Writing Programs Teaching Awards
Each spring, the Writing Programs Award Committee grants two teaching awards to graduate students teaching in English Department Writing Programs. All qualified instructors, as specified below, are eligible to apply for these awards. Both awards include a cash prize.
The Richard J. Dunn First-Year Teaching Award honors outstanding teaching by a graduate student in their first year of teaching in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric (PWR). The annual Dunn First-Year Teaching Award was established to honor Dick Dunn’s devotion to scholarship, teaching and service. In 2007, Dunn retired from the University leaving a strong legacy to the English Department as Chair for three terms and Divisional Dean for five years. Influencing both graduate and undergraduate students, Dick Dunn challenged students to engross themselves in their work.
All graduate students who began teaching in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric during the academic year are eligible to apply for this award.
The Joan Webber Award for Outstanding Teaching by Graduate Students in English Department Writing Programs honors outstanding teaching by graduate students teaching in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric (English 109/110, 111, 121, 131, 182, 281, 282, 381, 382) or the Program in Writing Across Campus (197, 198, 199, 297, 298, 299). All graduate students who have taught one of these courses within two years are eligible to apply for this award. The annual Webber Prize for Outstanding Teaching was established in 1980 to honor Joan Malory Webber’s commitment to both scholarship and teaching. Webber, a member of the UW Department of English from 1972 until her death in 1978, was known for her deep devotion to teaching and for inspiring her students.
Selection of winners will be based on a review of teaching portfolios by a faculty-only subcommittee of the Expository Writing Committee. Announcements and more details are circulated in early spring quarter.
Teaching Award Application Guidelines
Questions can be directed to Megan Callow - mcallow <at> uw.edu & Stephanie Kerschbaum - kersch <at> uw.edu
Recent Winners
Joan Webber Award
- 2023: Angel Garduño - Winner
- Alycia Gilbert - Honorable Mention
- Alexandra Meany - Honorable Mention
- Sarah Ghasedi - Honorable Mention
- Alec Fisher - Honorable Mention
- 2021: Anselma Prihandita
- Shelby Handler - Honorable Mention
- Alexandra Meany - Honorable Mention
- 2019: Sumyat Thu - Winner
- Sarah Ghasedi - Honorable Mention
- Jessica Holmes - Honorable Mention
- 2018: Yang Wang - Co-Winner
- Leah Rubinsky - Co-Winner
- 2017: Denise Grollmus - Winner
- Jessica Holmes - Honorable Mention
- Olivia Hernandez - Honorable Mention
- 2016: Jackie Fiscus - Co-Winner
- Alexandra Smith - Co-Winner
- 2015: Emily George - Co-Winner
- Holly Shelton - Co-winner
- 2014: Sarah Kate Moore - Co-Winner
- Jennifer Carroll - Co-Winner
- 2013: Erik Jaccard - Winner
- Edward Schaumberg - Honorable Mention
- 2012: Meredith Bauer - Winner
- 2011: Jennifer Malone - Winner
- David Holmberg - Honorable Mention
- Ariel Wetzel - Honorable Mention
- 2010: Cathryn Cabral - Winner
To see the full list of winners, go to the following link
Richard J. Dunn Award
- 2023: Sikose Mjali - Winner
- Andres Ayala-Patlan - co-winner
- Maggie Gruenwald - Honorable Mention
- 2022: Emily Giangiulio - co-winner
- Marina Bydalek - co-winner
- Kaelah Rose - Honorable Mention
- 2021: Taiko Aoki-Marcial
- Yixuan Jiang - Honorable Mention
- Micaela Chávez
- 2020: Rasheena Fountain - Co-Winner
- Francesca Colonnese - Co-Winner
- Joe Wilson - Honorable Mention
- 2019: Sumyat Thu - Winner
- Sarah Ghasedi - Honorable Mention
- Jessica Holmes - Honorable Mention
- 2018: Kaelie Giffel - Winner
- BrittNEY Frantece - Honorable Mention
- 2017: drew hereford - Winner
- Nanya Jhingran - Honorable Mention
- Jasmine Khaliq - Honorable Mention
- 2016: Sara Lovett - Co-Winner
- 2015: Laura Schlesinger - Co-Winner
- Patrick Milian - Co-Winner
- 2014: Denise Grollmus - Co-Winner
- Sarah Faulkner - Co-Winner
- Emily George - Honorable Mention
- 2013: Ann Shivers-McNair - Winner
- Jacki Fiscus - Honorable Mention
- Eric Morel - Honorable Mention
- 2012: Tesla Schaeffer - Winner
- Nicole Peters - Honorable Mention
- 2011: Taylor Boulware - Co-Winner
- Mandy Hobmeier - Co-Winner
- Ned Schaumberg - Honorable Mention
- Kristen Young - Honorable Mention
- 2010: Jennifer Malone - Co-Winner
- Valerie Arvidson - Co-Winner
- Talia Shalev - Honorable Mention
To see the full list of winners, go to the following link