College Teaching Awards
The College Teaching Awards honor exemplary teaching by faculty members within the seven colleges at Carnegie Mellon. Each college selects their own recipient(s) based on specific criteria and they are chosen throughout the academic year, depending on the college's award cycle. The most recent awardees are again recognized at the Celebration of Education award ceremony.
2026 Award Recipients
College of Engineering
Benjamin Richard Teare Teaching Award
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Courtesy Appointments, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
College of Fine Arts
Henry Hornbostel Teaching Award
Associate Teaching Professor, Design
Dietrich College of Humanities & Social Sciences
Elliott Dunlap Smith Award for Distinguished Teaching and Educational Service
Associate Professor of Psychology (Teaching), Director of Research on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
Martcia Wade Teaching Award
Assistant Professor of Operations Research and Public Policy
Mellon College of Science
The Julius Ashkin Teaching Award
Gillian Ryan
Associate Teaching Professor, Physics and Director of Undergraduate Affairs
Associate Teaching Professor, Physics and Director of Undergraduate Affairs
Mellon College of Science
The Richard Moore Education Award
Tom Bohman
Professor, Mathematical Sciences
Professor, Mathematical Sciences
School of Computer Science
Herbert A. Simon Award for Teaching Excellence
TBA
Tepper School of Business
Gerald L. Thompson Teaching Award in the B.S. Business Administration Program
Assistant Professor of Operations Research
Tepper School of Business
Richard M. Cyert Teaching Award in the B.S. Economics Program
Assistant Professor of Economics
Director of Undergraduate Research in Economics
Director of Undergraduate Research in Economics
Tepper School of Business
George Leland Bach Excellence in Teaching Award
Associate Professor of Marketing and Strategy
Tepper School of Business
Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching in the MSBA program
Carnegie Bosch Professor of Operations Research
Past Recipients
College of Engineering
Benjamin Richard Teare Teaching Award |
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| Year | Name | Title |
| 2026 | Gerald J. Wang |
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| 2025 | Jon Peha | Professor, Founder and Director of CEE-TP |
| 2024 | Jiang-Gang (Jimmy) Zhu | ABB Professor; Director, Data Storage Systems Center |
| 2024 | Gregory Kesden | Associate Teaching Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| 2022-23 | Mark Bedillion | Teaching Professor, Mechanical Engineering |
College of Fine Arts
Henry Hornbostel Teaching Award |
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| Year | Name | Title |
| 2026 | TBA | TBA |
| 2025 | Sarosh Anklesaria | Assistant Teaching Professor and Track Chair of the Master of Architecture (M.Arch) program |
| 2024 | Lance LaDuke | Associate Teaching Professor in Euphonium and Music Entrepreneurship |
| 2022-23 | Imin Yeh | Associate Professor of Art, Director of Foundational Studies |
Dietrich College of Humanities & Social Sciences
Elliott Dunlap Smith Award for Distinguished Teaching and Educational Service |
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| Year | Name | Title |
| 2026 | Kody Manke-Miller | Associate Professor of Psychology (Teaching), Director of Research on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
| 2025 | Gordon Weinberg | Lecturer, Special Faculty |
| 2024 | Gang Liu | Teaching Professor, Languages, Cultures and Applied Linguistics |
| 2022-23 | Daniel M. Oppenheimer | Professor, Social and Decision Sciences and Professor of Psychology |
Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
Martcia Wade Teaching Award |
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| Year | Name | Title |
| 2026 | Holly Wiberg | Assistant Professor of Operations Research and Public Policy |
| 2025 | Xiaoying Tu | Assistant Teaching Professor |
| 2024 | Akshaya Jha | Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy |
| 2022-23 | Karyn Moore | Associate Teaching Professor |
Mellon College of Science
The Julius Ashkin Teaching Award |
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| Year | Name | Title |
| 2026 | Gillian Ryan | Associate Teaching Professor, Physics and Director of Undergraduate Affairs |
| 2025 | Jason Howell | Teaching Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Mathematical Sciences |
| 2024 | Kenneth Hovis | Associate Teaching Professor and MCS Assistant Dean for Educational Initiatives |
| 2022-23 | Markus Deserno | Professor, Physics |
The Richard Moore Education Award |
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| Year | Name | Title |
| 2026 | Tom Bohman | Professor, Mathematical Sciences |
| 2025 | Curtis A. Meyer | Professor of Physics, MCS Associate Dean |
| 2024 | Karen Stump | Teaching Professor and Director of Undergraduate Programs, Chemistry |
| 2022-23 | John Mackey | Teaching Professor, Mathematical Sciences and Computer Science |
| 2022-23 | David Yaron | Professor, Chemistry |
School of Computer Science
Herbert A. Simon Award for Teaching Excellence |
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| Year | Name | Title |
| 2026 | TBA | TBA |
| 2025 | Anne Kohlbrenner | Assistant Teaching Professor |
| 2024 | Daniel Anderson | Assistant Teaching Professor |
| 2022-23 | Michael Taylor | Assistant Teaching Professor |
Tepper School of Business
Gerald L. Thompson Teaching Award in the B.S. Business Administration Program |
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| Year | Name | Title |
| 2026 | Emily Diana | Assistant Professor of Operations Research |
| 2025 | Derek Leben | Associate Teaching Professor of Ethics |
| 2024 | Robert T. Monroe | Teaching Professor of Business Technologies |
| 2022-23 | Carla Bevins | Assistant Teaching Professor, Business Communication |
Richard M. Cyert Teaching Award in the B.S. Economics Program |
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| Year | Name | Title |
| 2026 | Selman Erol |
Assistant Professor of Economics |
| 2025 | Anh Nguyen | Assistant Professor of Economics |
| 2024 | Laurence Ales | Professor of Economics |
| 2022-23 | Nicholas Z. Muller | Lester and Judith Lave Professor of Economics, Engineering and Public Policy |
George Leland Bach Excellence in Teaching Award |
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| Year | Name | Title |
| 2026 | Tim Derdenger | Associate Professor of Marketing and Strategy |
| 2025 | Laurence Ales | Professor of Economics |
| 2024 | Meredith Meyer Grelli | Assistant Professor |
| 2022-23 | Sunkee Lee | Frank A. and Helen E. Risch Assistant Professor of Organizational Theory and Strategy |
Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching in the MSBA program |
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| Year | Name | Title |
| 2026 | Willem-Jan van Hoeve | Carnegie Bosch Professor of Operations Research |
| 2025 | Mattia Ciollaro | Teaching Professor |
| 2022-23 | Alan Montgomery | Professor of Marketing; Head, Ph.D. Program |