| Year | Name | Department |
| 2025 | Alicia Rueda-Acedo | Modern Languages |
Box 19617, Arlington, TX 76019
Phone: 817-272-3291
Teaching Awards
Teaching Awards
| Year | Name | Department |
| 2025 | Elizabeth Hawkins, plus students Edith Lara and Paloma Magana | Theatre Arts and Dance |
| 2025 | Amanda Jordan, plus student Margaret Kouassi | Communication |
| 2023 | LaDonna Aiken | Communication |
| 2023 | Grace Brannon | Communication |
| 2023 | Karishma Chatterjee | Communication |
| 2022 | Grace Brannon | Communication |
| 2022 | Karen Kenaston-French | Music |
| 2022 | Mary Vaccaro | Art and Art History |
| 2021 | Grace Brannon | Communication |
| 2021 | Britni Cheyenne Cruz | Music |
| 2021 | Molly Cummin | Communication |
| 2021 | Chyng-yang Jang | Communication |
| 2021 | Jamar Jones | Music |
| 2021 | Carlos Don Juan | Art and Art History |
| 2021 | Lance Liguez | Communication |
| 2021 | Leah McCurdy | Art and Art History |
| 2021 | Yana Payusova | Art and Art History |
| 2021 | Charlie Travis | History |
| 2021 | Jack Unzicker | Music |
| 2020 | Lisa Graham | Art and Art History |
| 2020 | Teresa Sanchez | Music |
| Year | Name | Department |
| 2023 | Andrew Clark | Communication |
| 2023 | Debra DeWitte | Art and Art History |
| 2023 | Cindy Kilpatrick | Linguistics and TESOL |
| 2022 | Peggy Semingson | Linguistics and TESOL |
| 2021 | Sergio Espinosa | Music |
| 2020 | Cindy Kilpatrick | Linguistics and TESOL |
| 2016 | Kim Breuer |
History |
| 2015 | Catherine Ortiz |
Modern Languages |
| Year | Name | Department |
| 2025 | Carie Kapellusch | Communication |
| 2023 | Geoffrey Campbell | Communication |
| 2022 | Karishma Chatterjee | Communication |
| 2022 | Patricia Eddings | Criminology and Criminal Justice |
| 2022 | Roby McEuen | Communication |
| 2021 | Felicia Bertch | Theatre Arts and Dance |
| 2021 | Barbara Berthold | Modern Languages |
| 2020 | LaDonna Aiken | Communication |
| Year | Name | Department |
| 2025 | Molly Cummins | Communication |
| 2023 | James Sandy | History |
| 2021 | Andrew Eldridge | Music |
| 2020 | Kelly Bergstrand | Sociology and Anthropology |
| 2020 | Lisa Graham | Art and Art History |
| 2020 | Shelley Wigley | Communication |
| Year | Name | Department |
| 2025 | Tim Richardson | English |
| 2025 | Jack Unzicker | Music |
| 2023 | Timothy Ishii | Music |
| 2022 | Clifton Evans | Music |
| 2022 | Mónica de la Fuente Iglesias | Modern Languages |
| 2022 | Megan Sarno | Music |
| 2021 | Stephanie Cole | History |
| 2021 | Martha Walvoord | Music |
| Year | Name | Department |
| 2025 | Christopher Conway | Modern Languages |
| 2025 | Nathanael O'Reilly | English |
| 2023 | Naomi Cleghorn | Sociology and Anthropology |
| 2023 | Paul Conrad | History |
| 2023 | Chris Morris | History |
| 2022 | Karen Kenaston-French | Music |
| 2022 | Ashley Lemke | Sociology and Anthropology |
| 2022 | Jack Unzicker | Music |
| 2022 | Naoko Witzel | Linguistics and TESOL |
| 2022 | Erin Murrah-Mandril | English |
| 2021 | Brent Boyea | Political Science |
| 2021 | Shelley Smith | Sociology and Anthropology |
| 2021 | Jeff Witzel | Linguistics and TESOL |
| 2020 | Patrick Babiracki | History |
| 2020 | Jinny Choi | Modern Languages |
| 2020 | Sedrick Huckaby | Art and Art History |
| 2020 | Tom Marshall | Political Science |
| 2019 | Amanda Alexander | Art and Art History |
| 2019 | Sam Haynes | History |
| 2019 | David LaFevor | History |
| 2019 | Tim Ishi | Music |
| 2019 | Kenyon Zimmer | History |
| 2017 | Patryk Babiracki | History |
| 2017 | Naomi Cleghorn | Sociology and Anthropology |
| 2017 | John Garrigus | History |
| 2017 | Desiree Henderson | English |
| 2016 | Penny Ingram | English |
| 2016 | Dwain Ya'Ke Smith | Art and Art History |
| 2015 | Sonia Mahoney | Modern Languages |
| 2014 | Ray Elliott | Modern Languages |
| 2014 | Sam Haynes | History |
| 2014 | Tom Marshall | Political Science |
| 2014 | Martha Walvoord | Music |
| 2013 | Stacy Alaimo | English |
| 2013 | Susan Hekman | Political Science |
| 2013 | Aimee Israel-Pelletier | Modern Languages |
| 2013 | Nancy Palmeri | Art and Art History |
| 2013 | Mary Vaccaro | Art and Art History |
| 2012 | Dan Cavanagh | Music |
| 2012 | Charles Chiasson | Philosophy and Humanities |
| 2012 | Chris Conway | Modern Languages |
| 2012 | Cedrick May | English |
| 2011 | Jinny Choi | Modern Languages |
| 2011 | Joyce Goldberg | History |
| 2011 | Soo Hong Kim | Music |
| 2010 | Heather Jacobson | Sociology and Anthropology |
| 2010 | Ritu Khanduri | Sociology and Anthropology |
| 2010 | Diane Lange | Music |
| 2010 | Stephen Maizlish | History |
| 2010 | Brent Sasley | Political Science |
| 2010 | Laurel Stvan | Linguistics and TESOL |
| 2009 | Ken Roemer | English |
| 2009 | Amy Tigner | English |
| 2009 | Michael Varner | Music |
| Year | Name | Department |
| 2025-26 | Grace Ellen Brannon | Communication |
| 2020 | Ritu Khanduri | Sociology and Anthropology |
| Year Inducted | Name | Department |
| 2019 (Chair) | Peggy Semingson | Linguistics and TESOL |
| 2025 (Current) | Sonia Kania | Modern Languages |
| 2025 (Current) | Laura Kopchick | English |
| 2024 (Current) | LaDonna Aiken | Communication |
| 2024 (Current) | Amy Austin | Modern Languages |
| 2024 (Current) | Kathryn Warren | English |
| 2022 (Current) | Samuel “Pete” Smith | Modern Languages |
| 2021 (Current) | Jim Warren | English |
| 2020 (Current) | Graham Hunt | Music |
| 2020 (Current) | Andrew Milson | History |
| 2019 (Current) | Diane M. Lange |
Music |
| 2018 (Current) | Naomi Cleghorn | Sociology and Anthropology |
| 2017 (Current) | Jaya Davis | Criminology and Criminal Justice |
| 2017 (Current) | Penelope Ingram | English |
| 2017 (Current) | Jeffrey Witzel | Linguistics and TESOL |
| 2015 | A. Raymond Elliott | Linguistics and TESOL |
| 2015 | Robert Kunovich | Sociology and Anthropology |
| 2015 | Alicia Rueda-Acedo | Linguistics and TESOL |
| 2011 | Christopher B. Conway | Modern Languages |
| 2011 | Victoria A. Farrar-Myers | Political Science |
| 2010 | Stacy Alaimo | English |
| 2010 | Charles C. Chiasson | Philosophy and Humanities |
| 2009 | Harry Reeder | Philosophy and Humanities |
| 2008 | Elizabeth Morrow | Music |
| 2007 | Rebecca E. Deen | Political Science |
| 2006 | David J. Silva | Linguistics and TESOL |
| 2003 | Allan Saxe | Political Science |
| 2000 | Joseph A. Ignagni | Political Science |
| 1999 | Donald G. Kyle | History |
| 1998 | Karin McCallum | Communication |
| 1998 | Kenneth M. Roemer | English Studies |
| 1996 | Elisabeth A Cawthon | Dean's Office and History |
| Year | Name | Department |
| 2025 | Alicia Rueda-Acedo | Modern Languages |
| 2021 | Alicia Rueda-Acedo |
Modern Languages |
| 2012 | Stacy Alaimo | English |
| 2010 | Kenneth Roemer | English |
| 2007 | Richard Francaviglia |
History |
| 2004 | Dennis Maher |
Theatre Arts and Dance |
| 2003 | Martin Danahay |
English |
| 2002 | Donald Kule |
History |
| 1999 | Stanley Palmer |
History |
| 1998 | Elisabeth Cawthorn |
History |
| 1992 | Dana Dunn |
Sociology and Anthropology |
| 1988 | Kenneth Roemer | English |
| 1984 | Louanna Frank |
English |
| 1983 | Getrude Golladay |
English |
| 1982 | Andy Anderson |
Art and Art History |
| 1980 | Charles McDowell | Foreign Languages and Linguistics |
| 1978 | West | History |
| 1977 | Hamblett | Political Science |
| 1976 | Charles McDowell |
Foreign Languages and Linguistics |
| Year | Name | Department |
| 2014 | Klaus Driessen |
Modern Languages |
| 2013 | Peggy Kulesz | English |
| 2011 | Shelly Christie |
English |
| 2009 | Sara Skiles-Dutoit |
Sociology and Anthropology |
| 2004 | Caryl Segal |
Criminology and Criminal Justice |
| Year | Name | Department |
| 2019 | Herschel "Trey" Thomas | Political Science |
| 2019 | Martha Walvoord | Music |
| 2015 | Naomi Cleghorn | Sociology and Anthropology |
| 2013 | Darryl Lauster | Art and Art History |
| 2010 | Graham Hunt | Music |
President's Award for Excellence in Teaching (Tenured)
| Year | Name | Department |
| 2023 | Sonia Kania | Modern Languages |
| 2020 | Alicia Rueda-Acedo | Modern Languages |
President's Award for Excellence in Teaching (Untenured)
| Year | Name | Department |
| 2025 | Amy Hodges | English |
| 2020 | Ashley Lemke | Sociology and Anthropology |
| Year | Name | Department |
| 2020 | Alicia Rueda-Acedo | Modern Languages |
| 2020 | Ashley Lemke | Sociology and Anthropology |
| 2019 | Herschel "Trey" Thomas | Political Science |
| 2019 | Martha Walvoord | Music |
| 2015 | Naomi Cleghorn |
Anthropology |
| 2013 | Darryl Lauster |
Art and Art History |
| 2010 | Graham Hunt |
Music |
| 2007 | Stacy Alaimo |
English |
| 2007 | Joyce Goldberg |
History |
| 2005 | Rebecca Deen |
Political Science |
| 2001 | Victoria A. Farrar-Myers |
Political Science |
| 1998 | Joseph A. Ignagni |
Political Science |
| 1994 | Stanley Palmer |
History |
| 1993 | Elisabeth Cawthon |
History |
| 1991 | Harry Reeder |
Philosophy and Humanities |
| 1990 | Donald G. Kyler |
History |
| 1988 | Kenneth M. Roemer |
English |
| 1987 | Mary Ridgway |
Exercise Sports Activities |
| 1983 | Gary Stark |
History |
| 1981 | Arlie V. Goyne Jr. |
English |
| 1976 | Charles McDowell | Foreign Languages |
| 1973 | Charles McDowell |
Foreign Languages |
| 1972 | Allan Saxe |
Political Science |
| Year | Name | Department |
| 2020 | Julian Rodriguez | Communication |
| 2018 | Amy Austin | Modern Languages |
| 2016 | Kathryn Warren | English |
| 2015 | Sabine Harvey |
Modern Languages |
| 2012 | Joci Ryan |
Sociology and Anthropology |
| 2011 | Jonathon Davis-Secord |
English |
| 2010 | Laura Kopchick |
English |
| 2009 | Joanna Johnson |
English |
| 2007 | Peggy Kulesz |
English |
| 2003 | Vicki Sapp |
English |
| 2001 | Eric J. Bolsterli |
History |
| Year | Name | Department |
| 2014 | Ken Roemer |
English |
| 2013 | David Silva (Vice-Provost) |
Linguistics and TESOL |
| Year | Name | Department |
| 2023 | Sonia Kania | Modern Languages |
| 2021 | Alicia Rueda-Acedo | Modern Languages |
| 2015 | Jeffery Witzel |
Linguistics and TESOL |
| 2015 | A. Raymond Elliot |
Modern Languages |
| 2013 | Rebecca Deen |
Political Science |
| 2013 | Josephine Caldwell-Ryan |
Sociology and Anthropology |
| 2012 | Victoria Farrar-Myers |
Political Science |
| 2012 | Jonathon Davis-Secord |
English and Philosophy |
| 2012 | Elisabeth Cawthon |
History |
| 2012 | Christopher Conway |
Modern Languages |
| 2011 | Stacy Alaimo |
English |
| 2011 | Peggy Kulesz |
English |
| 2011 | Laura Kopchick | English |
| 2011 | Ken Roemer |
English |
| 2010 | Joanna Johnson |
English |
| 2009 | Elizabeth Morrow |
Music |
| 2009 | David Silva (Vice-Provost) |
Linguistics and TESOL |
| Year | Name | Department |
| 2013 | James Warren | English |
| 2013 | Jeffrey Witzel | Linguistics and TESOL |
| 2012 | Krystal Beamon | Sociology and Anthropology |
| Year | Name | Department |
| 2023 | Barbara Berthold | Modern Languages |
| 2022 | Ivy Hauser | Linguistics and TESOL |
| 2021 | LaDonna Aiken | Communication |
| 2017 | Pauline Hudel-Smith | Art and Art History |
| 2015 | Alicia Soueid | Modern Languages |
| 2013 | Mindia Whittier | Communication |
Faculty Awards
Each year, the College of Liberal Arts recognizes its outstanding faculty for their tireless efforts in furthering CoLA’s mission, vision, and commitment to elevate the human condition through creativity, innovation, diversity, and exploration of curiosity in and around the UT Arlington campus community.