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.
2026
Rin Henderson
Senior Lecturer in English
Director of Advanced Writing
2025
Katherine Kerschen
Lecturer in Germanic Languages and Literatures
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