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Past Awards

Internal awards received by language teaching faculty members at Northwestern University.

20122011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 1999 | 1997-98

2020
CLI Excellence in Foreign Language Teaching Award
Ryan Platte | Department of Classics

2019
CLI Excellence in Foreign Language Teaching Award
Patricia Scarampi | Department of French and Italian

2018
CLI Excellence in Foreign Language Teaching Award
Erin Leddon | English Language Programs

2017
CLI Excellence in Foreign Language Teaching Award
Denise Meuser | Department of German

ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Fadia Antabli | Middle East & North African Studies Program
Graziela Byros | Department of Classics
Licheng Gu | Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
Jingjing Ji | Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
Elena Lanza | Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Erin Leddon | Department of Linguistics (English Language Programs)
Marie-Thérèse Pent | Department of French and Italian
Francesca Tataranni | Department of Classics
Ingrid Zeller | Department of German

2016
CLI Excellence in Foreign Language Teaching Award
Thomas Simpson | Department of French and Italian

2015
CLI Excellence in Foreign Language Teaching Award
Ragy Mikhaeel | Middle East & North African Studies Program

2014
CLI Excellence in Foreign Language Teaching Award
Ana Thomé Williams | Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Weinberg Awards
Elisa Baena | Weinberg Alumni Teaching Award

2013
CLI Excellence in Foreign Language Teaching Award
Aude Raymond | Department of French and Italian

Weinberg/Northwestern Awards
Marie-Therèse Pent | Department of French and Italian, NU Alumni Teaching Award

Promotions
Denise Bouras | Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Promoted to Senior Lecturer
Joel Colom-Mena | Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Promoted to Senior Lecturer
Maria Reyes Moran | Department of Spanish, Spanish and Portuguese, Promoted to Senior Lecturer

ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Francesca Tataranni | Department of Classics

2012
Noriko Taira Yashohama | Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, NU Alumni Teaching Award
Penny Nichols | Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Outstanding Freshman Adviser Award
Christiane Rey | Department of French and Italian, Promoted to Distinguished Senior Lecturer
Jili Sun | Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Promoted to Senior Lecturer
Shannon Millikin | Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Promoted to Senior Lecturer

ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Joel Colom-Mena | Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Edna Grad, Hebrew
Li-Cheng Gu | Department of Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
Dominique Licops | Department of French and Italian
Paola Morgavi | Department of French and Italian
Rami Nair | Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
Ingrid Zeller | Department of German

2011

Li-Cheng Gu, Chinese, Weinberg College Community Building Award
Guilia Guidotti, Italian, NU Alumni Teaching Award
Yumi Shiojima, Japanese, NU Alumni Teaching Award
Ingrid Zeller, German, Charles Deering McCormick Award for Teaching Excellence

ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Joel Colom-Mena | Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Fatima Khan | Arabic
Bruce Knickerbocker | Chinese, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Paola Morgavi | Department of French and Italian
Rami Nair | Hindi
Marie-Thérèse Pent | Department of French and Italian
Francesca Tataranni | Department of Classics

2010
Chyi Chung, Spanish and Portuguese, NU Alumni Teaching Award
Fatima Khan, Arabic, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Bruce Knickerbocker, Chinese, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Elena Lanza, Spanish and Portuguese, Distinguished Teaching Award of Undergraduate Faculty 2009-2010, School of Continuing Studies
Joel Colom-Mena, Spanish and Portuguese, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Maria Reyes-Morán, Spanish and Portuguese, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Marie-Thérèse Pent, French, ASG Faculty Honor Roll

2009
Chyi Chung, Spanish and Portuguese, Distinguished Teaching Award of Undergraduate Faculty 2008-2009, School of Continuing Studies
Joel Colom-Mena, Spanish and Portuguese, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Bruce Knickerbocker, Chinese, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Francesca Tataranni, Classics, NU Alumni Teaching Award and ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Melissa Wittmeier, French & Italian, ASG Faculty Honor Roll

2008
Penny Nichols Fahey, Spanish and Portuguese, WCAS Community Building Award
Francesca Tataranni, Classics, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Margaret Sinclair, French & Italian, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Ingrid Zeller, German, ASG Faculty Honor Roll

2007
Elisa Baena, Spanish and Portuguese, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Chyi Chung, Spanish and Portuguese, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Hsui-Ling Lin, PAAL, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
John Paluch, German, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Marco Ruffini, French and Italian, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Francesca Tataranni, Classics, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Ingrid Zeller, German, ASG Faculty Honor Roll

2006
Marie-Therese Cunningham, French & Italian, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Li-Cheng Gu, PAAL, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Franziska Lys, German, Alumnae of Northwestern Teaching Professor
Natalia Moriakova Malinina, Slavic, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Janine Spencer, French & Italian and Multimedia Learning Center, Award of the French Academic Palms
Ingrid Zeller, German, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Nelida Zepeda, Spanish & Portuguese, ASG Faculty Honor Roll

2005
Margaret Dempster, French & Italian, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Licheng Gu, PAAL, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Elena Lanza, Spanish & Portuguese, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Natalia Moriakova, Slavic, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Thomas Simpson, French & Italian, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Ingrid Zeller, German, NU Alumni Teaching Award and ASG Faculty Honor Roll

2004
Chyi Chung, Spanish & Portuguese, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Giulia Guidotti, French & Italian, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Rami Nair, Hindi, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
John Paluch, German, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Margaret Sinclair, French & Italian, NU Alumni Teaching Award
Ingrid Zeller, German, ASG Faculty Honor Roll

2003
Heather Colburn, Spanish & Portuguese, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
John Paluch, German, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Ingrid Zeller, German, ASG Faculty Honor Roll

2002
Heather Colburn, Spanish & Portuguese, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Licheng Gu, PAAL, ASG Faculty Honor Roll
John Paluch, German, NU Alumni Teaching Award and ASG Faculty Honor Roll
Ingrid Zeller, German, ASG Faculty Honor Roll

2001
Heather Colburn, Spanish & Portuguese, NU Alumni Teaching Award

1999
Licheng Gu, PAAL, NU Alumni Teaching Award

1997-98
Franziska Lys, German, McCormick Distinguished Lecturer