
    • 1977 Walter Harrelson (Divinity)
    • 1976 John W. Wade (Law)
    • 1975 D. Stanley Tarbell (Chemistry)
    • 1974  Bjarni Jonsson (Mathematics)
    • 1973  William H. Nicholls (Economics)
    • 1972 Elliott V. Newman (Medicine)
    • 1971 Dewey Grantham, Jr. (History)
    • 1970 Charles F. Delzell (History)
    • 1969  James P. Hyatt (Divinity)
    • 1968 Charles R. Park (Physiology)
    • 1967 Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (Economics)
    • 1966 Avery Leisersen (Political Science)
    • 1965  Willard B. Jewell (Geology)
    • 1964 Amos Christie (Pediatrics)
  • Innovation in Teaching: Generative AI Award

    Innovation in Teaching: Generative AI Award

  • Joe B. Wyatt Distinguished University Professor Award

    Call for nominations: November 1, 2024
    Submission Deadline: December 11, 2024

    The Joe B. Wyatt Distinguished University Professor Award was created to honor Chancellor Wyatt upon his retirement in 2000. The award is intended to recognize accomplishments that span multiple academic disciplines.

    The title is conferred upon a full-time faculty member, regardless of rank or school, for the development of significant new knowledge from research or exemplary innovations in teaching. The announcement is made at the Spring Faculty Assembly.

    The recipient carries for one year the title Joe B. Wyatt Distinguished University Professor and receives a cash award and an engraved silver tray. Members of the Faculty are invited to submit nominations to the Faculty Senate. The Faculty Senate Consultative Committee reviews the nominations and makes recommendations to the Provost. The final selection is made by the Chancellor in consultation with the Provost.

    Nominations will be accepted through InfoReady. Please contact Rachel Bond-Naglak (rachel.bond-naglak@vanderbilt.edu) with any questions related to the award process.

    Previous Winners

    • 2024 J.B. Ruhl (Law)
    • 2023 Evelyn Patterson (Sociology)
    • 2022 Maury Nation (Human and Organizational Development)
    • 2021 Mark Denison (Pediatric Infectious Disease)
    • 2020 Marybeth Shinn (Human and Organizational Development)
    • 2019 Steven Wernke (Anthropology)
    • 2018 Alan Wiseman (Political Science)
    • 2017 Laurie E. Cutting (Special Education)
    • 2016 Velma McBride Murry (Human and Organizational Development)
    • 2015  Ted. S. Hasselbring (Special Education)
    • 2014 Owen D. Jones (Law and Biological Sciences)
    • 2013 Tom D. Dillehay (Anthropology)
    • 2012 Janos Sztipanovits (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
    • 2011  Bruce E. Compas (Psychology and Human Development)
    • 2010 David S. Kosson (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
    • 2009 Dana D. Nelson (English)
    • 2008 David Charles Wood (Philosophy)
    • 2007  Kenneth A. Wallston (Psychology)
    • 2006 Sankaran Mahadevan (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
    • 2005 Gary F. Jensen (Sociology)
    • 2004  Marshall C. Eakin (History)
    • 2003 Paul A. Cobb (Teaching and Learning)
    • 2002 Judy G. Ozbolt (Nursing)
    • 2001 Douglas Fuchs (Special Education) and Lynn S. Fuchs (Special Education)
  • Joseph A. Johnson, Jr., Distinguished Leadership Professor Award

    Call for nominations: November 1, 2024
    Submission Deadline: December 11, 2024

    The Joseph A. Johnson, Jr., Distinguished Leadership Professor Award recognizes faculty leadership in equity, diversity, and inclusion. It is awarded at the Spring Faculty Assembly to a full-time, regular faculty member for distinguished leadership at Vanderbilt University. In 1954, Johnson became the first African American to earn a Vanderbilt degree, the bachelor of divinity. He also was the first African American to earn a doctoral degree, the Ph.D., in 1958. Established in 2016 by Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos, the Johnson Award recognizes a faculty member whose contributions to the university have enhanced equity, diversity, and inclusion in the university’s academic endeavors. It recognizes and thereby inspires in others, initiatives related to diversity and inclusion in the university community, and efforts to support equity for faculty, students, staff, and alumni. The winner will receive a cash award, an engraved silver tray, and official designation as Joseph A. Johnson, Jr., Distinguished Leadership Professor for one academic year.

    Any member of the Faculty is invited to submit nominations to the Faculty Senate. The Faculty Senate Consultative Committee will review nominations and make recommendations to the Provost. Final selection will be made by the Chancellor in consultation with the Provost. The announcement will be made during the Spring Faculty Assembly.

    Nominations will be accepted through InfoReady. Please contact Rachel Bond-Naglak (rachel.bond-naglak@vanderbilt.edu) with any questions related to the award process.

    Previous Winners

    • 2024 Walter Clair
    • 2023 Rolanda Johnson (Nursing)
    • 2022 H. Richard Milner IV, (Teaching & Learning)
    • 2021 Christopher Carpenter (Economics)
    • 2020 Lucius Outlaw (Philosophy)
    • 2019 Charlene Dewey (Medical Education and Administration)
    • 2018 Jesse Ehrenfeld (Anesthesiology)
    • 2017 Jana L. Lauderdale (Nursing)
    • 2016 Linda J. Sealy (Molecular Physiology and Biophysics)
  • Madison Sarratt Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

    Call for nominations: Fall 2023
    Submission Deadline: December 2023

    Two teaching awards are made annually at the Spring Faculty Assembly. They are the Madison Sarratt Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and the Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching.

    Each recipient receives a cash prize and an engraved pewter Washington Camp Cup. Names of winners of the Madison Sarratt Prize are mounted on a permanent plaque in the Sarratt Student Center.

    The Madison Sarratt Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching was established by the Board of Trust in 1964 and is supported by Living Endowment funds contributed by alumni. The Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching was endowed by the Ingalls Foundation of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1965.

    The final selection for both awards is made by the Chancellor on the basis of nominations made by undergraduates of all schools and colleges.

    Previous Winners

    • 2023 Andrea Capizzi (Special Education)
    • 2022 Elizabeth Zechmeister (Political Science)
    • 2021 Alice Randall (African American and Diaspora Studies)
    • 2020 Celia Applegate (History)
    • 2019 Katherine Friedman (Biological Sciences)
    • 2018 Leigh Wadsworth (Psychology & Human Development)
    • 2017 Andrew J. Van Schaack (Human & Organizational Development)
    • 2016 Lori A. Troxel (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
    • 2015 David E. Lewis (Political Science)
    • 2014 Leigh Gilchrist (Human & Organizational Development)
    • 2013 Thomas A. Schwartz (History)
    • 2012 Emily C. Nacol (Political Science)
    • 2011 Clare M. McCabe (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
    • 2010 Terry L. Page (Biological Sciences)
    • 2009 Tiffiny A. Tung (Anthropology)
    • 2008 Stephen Gary Buckles (Economics)
    • 2007 Robin P. Fountain (Music)
    • 2006 Brian A. Griffith (Human and Organizational Development)
    • 2005 Jo-Anne Barchorowski (Psychology)
    • 2004 Sandra J. Rosenthal (Chemistry)
    • 2003 Francis W. Wcislo (History)
    • 2002 William Caferro (History)
    • 2001  Melanie Lowe (Music)
    • 2000 Malcolm Getz (Economics)
    • 1999 Hugh Davis Graham (History)
    • 1998 Larry J. Griffin (Sociology)
    • 1997 Terrence E. Deal (Educational Leadership)
    • 1996 Gerald J. Stubbs (Molecular Biology)
    • 1995 Virginia M. Scott (French and Italian)
    • 1994 Marshall C. Eakin (History)
    • 1993 Jimmie L. Franklin (History)
    • 1992 Robert L. Galloway, Jr. (Biomedical Engineering)
    • 1991 Vereen M. Bell (English)
    • 1990 Erwin C. Hargrove (Political Science)
    • 1989 Alfred B. Bonds III (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
    • 1988 Francis M. Wells (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
    • 1987 Arthur A. Demarest (Anthropology)
    • 1986 William W. Damon (Economics)
    • 1985 Lawrence Wilson Dowdy (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
    • 1984 Beth E. Meyerowitz (Psychology)
    • 1983 M. Fräncille Bergquist (Spanish and Portuguese)
    • 1982 Robert H. Birkby (Political Science)
    • 1981 Rendigs Fels (Economics)
    • 1980 Thomas G. Burish (Psychology)
    • 1979 Susan Ford Wiltshire (Classical Studies)
    • 1978 Samuel A. Morley (Economics)
    • 1977 William O. Thweatt (Economics)
    • 1976 Lloyd Stow (Classical Studies)
    • 1975  Milan Mihal (Fine Arts)
    • 1974 J. Scott Colley (English)
    • 1973 Robert G. Hunter (English)
    • 1972 John Lachs (Philosophy)
    • 1971 Hamilton Hazlehurst (Fine Arts)
    • 1970 David Tuleen (Chemistry)
    • 1969 James V. Davis (Business Administration)
    • 1968  Thomas B. Brumbaugh (Fine Arts)
    • 1967 John J. Compton (Philosophy)
    • 1966 Ewing P. Shahan (Economics and Business Administration)
    • 1965 Billy F. Bryant (Mathematics)
  • The Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award

    The Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award and the Excellence in Immersion Mentoring Award were established in 2023 by Provost C. Cybele Raver to recognize outstanding faculty contributions in the form of relational leadership and development. Final selections for both awards are made by the Chancellor on the basis of nominations made online by undergraduates of all schools and colleges. Students are asked to nominate a faculty mentor in support of either an Immersion Vanderbilt project or an undergraduate research opportunity, and nominations include details about the faculty mentor’s capability and support that go beyond the standard faculty advisor role. Each recipient receives a cash prize of and an engraved pewter Washington Camp Cup.

    Please contact the Office of Faculty Development (facultydevelopment@vanderbilt.edu) with any questions related to the award process.

    Previous Winners

    • 2023 Karl Zelik (Mechanical Engineering)
  • The Excellence in Immersion Mentoring Award

    The Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award and the Excellence in Immersion Mentoring Award were established in 2023 by Provost C. Cybele Raver to recognize outstanding faculty contributions in the form of relational leadership and development. Final selections for both awards are made by the Chancellor on the basis of nominations made online by undergraduates of all schools and colleges. Students are asked to nominate a faculty mentor in support of either an Immersion Vanderbilt project or an undergraduate research opportunity, and nominations include details about the faculty mentor’s capability and support that go beyond the standard faculty advisor role. Each recipient receives a cash prize and an engraved pewter Washington Camp Cup.

    Please contact the Office of Faculty Development (facultydevelopment@vanderbilt.edu) with any questions related to the award process.

    Previous Winners

    • 2023 David Hess (Sociology)

Highly Prestigious External Awards

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