Carnegie Mellon University

College Teaching Awards

The College Teaching Awards honor exemplary teaching by faculty members within the seven colleges at Carnegie Mellon. Each college selects their own recipient(s) based on specific criteria and they are chosen throughout the academic year, depending on the college's award cycle. The most recent awardees are again recognized at the Celebration of Education award ceremony.

2025 Award Recipients

College of Engineering

Jon Peha headshot

Benjamin Richard Teare Teaching Award

Jon Peha
Professor, Founder and Director of CEE-TP

College of Fine Arts

Sarosh Anklesaria headshot

Henry Hornbostel Teaching Award

Sarosh Anklesaria
Assistant Teaching Professor and Track Chair of the Master of Architecture (M.Arch) program

Dietrich College of Humanities & Social Sciences

Gordon Weinberg headshot

Elliott Dunlap Smith Award for Distinguished Teaching and Educational Service

Gordon Weinberg
Lecturer - Special Faculty

Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy

Xiaoying Tu headshot

Martcia Wade Teaching Award

Xiaoying Tu
Assistant Teaching Professor

Mellon College of Science

Jason Howell headshot

The Julius Ashkin Teaching Award

Jason Howell
Teaching Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Mathematical Sciences

Mellon College of Science

Curtis A. Meyer headshot 

The Richard Moore Education Award

Curtis A. Meyer
Professor of Physics, MCS Associate Dean

School of Computer Science

Anne Kohlbrenner headshot

Herbert A. Simon Award for Teaching Excellence

Anne Kohlbrenner
Assistant Teaching Professor

Tepper School of Business

Derek Leben headshot

Gerald L. Thompson Teaching Award in the B.S. Business Administration Program

Derek Leben
Associate Teaching Professor of Ethics

Tepper School of Business

Anh Nguyen headshot

Richard M. Cyert Teaching Award in the B.S. Economics Program

Anh Nguyen
Assistant Professor of Economics

Tepper School of Business

Laurence Ales headshot

George Leland Bach Excellence in Teaching Award

Laurence Ales
Professor of Economics

Tepper School of Business

Mattia Ciollaro headshot

Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching in the MSBA program

Mattia Ciollaro
Teaching Professor

Past Recipients

Benjamin Richard Teare Teaching Award

Year Name Title
2025 Jon Peha Professor, Founder and Director of CEE-TP
2024 Jiang-Gang (Jimmy) Zhu ABB Professor; Director, Data Storage Systems Center
2024 Gregory Kesden Associate Teaching Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2022-23 Mark Bedillion Teaching Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Henry Hornbostel Teaching Award

Year Name Title
2025 Sarosh Anklesaria Assistant Teaching Professor and Track Chair of the Master of Architecture (M.Arch) program
2024 Lance LaDuke Associate Teaching Professor in Euphonium and Music Entrepreneurship
2022-23 Imin Yeh Associate Professor of Art, Director of Foundational Studies

Elliott Dunlap Smith Award for Distinguished Teaching and Educational Service

Year Name Title
2025 Gordon Weinberg Lecturer, Special Faculty
2024 Gang Liu Teaching Professor, Languages, Cultures and Applied Linguistics
2022-23 Daniel M. Oppenheimer Professor, Social and Decision Sciences and Professor of Psychology

Martcia Wade Teaching Award

Year Name Title
2025 Xiaoying Tu Assistant Teaching Professor
2024 Akshaya Jha Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy
2022-23 Karyn Moore Associate Teaching Professor

The Julius Ashkin Teaching Award

Year Name Title
2025 Jason Howell Teaching Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Mathematical Sciences
2024 Kenneth Hovis Associate Teaching Professor and MCS Assistant Dean for Educational Initiatives
2022-23 Markus Deserno Professor, Physics

The Richard Moore Education Award

Year Name Title
2025 Curtis A. Meyer Professor of Physics, MCS Associate Dean
2024 Karen Stump Teaching Professor and Director of Undergraduate Programs, Chemistry
2022-23 John Mackey Teaching Professor, Mathematical Sciences and Computer Science
2022-23 David Yaron Professor, Chemistry

Herbert A. Simon Award for Teaching Excellence

Year Name Title
2025 Anne Kohlbrenner Assistant Teaching Professor
2024 Daniel Anderson Assistant Teaching Professor
2022-23 Michael Taylor Assistant Teaching Professor

Gerald L. Thompson Teaching Award in the B.S. Business Administration Program

Year Name Title
2025 Derek Leben Associate Teaching Professor of Ethics
2024 Robert T. Monroe Teaching Professor of Business Technologies
2022-23 Carla Bevins Assistant Teaching Professor, Business Communication

Richard M. Cyert Teaching Award in the B.S. Economics Program

Year Name Title
2025 Anh Nguyen Assistant Professor of Economics
2024 Laurence Ales Professor of Economics
2022-23 Nicholas Z. Muller Lester and Judith Lave Professor of Economics, Engineering and Public Policy

George Leland Bach Excellence in Teaching Award

Year Name Title
2025 Laurence Ales Professor of Economics
2024 Meredith Meyer Grelli Assistant Professor
2022-23 Sunkee Lee Frank A. and Helen E. Risch Assistant Professor of Organizational Theory and Strategy

Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching in the MSBA program

Year Name Title
2025 Mattia Ciollaro Teaching Professor
2022-23 Alan Montgomery Professor of Marketing; Head, Ph.D. Program