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President’s Distinguished Teaching Fellows & Teaching Academy Board

The President’s Distinguished Teaching Fellowship is awarded annually to outstanding teaching scholars who have made a significant impact on undergraduate learning at Northern Arizona University.

The recipients are appointed for four years and also serve on the Board of the Northern Arizona University Teaching Academy. The Office of the Provost issues the call for nominations each September. PTDF Award Process

President’s Distinguished Teaching Fellows Accordion Closed

Year AppointedTeaching FellowProgram
2024Yuly Asencion DelaneyDepartment of Global Languages and Cultures
2024Deborah HuntzingerSchool of Earth and Sustainability
2023Marti CanipeDepartment of Teaching and Learning
2023Debra Edgerton
School of Art and Design
2022Rebecca Maniglia
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
2022T. Mark MontoyaDepartment of Ethnic Studies
2022Karen RennerDepartment of English
2021Sara Abercrombie
Department of Educational Psychology
2021Dana ErnstDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics
2020Allen Reich
School of Hotel and Restaurant Management
2019Rebecca CampbellDepartment of Educational Psychology
2018Gretchen Gee

Department of Politics and International Affairs
2018
Ron GrayDepartment of STEM Education
2018Nicole WalkerDepartment of English
2017Sanjam Ahluwalia Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
2017Shannon GuerreroDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics
2016Beverly AmerW. A. Franke College of Business
2016Patricia Murphey
School of Communication
2015
Pamela StephensSchool of Art and Design
2015
John TingerthalDepartment of Civil Engineering, Construction Management, and Environmental Engineering
2014Andrew WaltersDepartment of Psychological Sciences
2013Alex AlvarezDepartment of Criminology and Criminal Justice
2013Gioia Woods
Department of Comparative Cultural Studies
2013Laurie DicksonDepartment of Psychological Sciences
2013Anne ScottDepartment of English
2011Cynthia HartzellDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry
2011Michelle MillerDepartment of Psychological Sciences
2011Sheila NairDepartment of Politics and International Affairs
2010Mary ReidSchool of Earth and Sustainability
2009Laura Gray-RosendaleDepartment of English
2009Miguel VasquezDepartment of Anthropology
2008Jeff BerglundDepartment of English
2008Geeta Chowdhry (Deceased)Department of Politics and International Affairs
2008Brandon CruickshankDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Academy Members

The following Academy members have been recognized by their colleges as instructional leaders, and awarded NAU Teachers of the Year.

Class of 2025 Teachers of the Year  Accordion Closed

MemberProgramCollege
Diana ColemanDepartment of Comparative Cultural StudiesCollege of Arts and Letters
Tiffany Cooke Department of Physician Assistant StudiesCollege of Health and Human Services
Gretchen GeeDepartment of Politics and International AffairsCollege of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Aminul Islam KhanDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringSteve Sanghi College of Engineering
Kathleen KingSchool of Hotel and Restaurant ManagementW.A Franke College of Business
Jessie LundinDepartment of Psychological SciencesNAU Yuma
Robert MaciasDepartment of Teaching and LearningCollege of Education
Garrett Mitchell College of NursingCollege of Nursing
Melissa SchonauerNAU HonorsNAU Honors
Abraham SpringerSchool of Earth and SustainabilityCollege of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences

Class of 2024 Teachers of the Year Accordion Closed

MemberProgramCollege
Rebecca BestSchool of Earth and SustainabilityCollege of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences
Bill CarterSchool of CommunicationCollege of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Christine DavisDepartment of EnglishCollege of Arts and Letters
Julia GardnerDepartment of Health SciencesCollege of Health and Human Services
Todd JohnsonDepartment of Management, Marketing, and Information Systems ManagementThe W.A. Franke College of Business
Michael LeveringtonSchool of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber SystemsSteve Sanghi College of Engineering
Annie WatsonDepartment of Educational LeadershipCollege of Education
Kristie WrightCollege of NursingNAU-Yuma

Class of 2023 Teachers of the Year Accordion Closed

MemberProgramCollege
Louis CirelliDepartment of Civil Engineering, Construction Management, and Environmental EngineeringSteve Sanghi College of Engineering
Aaron DivineGeography, Planning and RecreationCollege of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Miriam Espinoza
College of Nursing
NAU-Yuma
Gretchen McAllisterDepartment of Teaching and Learning
College of Education
Sheri MleynekSchool of Art and DesignCollege of Arts and Letters
Ian McLeodDepartment of Physician Assistant StudiesCollege of Health and Human Services
Christopher SthultzDepartment of Biological SciencesCollege of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences
Emy TiceDepartment of Economics, Finance, and AccountingThe W. A. Franke College of Business

Class of 2022 Teachers of the Year Accordion Closed

MemberProgramCollege
Kara Ahearn
Department of Social Work
NAU-Yuma
Marie Baker-Ohler School of CommunicationCollege of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Jarrett ‘Jay’ BarberSchool of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems
Steve Sanghi College of Engineering
Nicole HamptonDepartment of Educational Specialties
College of Education
Erika HessDepartment of Global Languages and CulturesCollege of Arts and Letters
SoYeon JungSchool of Hotel and Restaurant ManagementThe W. A. Franke College of Business
Kristen KonkelDepartment of Health SciencesCollege of Health and Human Services
Christine RegallaSchool of Earth and SustainabilityCollege of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences

Class of 2021 Teachers of the Year Accordion Closed

MemberDepartmentCollege
Courtney CarverDepartment of Social WorkCollege of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Agnes Drogi Department of Civil Engineering, Construction Management, and Environmental EngineeringSteve Sanghi College of Engineering
Adrien GuptonCollege of NursingCollege of Nursing
Scott HoefleDepartment of Management, Marketing, and Information Systems ManagementThe W. A. Franke College of Business
Randy 'Boyce' MartinDepartment of Teaching and LearningNAU-Yuma
Adonna RometoDepartment of Biological SciencesCollege of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences
Juliana 'Yuly' SubyDepartment of Global Languages and CulturesCollege of Arts and Letters

Class of 2020 Teachers of the Year Accordion Closed

MemberProgramCollege
Matt AndersonDepartment of Psychological SciencesCollege of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Lisa ChienDepartment of Astronomy and Planetary SciencesCollege of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences
Norma Clark
College of Nursing
NAU-Yuma
Angie HansenDepartment of EnglishCollege of Arts and Letters
Sarah KondratukDepartment of Teaching and Learning
College of Education
Janice McMillanCollege of NursingCollege of Nursing
Fethiye OzisDepartment of Civil Engineering, Construction Management, and Environmental EngineeringSteve Sanghi College of Engineering
Gavin ZhangDepartment of Management, Marketing, and Information Systems Management The W. A. Franke College of Business