The Madison Saratt Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate 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. Names of winners of the Madison Sarratt Prize are mounted on a permanent plaque in the Sarratt Student Center.

The Madison Sarratt Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching was established by the Board of Trust in 1964.

Final selection is made by the Chancellor on the basis of nominations made on-line by undergraduates. 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.




1986 William W. Damon (Economics)
1987 Arthur A. Demarest (Anthropology)
1988 Francis M. Wells (Engineering) 1989 Alfred B. Bonds III (Engineering)
1990 Erwin C. Hargrove (Political Science)
1991 Vereen M. Bell (English)
1992 Robert L. Galloway, Jr. (Engineering)
1993 Jimmie L. Franklin (History)
1994 Marshall C. Eakin (History)
1995 Virginia M. Scott (French)
1996 Gerald J. Stubbs (Molecular Biology)
1997 Terrence E. Deal (Education)
1998 Larry J. Griffin (Sociology)
1999 Hugh Davis Graham (History)
2000 Malcolm Getz (Economics)
2001 Melanie Lowe (Music Literature and History)
2002 William Caferro (History)
2003 Francis W. Wcislo (History)
2004 Sandra J. Rosenthal (Chemistry; Physics)
2005 Jo-Anne Barchorowski (Psychology)
2006 Brian A. Griffith (Education)
2007 Robin P. Fountain (Blair School of Music)
2008 Stephen Gary Buckles (Economics)