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The University of Michigan-Dearborn annually bestows two Distinguished Teaching Awards to recognize and celebrate faculty for exceptional contributions to undergraduate education through innovative pedagogy and other impactful teaching practices. Recipients of the Distinguished Teaching Awards are seen as exemplars of our teacher-scholar model, who inspire the rest of the 51ÊÓƵ-Dearborn community to be committed to providing an undergraduate education of academic excellence and to preparing students for a lifetime of learning and growth. Two awards are given annually.

If you are seeking information on Distinguished Teaching Award recipients prior to the years listed below, please contact the Office of the Provost.

DeLean Smith, Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science.

Shunyao (Cynthia) Jin, Assistant Professor of Accounting, Department of Accounting, College of Business.

Past Recipients

• 2024, Aditya Viswanathan, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters; and Christos Constantinides, Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Natural Sciences, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters.
• 2023, Anys Bacha, assistant professor of Computer and Information Science, College of Engineering and Computer Science; and Zhi (Elena) Zhang, assistant professor of Biological Sciences, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters.
• 2022, Simona Marincean, associate professor of Physical sciences, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters.
• 2021, Kamalesh Kumar, professor in the Department of Management Studies, College of Business; and Kristin Poling, assistant professor in the Department of Social Sciences, College of Arts, Sciences, & Letters.
• 2020, Armagan Bayram, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science; and Patricia Smith, professor in the Department of Social Sciences in the College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters.
• 2019, Nilay Chakraborty, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science; and Bochen Jia, assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science.
• 2018, Brahim Medjahed, associate professor of Computer and Information Science, College of Engineering and Computer Sciences; and Hyejin Kim, assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts, Sciences, & Letters.
• 2017, Emily Matthews-Luxon, assistant professor of Political Science in the Department of Social Sciences in the College of Arts, Sciences, & Letters; and Brian Green, professor in the Department of Accounting and Finance, College of Business.