University announces 2026 recipients of annual teaching awards
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has announced 15 faculty members from the Lawrence and KU Medical Center campuses as recipients of KU’s annual teaching awards.
“Teaching is central to KU’s mission,” said Douglas A. Girod, chancellor of the University of Kansas. “This year’s honorees exemplify what great teaching looks like. They inspire our students and prepare them to succeed and lead beyond KU.”
This year’s award winners will be honored at the University Teaching Awards ceremony at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Jayhawk Welcome Center. All members of the community are invited to attend; registration is requested.
The 2026 KU Teaching Awards honorees
Lawrence Campus
Bob & Kathie Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award
- Erin Burger-Dunn, assistant teaching professor, Department of Chemistry
- Brian Daldorph, senior lecturer, Department of English
Byron T. Shutz Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Eungsik Kim, associate professor, Department of Economics
Chancellors Club Career Teaching Award
- Deborah Smith, professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Chancellors Club Teaching Professorship
- Cindy Berrie, professor in the Department of Chemistry
Ned Fleming Trust Award for Excellence in Teaching
- John Gluckman, associate professor, Department of Linguistics
William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence
- Gerrit de Boer, associate professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
- Angela Gist-Mackey, associate professor, Department of Communication Studies
- Chad Kraus, professor, Department of Architecture
- Meggie Mapes, associate teaching professor, Department of Communication Studies
- Ward Thompson, professor, Department of Chemistry.
KU Medical Center
Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award
- Jane Broxterman, associate professor, Department of Internal Medicine , Division of General Medicine Ambulatory
- Katie Dennis, professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Paul Teran, associate professor, Department of Pediatrics-Wichita
- Nicole Yedlinsky, associate professor, Department of Family Medicine & Community Health.