Professing Excellence
Professing Excellence is a formal ceremony in which Texas Tech students are given the opportunity to nominate faculty members and present awards to those who have demonstrated exceptional educational skills. The awards are given to outstanding faculty who go above and beyond, both inside and outside the classroom, to impact their students' learning and academic success.
Prior Honorees
2013 Honorees
- Tiffanie A. Brooks, University Veterinarian - Instructor
- Scott Burris, Associate Professor - Agricultural Education and Communications
- Lauren S. Gollahon, Associate Professor - Biological Sciences
- Bruce Hermann, Assistant Professor - Theatre and Dance
- Thomas G. Kimball, Associate Professor & Associate Managing Director - Community Family and Addiction Services & The Center for the Study of Addiction and Recovery
- Daniel O. Nathan, Associate Professor & Director - Graduate Studies Department of Philosophy
- Brenda E. Rodgers, Assistant Professor - Biological Sciences
- Dr. Richard B. Verrone, Instructor & Graduate Studies Coordinator - History
- Austin T. Walden, Instructor - Political Science
- Brock Williams, Associate Professor - Mathematics and Statistics
2012 Honorees
- Sean P. Cunningham, Ph.D., Assistant Professor - History
- Rhonda Lea Boros, Ph.D., Assistant Professor – Exercise and Sports Science
- Javier Gomez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor - Architecture
- Linda Jones, M.A., Instructor - Geosciences
- Richard Verrone, Ph.D., Instructor - History
- Jorge Iber, Ph.D., Associate Professor - History
- Bruce Whittlesey, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Chemistry
- Robert Wernsman, M.A., Instructor - Journalism
- RayChel M. Lowrance, M.A., Instructor - English
- Catherine Blackwell, M.A., Instructor - English
2011 Honoress
- Dominick J. Casadonte, Jr., Ph.D., Minnie Stevens Piper Professor - Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Tamara E. Hanna, Ph.D., Instructor - Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Magdalena D. Toda, Ph.D., Associate Professor - Mathematics & Statistics
- William R. Pasewark, Ph.D., Professor - Accounting
- RayChel M. Lowrance, M.A., Instructor - English
- Michael L. Dini, Ph.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor - Biological Sciences
- Diane S. Wood, Ph.D., Professor - French
- Jan E. Lupton, M.Ed., Instructor – Secondary Education
- Jorge S. Zamora, Ph.D., Associate Professor - Spanish and Portuguese
- Erin E. Hardin, Ph.D., Associate Professor - Psychology
2010 Honorees
- Michael Dini, Ph.D., Associate Professor - Biological Sciences
- Tamara Hanna, Ph.D., Instructor - Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Lewis Held, Ph.D., Associate Professor - Biological Sciences
- Stacy Jacob, Ph.D., Assistant Professor - Higher Education Program
- Erin McCrory, Teaching Assistant - Psychology
- Robert Peaslee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor - Electronic Media & Communications
- Jo Temple, Ed.D., Instructor - Mathematics and Statistics
- Richard Wannemacher, Instructor - Finance
- Robert Wernsman, Instructor - Journalism
- Heath Wing, Teaching Assistant - Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures
2009 Honorees
- Michael Dini, Ph.D., Associate Professor - Biological Sciences
- Jerry Dwyer, Ph.D., Associate Professor - Mathematics & Statistics
- Mary Ann Edwards, Instructor - Journalism
- Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Ph.D., Associate Professor - Mechanical Engineering
- Michael Gelfond, Ph.D., Professor - Computer Science
- Javad Hashemi, Ph.D., Professor - Mechanical Engineering
- Stephanie Jones, Ed.D., Assistant Professor - Educational Psychology & Leadership
- Michelle Keck, Political Science
- Kimberly Simon, Applied & Professional Studies
- Christopher Smith, Ph.D., Associate Professor - Music