There are two awards:

Excellence in Teaching

Awarded to any full-time faculty member employed during at least one semester of the current academic year. Candidates must have tenure or Certificate of Continuous Employment (CCE).

Adjunct Faculty of the Year

Awarded to an adjunct faculty member who has completed a minimum of six (not necessarily consecutive) semesters of teaching at Lehman College and taught during the current academic year.

Submit your nomination – Due by March 15

Previous Excellence in Teaching Award Recipients

• Allman, Eileen (English) 
• Bamshad, Maryam (Biological Sciences) 
• Baumgarten, Reuben L. (Chemistry) 
• Birrittella, Richard (Physics & Astronomy) 
• Bloom, Ira (Political Science) 
• Boone, Ralph (English) 
• Borrelli, Wilma (Sociology) 
• Broderick, Herbert R (Art) 
• Bullaro, Grace Russo (English) 
• Byland, Bruce (Anthropology) 
• Castex, Graciela (Sociology & Social Work) 
• Chelik, Michael S. (History) 
• Cheng, Terrence (English) 
• D'Angelo, Rita Y. (Psychology) 
• Dauben, Joseph W. (History) 
• Deas, Michael (African & African American Studies) 
• Dougherty, Charles M. (Chemistry) 
• Fera, Joseph (Mathematics) 
• Fisichelli, Vincent (Psychology) 
• Flam, Louis (Anthropology) 
• Gaine, James (Mathematics) 
• Gerber, Richard A. (History) 
• Ghezzo, Marta (Music) 
• Gitterman, Martin (Speech, Lang, & Hearing Sciences) 
• González, Janet (Chemistry) 
• Happaney, Keith (Psychology) 
• Henning, Jack (Biological Sciences) 
• Hoeltzel, Susan (Art and Early Childhood) 
• Hyman, David (English) 
• Isaacs, Godfrey L. (Mathematics & Computer Science) 
• Kim, Young Kun (Political Science) 
• Laderman, Julian D. (Mathematics & Computer Science) 
• Levitt, Jane (Health Services) 
• Madho, Vevekenand (Counseling, Leadership, Lit, & Sp Ed) 
• Marianetti, Marie (History) 
• Marin, Genaro (Early Childhood and Elementary Ed) 
• Mittler-Battipaglia, Diana (Music) 
• Moffitt, Brenda P. (Biological Sciences) 
• Morgan-Cato, Charlotte (Black Studies) 
• Murphy, Brian (Computer Science) 
• Ochoa, Jennifer (Middle & High School Education) 
• Oniz, Randolph (Sociology and Social Work) 
• Payán, Juan Jesús (Languages & Literatures) 
• Perl, Sandra (English) 
• Peters, GD (English) 
• Phillips, Esther R. (Mathematics & Computer Science) 
• Phillips, Ruby (Psychology) 
• Piccininni, Kenneth (Education) 
• Prince, Penny (Music) 
• Prohaska, Vincent (Psychology) 
• Pryiomka, Karyna (Psychology) 
• Pyatt Jr., John (Academic Skills) 
• Rice, Anne (English & Black Studies) 
• Richards, John L. (Chemistry) 
• Roberts, Laura (Counseling, Leadership, Literacy, & Special Ed) 
• Rothchild, David J. (Mathematics & Computer Science) 
• Schwartz, Gary S. (Classical, Oriental, Germanic & Slavic Lang) 
• Seraile, William (Black Studies) 
• Soriano, Jorge Fernández (Physics & Astronomy) 
• Tananbaum, Duane (History) 
• Tilley, Janette (Music) 
• Treacy, Eileen (Psychology) 
• Valentine, Robert (History) 
• Valgemae, Mardi (English) 
• Westrem, Scott (English) 
• Yates, Suzanne (Psychology) 
• Yood, Jessica (English) 
• Zerner, Ruth (History)