Faculty Awards & Recognition
Rutgers University Awards & Recognition
NJ CASE Professor of the Year
The award was established in 1981 by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), an international organization that works in cooperation with the Carnegie Foundation and various higher-education associations in its administration.
The award recognizes a professor's impact on and involvement with undergraduate students; scholarly approach to teaching and learning; contribution to undergraduate education in the institution, community and profession; and support from colleagues and current and former undergraduate students.
2006 - Barry V. Qualls
SAS Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Education
SAS Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education is the highest teaching award given to Rutgers faculty holding the rank of Associate Professor.
2009 - Emily C. Bartels
2006 - Martin Gliserman
The Presidential Fellowships for Teaching Excellence
The Presidential Fellowships for Teaching Excellence is a newly created award that honors newly tenured faculty members for outstanding teaching and scholarly work.
2012 - Ann Jurecic
2011 - Evie Shockley
2009 - Gregory S. Jackson
2009 - Edlie L. Wong
The Rutgers Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research
The Rutgers Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research is Rutgers University's highest honor for outstanding research contributions to a discipline or to society by a tenured faculty member.
2020 - Rebecca Walkowitz 2012 - John Kucich 2006 - Cheryl A. Wall 2005 - Marianne DeKoven 2004 - William H. Galperin 2002 - Michael Warner 1998 - Bruce Robbins 1997 - John Belton 1996 - Susan Crane 1995 - Myra Jehlen |
1994 - Derek Attridge 1992 - Michael McKeon 1990 - George Levine 1987 - Alicia Ostriker 1984 - Elaine Showalter 1982 - John Richetti 1978 - Richard Poirer 1971 - Paul Fussell 1967 - Frances Ferguson |
The Rutgers Board of Trustees Research Fellowship for Scholarly Excellence
The Rutgers Board of Trustees Research Fellowship for Scholarly Excellence honors faculty members who have recently been promoted with tenure and whose work shows exceptional promise.
2012 - David Kurnick
2011 - Evie Shockley
2009 - Gregory S. Jackson
The Rutgers College Class of 1962 Presidential Public Service Award
This award, sponsored by the Rutgers College Class of 1962, recognizes distinguished, uncompensated service that reaches beyond the university community.
2001 - Barry V. Qualls
1992 - Abena P.A. Busia
1991 - Carol Smith
1987 - Cheryl A. Wall
The Rutgers Faculty Scholar-Teacher Award
The Scholar-Teacher Award was established in 2000 to honor tenured professors who make exceptional connections between their academic research and their teaching. Professor Spellmeyer is the first faculty member in English to receive this award.
2010 - Carolyn Williams
2006 - Richard E. Miller
2004 - Kurt Spellmeyer
The Warren I. Susman Award for Excellence in Teaching
The Warren I. Susman Award for Excellence in Teaching is Rutgers University's highest honor for outstanding and innovative performance in the classroom by a tenured faculty member. It is named in memory of Professor Susman, a prominent cultural historian and popular teacher. Professor Emily C. Bartels 2009 Susman Award makes her the thirteenth English Department professor to receive this honor.
Rutgers English is home to more Susman Award winners than any other department.
2020 - Richard Dienst
2019 - Meredith McGill
2009 - Emily C. Bartels
2006 - John A. McClure
2004 - Ronald Levao
2003 - Marianne DeKoven
1999 - Carolyn Williams
1997 - Cheryl A. Wall
1996 - Ann Baynes Coiro
1994 - Harriet Davidson
1993 - Daniel A. Harris
1990 - Thomas R. Edwards
1989 - Bridget G. Lyons
1987 - Maurice M. Charney
1985 - Barry V. Qualls