First-Year Programs Teaching Award

First-Year Programs Teaching Award

First-Year Programs Teaching Award

The First-Year Programs Teaching Award in Arts & Sciences recognizes pedagogical innovation in teaching first-year students through First-Year Program course offerings (including Ampersand Programs, First-Year Seminars, and First-Year Opportunity courses). The award was established to recognize the value of bringing first-year students into the university community.

Current Recipient:
 


2025

Katherine Kerschen
Lecturer in Germanic Languages and Literatures

 


 

Past Recipients:

2024
Mitchell Kundel
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biology

2023
Mind, Brain, Behavior Ampersand Program team

Todd Braver
Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Radiology, and Neuroscience 
William R. Stuckenberg Professor in Human Values and Moral Development

Emily Cohen-Shikora
Senior Lecturer in Psychological & Brain Sciences

Ron Mallon
Professor and Chair of Philosophy and Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology 


2022
Pathfinder Fellows in Environmental Leadership team

David Fike 
Myron and Sonya Glassberg / Albert and Blanche Greensfelder Distinguished University Professor

Beth Martin
Teaching Professor of Environmental Studies

Stan Braude
Teaching Professor of Biology

Suzanne Loui
Lecturer in Environmental Studies