Since 1991, the President has given annual awards to four faculty members who have shown a sustained record of distinguished achievement in undergraduate and/or graduate teaching at Princeton. The awards were established through a gift by Princeton alumni Lloyd Cotsen of the Class of 1950 and John Sherrerd of the Class of 1952 to recognize excellence in undergraduate teaching by Princeton faculty members. Each winner receives a cash prize of $5,000, and their departments each receive $3,000 for the purchase of new books. A committee of faculty, academic administrators, undergraduates and graduate students selected the winners from nominations by students, faculty colleagues and alumni. 2024 President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching Recipients Photo Credit: Matt Raspanti 2024 Recipients Laura Kalin Seth Perry Clancy Rowley Gary Bass 2023 Recipients Jesse Gomez Rosina Lozano Claire White Tamsen Wolff 2022 Recipients Anne Cheng Lauren Coyle Rosen Peter Ramadge Matthew Weinberg 2021 Recipients Neta Bahcall Elizabeth Gavis James Richardson Rory Truex 2019 Recipients Brigid Doherty Mariangela Lisanti Michael Pratt Ned Wingreen Previous PADT Recipients 2018Eduardo L. Cadava – EnglishCasey Lew–Williams – PsychologyMartin F. Semmelhack – ChemistryJaqueline I. Stone – Religion2016Michael A. Cook – Near Eastern StudiesRobert P. George – PoliticsBrian W. Kernighan – Computer ScienceCeleste M. Nelson – Chemical and Biological Engineering2014Simon E. Gikandi – EnglishClaire F. Gmachl – Electrical EngineeringAnthony T. Grafton – HistoryRobert N. Sandberg – English, Lewis Center for the Arts (Theater)2012Maria E. Garlock – Civil and Environmental EngineeringCarol J. Greenhouse – AnthropologyDaniel T. Rodgers – HistoryJeffrey Schwartz – Chemistry2010Erhan Çinlar – Operations Research and Financial EngineeringArcadio Díaz–Quiñones – Spanish and PortugueseP. Adams Sitney – Lewis Center for the Arts (Visual Arts)Jeffrey L. Stout – Religion2008Bonnie Bassler– Molecular BiologyPablo Debenedetti – Chemical EngineeringR. Marie Griffith – ReligionJ. Nicole Shelton – Psychology2006William Bialek – PhysicsJoel Cooper – PsychologyWilliam Albert Gleason – EnglishSankaran Sundaresan – Chemical Engineering2004Jeremy Ian Adelman – HistoryJohn Vincent Fleming – English, Comparative LiteratureAlison Elizabeth Gammie – Molecular BiologyJames Christopher Sturm – Electrical Engineering2002Leora F. Batnitzky – ReligionPeter Curtis Bunnell – Art and ArchaeologyWilliam Chester Jordan – HistoryT. Kyle Vanderlick – Chemical Engineering2000Oliver Arnold – EnglishPeter. R. Brown – HistoryAmy Gutmann – Politics, University Center for Human ValuesHoward Taylor – Sociology1998Angela N.H. Creager – HistoryJohn G. Gager, Jr. – ReligionJ. Richard Gott – Astrophysical SciencesNai–Ying Yuan Y Tang – East Asian Studies1996David P. Billington – Civil Engineering, Operations ResearchJames W. Rankin – Germanic Languages and LiteraturesShirley M. Tilghman – Molecular BiologyDavid T. Wilkinson – Physics1994Maria DiBattista – EnglishStephen Kotkin – HistoryAaron Lemonick – PhysicsDeborah A. Prentice – Psychology1992Frederic Bien – MathematicsWilliam Bonini – Geological and Geophysical SciencesCaryl Emerson – Slavic Languages and LiteraturesJeff Nunokawa – English 2017Ruha Benjamin – African American StudiesRobert A. Kaster – ClassicsHoward A. Stone – Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringStacy E. Wolf – Lewis Center for the Arts (Theater)2015Frederick M. Hughson – Molecular BiologyBenjamin C. Morison – PhilosophyPaul R. Prucnal – Electrical EngineeringEsther H. Schor – English2013Yelena Baraz – ClassicsAndrew Houck – Electrical EngineeringDeborah Nord – EnglishDavid Spergel – Astrophysical Sciences2011Anne C. Case – School of Public and International Affairs, EconomicsHendrik A. Hartog – HistoryAlexander Nehamas – Philosophy, Comparative LiteratureDaniel M. Oppenheimer – Psychology, School of Public and International Affairs2009Mitchell Duneier – SociologyEddie S. Glaude, Jr. – Religion, African American StudiesSharad Malik – Electrical EngineeringValerie A. Smith – English, African American Studies2007Eric S. Gregory – ReligionSanjeev R. Kulkarni – Electrical EngineeringKenneth A. Norman – PsychologyAlexander J. Smits – Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering2005Joao Guilherme Biehl – AnthropologyRobert Joseph Cava – Chemistry, Institute for the Science and Technology of MaterialsBeatriz Colomina – ArchitectureMichael George Wood – English2003Robert C. Gunning – MathematicsJoshua T. Katz – ClassicsHarvey S. Rosen – EconomicsElaine Cottler Showalter – English2001Lynn William Enquist – Molecular BiologyDiana Jean Fuss – EnglishAndrew Christian Isenberg – HistoryElias M. Stein – Mathematics1999David H. Bernstein – Civil Engineering, Operations ResearchVictor H. Brombert – Romance Languages and LiteraturesJohn A. McPhee – HumanitiesDaniel I. Rubenstein – Ecology and Evolutionary Biology1997Miguel Centeno – SociologyEmmet Gowin – Humanities, Visual ArtsGideon Rosen – PhilosophyLawrence Rosen – Anthropology1995Barbara Browning – EnglishGeorgios Deodatis – Civil Engineering, Operations ResearchKenneth Levy – MusicStanley Kelley – Politics1993Michael Cadden – Theater, DanceMichael Francis Jimenez – HistoryThomas J. Silhavy – Molecular BiologyRonald J. Comer – Psychology1991Andre Maman – Romance Languages and LiteraturesThomas Stix – Astrophysical SciencesSteven Mackey – MusicPeter Meyers – Physics