Teaching Excellence Award Winners: Outstanding teaching is an integral part of Mason’s mission and is deserving of significant recognition. The Teaching Excellence Awards are both institutional recognition and a monetary acknowledgment of the significant work that faculty members devote to course planning and preparation; curriculum development; and innovative teaching, advising, and undergraduate and graduate mentoring.
Teachers of Distinction: Our Teachers of Distinction are faculty members who have been finalists for the Teaching Excellence Award, and who are recognized across campus for their exceptional teaching and their commitment to teaching-related activities.
2022 David J. King Award Winner
![]() | Andre Manitius | Electrical and Computer Engineering - CEC | Initiating Student Research |
2022 Teaching Excellence Award Winners
![]() | Cortney Hughes Rinker | Global Affairs Director, Sociology and Anthropology - CHSS | Experimenting with Assignments |
![]() | Aditya Johri - High Impact Winner | Information Sciences and Technology - CEC | Role-Play for Teaching Technology Ethics |
![]() | Margaret "Peggy" King-Sears | Graduate School of Education - CEHD | |
![]() | Haagen Klaus | Sociology and Anthropology - CHSS | |
![]() | Susan Lawrence - General Education Winner | English - CHSS | Scaffolding Lit Reviews |
![]() | Amykate "Kate" Sweeney | Communication - CHSS |
2022 Teachers of Distinction
![]() | Jane Flinn | Neuroscience - COS | Performing Well |
![]() | Emily Green | School of Music - CVPA | |
![]() | Jenna Krall | Global and Community Health - CHHS | |
![]() | Michael von Fricken | Global and Community Health - CHHS |
2022 Adjunct Teaching Excellence Award Winner
![]() | Sheri Ann Huerta | History and Art History, Honors College - CHSS | Check Your Bias |
2022 Online Teaching Excellence Award Winners
![]() | Afra Ahmad | Psychology - CHSS | |
![]() | Graziella McCarron | School of Integrative Studies - CHSS |
2022 Online Teachers of Distinction
![]() | Sujin Kim | Advanced Professional Teacher Development and International Education - CEHD | |
![]() | Karen Kitching | Accounting - BUSI |
2022 Distinguished Library Faculty Award Winner
![]() | Dr. George Oberle III | History - University Libraries |

