The Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching

Two teaching awards are made annually at the Spring Faculty Assembly. They are the Madison Sarratt Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and the Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching. Each recipient receives a cash prize of $2,500 and an engraved pewter Washington Camp Cup.

The Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching was endowed by the Ingalls Foundation of Birmingham, Alabama in 1965.

Final selection is made by the Chancellor on the basis of nominations made on-line by undergraduates of all schools and colleges. Students are asked to rate a nominee according to the nominee's concern for an individual student's learning, the organization and engagement of classroom presentation, the clarity and fairness of criteria for awarding grades, and accessibility and helpfulness outside of class.




1987 Kassian Kovalcheck (Communication Studies)
1988 Kathleen Hoover-Dempsey (Psychology)
1989 Michael Nelson (Political Science)
1990 Michael A. Rose (Blair School)
1991 Jean B. Elshtain (Political Science)
1992 Cecelia Tichi (English)
1993 Robert B. Innes (Psychology)
1994 George Becker (Sociology)
1995 Michael D. Bess (History)
1996 Sean P. O'Rourke (Communication Studies)
1997 Peter G. Hoadley (Engineering)
1998 Robert Drews (Classical Studies)
1999 Howard M. Sandler (Psychology)
2000 John M. Sloop (Communication Studies)
2001 Jeffrey D. Schall (Psychology)
2002 Beth Ann Conklin (Anthropology)
2003 Tina Yih-Ting Chen (English)
2004 Edward F. Fischer (Anthropology)
2005 G. Kane Jennings (Engineering)
2006 José Medina (Philosophy)
2007 Elena Olazagasti-Segovia (Spanish)
2008 James Lovensheimer (Blair School)
2009 John G. Geer (Political Science)