UTC Faculty Awards Past Winners

Congratulations to recent UTC faculty award winners!

Mentorship Awards

These awards are given to faculty who have demonstrated commitment to fostering the intellectual, creative, scholarly, personal, or professional growth of their proteges.

• 2026, TBA
• 2025, Ruth Walker (Psychology)

Research Awards

These awards are given to faculty who have consistently demonstrated exceptional performance and advanced knowledge in their field through their research or creative works.

Lifetime Research Award

• 2026, TBA
• 2025, Irven Resnick (Philosophy and Religion)

Non-Tenure-Track Research Award

• 2026, TBA
• 2025, Laurie Allen (Theatre)

Tenure-Track Research Award

• 2026, TBA
• 2025, Tian Li (Chemistry and Physics)

Tenured Research Award

• TBA, 2026
• 2025, Michelle Evans (Political Science and Public Service)

Service Awards

These awards are given to faculty who have consistently demonstrated exceptional service to their community, profession, or UTC.

Lifetime Service Award

• 2026, TBA
• 2025, no award given

Non-Tenure Track Service Award

• 2026, TBA
• 2025, Hilary Browder-Terry (Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures)

Tenure-Track Service Award

• 2026, TBA
• 2025, Jejal Bathi (Civil Engineering)

Tenured Service Award

• 2026, TBA
• 2025, Tatiana Allen (Chemistry and Physics)

Teaching Awards

These awards are given to faculty who have consistently demonstrated exceptional teaching and enhanced student learning at UTC.

Lifetime Teaching Award

• 2026, TBA
• 2025, Gary McDonald (Mechanical Engineering)

Adjunct Teaching Award

• 2026, TBA
• 2025, Dawn Ford

Non-Tenure-Track Teaching Award

• 2026, TBA
• 2025, Monica Miles (Biology, Geology, and Environmental Science)

Tenure-Track Teaching Award

• 2026, TBA
• 2025, no award given

Tenured Teaching Award

• 2026, TBA
• 2025, Chuck Margraves (Mechanical Engineering)

General Education Teaching Award

• 2026, TBA