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Department of English Faculty Teaching Awards
NATIONAL AWARDS
Professor Robert Paul Lamb of the Department of English was named 2008 Indiana Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
In March 2009, Professor Emeritus Thomas Ohlgren received the Robert L. Kindrick Award for Outstanding Service to Medieval Studies from the Medieval Academy of America, the nation's leading scholarly society for medievalists.
PURDUE UNIVERSITY AWARDS
Charles B. Murphy Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
This award is Purdue University's highest undergraduate teaching honor, and several members of the Department of English have received this recognition over the years:
2004-05: Janet M. Alsup
2003-04: Kristina Bross
2001-01: Emily L. Allen
1998-99: William J. Palmer
1997-98: Robert Paul Lamb
1987-88: Clayton D. Lein
1972-73: Felix N. Stefanile
1970-71; 1969-70: Harold H. Watts
Book of Great Teachers
The Book of Great Teachers is displayed in Purdue's Memorial Union. The book bears the names of faculty members, past and present, who have devoted their lives to excellence in teaching and scholarship. They were chosen by their students and their peers as Purdue's finest educators. Several current and former faculty members from the Department of English are included in this book:
Emily L. Allen
Ann W. Astell
Margaret Church
Glenn Griffin
Robert Paul Lamb
Janice M. Lauer
Clayton D. Lein
James H. McKee
William J. Palmer
Margaret Moan Rowe
Felix N. Stefanile
Harold H. Watts
Irwin H. Weiser
George S. Wykoff
The Teaching Academy
Membership in the Teaching Academy recognizes outstanding teaching in the graduate, undergraduate, or outreach programs of the university. Individuals selected for this honor help promote the scholarship of teaching and learning and share their expertise across campus with their colleagues. Nine former and current faculty members from the Department of English are fellows of the Teaching Academy:
Emily L. Allen
Janet M. Alsup
Kristina Bross
Muriel Harris
Robert Paul Lamb
Janice M. Lauer
Clayton D. Lein
William J. Palmer
Nancy J. Peterson
Teaching for Tomorrow Fellowship Awards
This award is provided by the Classes of 1944 and 1945 to foster continued excellence in teaching and learning and to facilitate the development of the teaching potential of Purdue's faculty. Annually, it recognizes up to twelve assistant professors (or recently promoted associate professors) for their demonstrated talent for teaching and three senior faculty members for their long-term contributions to teaching at Purdue University. Several faculty members from the Department of English have received this fellowship:
2010-11: Tara Star Johnston
2010-11: Manushag Powell
2009-10: Melanie Shoffner
2007-08: Maren Linett
2004-05: Angelica Duran
2002-03: Emily L. Allen
2002-03: Dino Felluga
2001-02: April J. Ginther
1997-98: Muriel Harris
1997-98: Nancy J. Peterson
Center for Undergraduate Instructional Excellence (CUIE)
CUIE fellowships are awarded to College of Liberal Arts faculty for innovative and transformative curricular and pedagogic projects. Several current and former faculty members in the Department of English have been recognized over the years with CUIE fellowships:
Fall 2011: Dino Franco Felluga
Spring 2011: Janet Alsup
Spring 2010: P. Ryan Schneider
Fall 2006: Jennifer Bay
Spring 2006: Charles Ross
Fall 2005: P. Ryan Schneider
Spring 2005: Emily L. Allen
Spring 2005: Kristina Bross
Fall 2003: Janet Alsup
Spring 2002: Dino Franco Felluga
Spring 1998: Patricia Sullivan
Spring 1997: Nancy J. Peterson
Spring 1997: James Porter
Spring 1995: Robert Yagelski
Spring 1994: Monica Macauley
Spring 1994: Irwin H. Weiser
