Trinity College bestows these honors annually to recognize the teaching excellence of Trinity faculty, which is central to Trinity’s mission as a liberal arts college.

Faculty Prizes & Awards

The Thomas Church Brownell Prize for Teaching Excellence, presented at Commencement, recognizes consistently outstanding teaching by a senior faculty member.  Tenured associate and full professors who have been at the College for at least three years and teach full time are eligible.

Winners of the Brownell Prize
2024 David Mauro
2023 Kifah Hanna & Ethan Rutherford
2022 Dan Lloyd
2021 Stefanie Chambers & Erik Vogt
2020 Cheryl Greenberg
2019 Adrienne Fulco
​2018 ​Diana Paulin
​2017 ​Sarah Bilston
​2016 ​John Platoff
​2015 ​Daniel Blackburn
​2014 ​Gerald Moshell
​2013 ​Samuel D. Kassow
​2012 ​Ellison Banks Findly
​2011 ​​Frank Kirkpatrick
​2010 ​​Timothy P. Curran
​2008 ​Ralph A. Morelli
​2004 ​Sheila M. Fisher
​2002 ​John H. Chatfield
​2000 ​Henry A. DePhillips, Jr.
​1998 ​Dirk A. Kuyk, Jr.
​1996 ​Craig W. Schneider
​1994 ​Dina L. Anselmi
​1992 ​Milla C. Riggio
​1990 ​Drew A. Hyland
​1988 ​Diane Zannoni
​1986 ​Robert C. Stewart
The Dean Arthur H. Hughes Award for Achievement in Teaching, presented at Commencement, recognizes excellence in teaching by junior members of the Faculty. Full-time junior faculty (assistant professors and lecturers) who are in at least their third through ninth year of service are eligible.
Winners of the Hughes Award
2024 Ibrahim Shikaki & Shunyuan Zhang
2023 Clayton Byers, Lindsey Hanson, & Gerardo Ruiz Sánchez
2022 Gabriel Hornung & Ewa Syta
2021 Benjamin Carbonetti & Amber Pitt
2020 Michael Grubb
2019 Michelle Kovarik
​2018 ​Tamsin Jones
​2017 ​Katherine Bergren & Abigail Williamson
​2016 ​Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre
​2015 ​Daniel Mrozowski
​2014 Emilie Dressaire & Kifah Hanna
​2013 ​Ciaran Berry
​2012 ​Seth Markle
​​2011 ​​Laura Holt & Mark Stater
​2010 ​Christopher Hager
​​2009 ​​Eric A. Galm
​2008 ​Chloe Wheatley & Anne Gebelein
​2007 ​Christoph Geiss
​2006 ​Scott R. Smedley & David Rosen
​2005 ​Lisa-Anne Foster & Luis A. Figueroa
​2004 ​Gail H. Woldu
​2003 ​Lise Waxer & Thomas M. Mitzel
​2002 ​Sarah A. Raskin & Paul D. Assaiante
​2001 ​Jennifer Beineke
​2000 ​Vijay Prashad
​1999 ​E. Kathleen Archer & Carol Clark
​1998 ​Robert F. Peltier
​1997 Kathleen A. Curran & ​Ronald R. Thomas
​1996 ​Michael A. O’Donnell
​1995 ​M. Joshua Karter
​1994 ​Dario Del Puppo
​1993 ​Paula A. Russo
​1992 ​John H. Chatfield & Leslie Craine
​1991 ​Arthur Feinsod
​1990 ​Dan Lloyd
The Dana Research Professorship was established to support one full professor and two associate professors for whom a period of reduced teaching responsibilities would enable the recipients to move forward with an important piece of research. Historically, the award has been given to faculty with a considerable track-record of published scholarship who are at critical junctures of research and who would benefit from having the released time.
Dana Research Professors
2023-2025 Joseph Palladino
2021-2023 Dario Euraque
​2019-2021 Pablo Delano
​2017-2019 ​Kent Dunlap
​2015-2017 ​Sarah Raskin
​2013-2015 ​Mark Setterfield
​2011-2013 ​James Trostle
​2009-2011 ​Leslie Desmangles
​2007-2009 ​Diana Evans
​2005-2007 ​Gary Reger
​2003-2005 ​Miguel Ramirez
​2001-2003 ​Daniel Blackburn
​1999-2001 ​Ellison Findly
​1997-1999 ​Priscilla Kehoe
​1995-1997 ​Craig Schneider
​1993-1995 ​Frank Kirkpatrick
​1991-1993 ​Samuel Kassow
​1989-1991 ​Karl Haberlandt
​1987-1989 ​Howard Delong
​1985-1987 ​Albert Howard
​1983-1985 ​Glenn Weaver
Dana Research Associate Professors
2023-2025 Cheyenne Brindle & Diana Paulin
2021-2023 Kifah Hanna & Laura Holt
2019-2021​ ​Lin Cheng & Abigail Williamson
​2017-2019 ​Christopher Hager & Sara Kippur
​2015-2017 ​Stefanie Chambers & Anne Lambright
​2013-2015 ​Zayde Antrim & Jeffrey Bayliss
​​2011-2013 ​Sonia Cardenas & Kevin McMahon
​2009-2011 ​Susan Masino & Beth Notar
2007-2009​ ​Kent Dunlap & Joan Morrison

The annual Trinity College Faculty Excellence Awards, established in 2024, recognize outstanding work in teaching, research, mentorship, leadership, and community engagement in the most recent academic year. The awards, presented at a ceremony in the fall, are chosen by committees of peer faculty members and administrative leaders.

2024 Faculty Excellence Award Recipients
Career Achievement
In recognition of consistently strong lifetime contributions across teaching, scholarship, and service/leadership.
Tim Curran
Teaching Innovation
In recognition of a recent example of curricular or pedagogical innovation enhancing student engagement and learning.
Dang Do
Alisha Holland
James Truman
Teacher Scholar
In recognition of research excellence and a promising project.
Tanetta Andersson
Chris Swart
Outstanding Scholar
In recognition of completion in the past year of significant scholarship impacting a field or public discourse, highlighting arts and humanities, social sciences, or STEM disciplines.
Kent Dunlap
Michael Grubb
Peter Kyle
Ewa Syta
Mentoring Students
In recognition of faculty who have successfully performed an exceptional number of mentoring-intensive activities.
Aidalí Aponte-Avilés
Arianne Bazilio
Benjamin Carbonetti
Elizabeth Casserly
Chandranil Chakraborttii
Brian Chin
Glenn Falk
Eric Galm
Christoph Geiss
Jonathan Gourley
Laura Holt
Maminur Islam
Reo Matsuzaki
Tennyson O’Donnell
Michael Puljung
Sally Seraphin
Madalene Spezialetti
Chris Swart
Chris Swist
Jia-Hui Stefanie Wong
Academic Leadership Award
In recognition of faculty whose recent efforts on campus advanced the college’s mission and built inclusive community.
Peter Kyle
Professional Engagement Award
In recognition of recent leadership in or contributions to one’s profession, elevating Trinity’s reputation.
Michelle Kovarik
Christopher Houlihan
Community Engagement Award
In recognition of a recent outstanding contribution that enhances the reciprocal and impactful exchange of knowledge with Hartford-area partners.
Serena Laws
Anna Terwiel
Mid-Career Research Award
In recognition of faculty with a strong record and planned trajectory to promotion to full professor.
Tamsin Jones
Kari Theurer
Kifah Hanna
Senior Faculty Mentoring Award
In recognition of exceptional contributions to mentoring faculty.
Stefanie Chambers