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Marcy M. BeverlyAntonio DiTommasoProfessorAnimal ScienceSam Houston State UniversityProfessorWeed ScienceCornell UniversityMFarcy Beverly has beenon the faculty at SamHouston State University(SHSU) for 19 years. Sheutilizes hands-on activelearning environment inher classrooms. Dr. Beverlyteaches a wide range ofundergraduate classes for theAnimal Science majors andminors, but she also teachesnumerous graduate classesfor the departments’ Masterof Science degree and the Sustainable AgricultureFood Environment (SAFE) online masters programs.Marcy believes that learning takes place not only inbut also outside the classroom. She is an advocate forundergraduate research, which allows her students tofind their passion outside the realms of a classroom.Dr. Beverly regularly conducts research in appliednutrition, producer-based research and pedagogicalresearch. Beverly teams with nutritional companies andprivate producers for feed trial analysis. Beverly servesas superintendent for various state livestock shows; shealso serves on numerous department and universitycommittees, and for the past 5 years, she has served asthe chair of the university IACUC.Beverly has received the SHSU Excellence in TeachingAward, COS Excellence in Teaching Award, NARRUDistinguished Educator Award and the NACTATeacher Fellow Award.She earned a B.S. in Agricultural Economics andPh.D. in Animal Science from Texas A&M Universityand M.S. in Agricultural Business from Sam HoustonState University.or nearly 25 years,Antonio DiTommaso’steaching philosophy isfounded on respect both forstudents as individuals andfor the pedagogical process.His teaching approach isbased on the followingbelief: As students becomeactive observers, they will bemotivated to seek and learnnew ways to discover, problemsolve, collaborate, and developcritical thinking. DiTommaso believes that one of therequisite conditions to promote this developmentin students is the creation of a safe classroomenvironment--a practice ground--for meaningfulinquiries to take place. He encourages questions andanswers from students; he deemphasizes hierarchicalinteractions between the students and himself so thatfreer exchanges may take place.In 19 years at Cornell University, more than 1,200undergraduate and 65 graduate students have enrolledin DiTommaso’s weed science and integrated pestmanagement courses. He advises more than 30undergraduates per year in four majors. He has receivednumerous teaching and advising awards including theOutstanding Educator Award from the NortheasternWeed Science Society (NEWSS), Outstanding TeacherAward from the Weed Science Society of America,and Crop Science Society of America Teaching Award.He has also played a significant leadership role in theformation and success of Cornell’s Agricultural Sciencesundergraduate major.DiTommaso has published over 110 peer-reviewedarticles and 10 book chapters. He served as an AssociateEditor of Weed Technology and Invasive Plant Scienceand Management (IPSM) and has been Editor of IPSMsince 2015.He earned bachelor and Ph.D. degrees from McGillUniversity, and master’s from Queen’s Universityin Canada.10

Lurline E. Marsh, Ph.DKevin L. SchalinskeProfessorAgriculture, Food and Resource SciencesUniversity of Maryland Eastern ShoreProfessorFood Science and Human NutritionIowa State UniversityAFprofessor in theDepartment ofAgriculture Food andResource Sciences at theUniversity of MarylandEastern Shore (UMES),Lurline Marsh has beenon the faculty since 2004.She has taught a rangeof horticulture courses,including plant propagation,current issues in sustainableagriculture, crop physiologyand ecology, international agriculture development,and the general education courses introduction to plantscience and first year experience seminar. She includesteam based teaching with the collaboration of peersto complement her expertise and enrich her courses.Experiential learning is an integral part of her teaching,including her study-abroad trips with students whoaffirm that the experiences improve their personalgrowth. According to one of her former students, sheconstantly encourages students to do more and breakout their comfort zone.Marsh has won over 4 million in collaborativeteaching and research grants that support training,mentoring and professional development of studentsat UMES. Across different agriculture disciplines,students hone their soft and disciplinary skills throughthese grants. Her research includes organic agriculture,food safety, soil health, and specialty crop andprecision agriculture.A routine searcher for finding effective ways to improveher teaching and enhance student learning, Marsh hasengaged in UMES campus conferences and nationalteaching workshops of the American Society forHorticultural Science, and North American Collegesand Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA). She is therecipient of a NACTA Educator Award and NACTATeaching Scholar award.or 20 years at IowaState University (ISU),Kevin Schalinske is drivenby a passion to teach andmentor students in both theclassroom and the laboratory.His teaching philosophyis built on respect forall students, as well asestablishing an inclusive andsafe classroom environment,where engagement andinquisitiveness is welcomed. A characteristic of histeaching is integrating critical thinking and real-lifeexamples into the concepts being presented.Dr. Schalinske has taught throughout the curriculum;served as a faculty and teaching mentor withinand outside the department; and as the Director ofGraduate Education. He has received college anduniversity awards recognizing his teaching, as wellas the Board on Human Sciences UndergraduateResearch Mentor Award. He recently was named the2019 recipient of an ISU award recognizing graduatestudent mentoring.For research, Dr. Schalinske’s interests areunderstanding methyl group metabolism in health anddisease, research funded by federal, foundation, andcommodity agencies. He received the American Societyfor Nutrition (ASN) Stokstad Award for outstandingresearch in 2006. He has served on numerous reviewpanels, including as an NIH study section memberand panel manager for the USDA National NeedsFellowship program. For service, Dr. Schalinske hasbeen on more than 100 institutional committees inthe past 8 years, including as Faculty Senate President.He is currently an Associate Editor for The Journal ofNutrition and sits on the ASN Board of Directors.Dr. Schalinske earned his BS, MS, and Ph.D. degreefrom the University of Wisconsin, Madison.She earned a bachelor’s degree from the Universityof the West Indies, a master’s degree from TuskegeeUniversity, and a Ph.D. degree from the Universityof Minnesota.11

Cody L. WrightProfessorAnimal ScienceSouth Dakota State UniversityAdedicated educator andstudent advocate, CodyWright has been professor inthe Department of AnimalScience at South DakotaState University (SDSU)since 2001. His career beganas a Beef Cattle ExtensionSpecialist; however, in2006 he ignited a passionfor teaching. In 2011, hewelcomed the opportunity totake on a significant teachingrole and is currently responsible for teaching coursesin ruminant livestock production systems, livestocknutrition, and seedstock merchandising.Wright believes student learning centers on the creationof a positive learning environment, promotion of highexpectations, and establishment of the relevance andapplication of course material. He is an avid proponentof active and team-based learning and regularly12incorporates hands-on learning experiences into hiscourses. His teaching has been recognized throughSDSU F. O. Butler Award for Excellence in Teaching,SDSU Edward Patrick Hogan Award for TeachingExcellence, Gamma Sigma Delta Teaching Award, andhe has twice been named the college Teacher of theYear. Wright also serves on numerous university anddepartmental committees and is frequently soughtto share his experiences on teaching and advisingacross campus.In addition to teaching, Wright collaborates on beefcattle nutrition and management research. He haspublished 25 peer-reviewed journal articles and bookchapters and secured 1,575,539 in extramural fundingas a PI or co-PI to support research and educationalexperiences students. He has advised or co-advised 8graduate students.He earned a B.S. from SDSU, M.S. from Kansas StateUniversity, and a Ph.D. from North CarolinaState University.

Early CareerTeacherAwards201913

Abigail BorronAndrea LuckyAssistant ProfessorAgricultural Leadership, Education & CommunicationThe University of GeorgiaAssistant ProfessorEntomolog y & Nematolog yUniversity of FloridaKWnown to her studentsas “Dr. B.”, AbigailBorron has a strongpassion for helpingstudents understand theintersection of agriculturalsciences and the humandimension through practicesof communication andengagement. Using herresearch area in culturecentered communication asa basis, she realized that the intersection of science andpeople could best be understood by students throughimmersion into targeted communities, using complexscience issues as the entry point. As such, many ofher course designs combine critical pedagogy, servicelearning, and culture-centered engagement.Example courses of Borron’s using an immersive designinclude food pantry clients’ lived experiences in thecontext of emergency food assistance and sourcing;small scale and niche farmers’ contributions to foodhubs in rural Romanian communities; and ag-basedbusinesses working to develop a more strategic onlinepresence to enhance business development.Borron’s overall goal for students who take her classes,regardless of major, is a better understanding and valueof their role as civically engaged professionals who caneffectively translate complex notions of science withequally complex audiences in mind.Borron has participated in a number of teachingoriented fellows programs, including the UGATeaching Academy Fellows Program, the UGAService-Learning Fellows Program, and the Universityof Florida Global Thinking Academy Fellows Program.In addition, she has received numerous teachingawards including the North American Colleges andTeachers of Agriculture Teaching Award of Merit andthe Educator Award, the APLU Academic ProgramsSection Innovative Teaching Award, and the UGAService-Learning Research Excellence Award.Borron earned a bachelor’s degree from IndianaUniversity-Purdue University and a master’s and Ph.D.from Purdue University.14ith a passion forteaching aboutinsects, their evolution,and their importance tohumans, Andrea Luckyinspires her students toappreciate the indominablemicro-world of insects. Herteaching program focuses ontraining the next generationof leaders in entomologythrough technical expertisein insect systematics and identification. Equallyimportant is her mission to use the lens of insectbiology to inspire and engage non-science studentsto build lasting connections to science. Her approachinvolves challenging students through engagementwith real-world issues, learning through hands-onexperiences in the field, and supporting excellence inscience communication.Lucky’s research focuses on the ecology and systematicsof invasive ants and she uses tools including citizenscience and science-art to broadly communicate herresearch. She actively mentors undergraduates andgraduates; her students’ academic accomplishmentsare evidence of her dedication to their success. Shehas published more than 30 articles with student coauthors, her students have delivered 31 presentations atresearch conferences, and her mentees have received 10significant research awards.Lucky has been recognized for exemplary teachingwith the University of Florida’s College of Agriculturaland Life Sciences Undergraduate Teacher of theYear Award and the Online Excellence Award forStudent Engagement. She received an Educator Awardfrom the North American Colleges and Teachers ofAgriculture and was honored with a Graduate StudentTeacher award from the College of Agriculturaland Environmental Sciences at the University ofCalifornia, Davis.Lucky earned a bachelor’s degree from BrownUniversity and a Ph.D. from the University ofCalifornia, Davis.

National Teachingand StudentEngagementAwards201915

Elizabeth L. KarcherJohn D. TummonsAssistant ProfessorAnimal SciencesPurdue UniversityAssistant Teaching ProfessorAgricultural Education and LeadershipUniversity of MissouriSince 2008, Dr. Karcherhas formally taught over1,900 students in over 46course offerings. Dr. Karcherhas taught a variety ofcourses, including mammaryphysiology, animal health,and introduction toanimal agriculture. Shehas developed four studyabroad programs focusedon dairy management tothe Netherlands, sustainableagriculture to Vietnam, and an Animal ScienceLearning Community program to Italy. She formallyadvises undergraduate students, mentors graduatestudents, and mentors undergraduate students onresearch projects. As the department’s UndergraduateProgram Coordinator, she is currently leading thedepartment in a 3-year curricular review.She has received numerous teaching awards at thecollege, university, and national level. Examplesinclude the Purdue University Exceptional Early CareerTeaching Award, Purdue University PK-12 EmergingFaculty Impact Award, NACTA Teacher ScholarAward, American Dairy Science Association PurinaAnimal Nutrition Teaching Award, and the NACTATeacher Fellow Award.Karcher’s research in learning focuses on thedevelopment of innovative experiential learningplatforms to enhance student learning and developintercultural competencies in undergraduate animalsciences curricula. She has published 9 journalarticles on education-related topics and is PI for twoeducation-related grants from the U.S. Departmentof Agriculture.Karcher earned a bachelor’s degree from ThePennsylvania State University, a master’s degree fromPurdue University, and a Ph.D. from Iowa StateUniversity. She received her postdoctoral training atMichigan State University.16John Tummons addsvalue to the studentexperience by teachinghow to manage the peopleand emotions intertwinedwith the complex problemsassociated with feeding theworld. He accomplishesthis mission throughinstruction in leadership,youth development, facultydevelopment, agricultureteacher education, and socialscience research methods. He also provides mentorshipto young teachers and leadership to rural Missouriyouth through 4-H, commodity organizations, and theNational FFA.John is a national leader in implementing inquirybased instruction in agriculture. He models carefullycrafted authentic assessments, developed in cooperationwith industry experts, and paired with experientiallearning methods, to create an environment wherestudents are challenged to think and grow as leaders.Tummons mentors students to discover and cultivatetheir strengths and talents so they may developtheir individualized toolbox of strategies for creativeproblem solving.John has been honored for his outstanding teaching,advising, research, and service, but he’s most proudwhen students and advisees are recognized for theiraccomplishments. In 2019, CAFNR’s OutstandingFreshman, Sophomore, and Junior were all hisadvisees. John’s legacy of living to serve is assured bythe 80 former students currently teaching high schoolagriculture in Missouri and the thousands more whogrow people through leadership roles in the agriculturalindustry each day.He earned a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from the Universityof Missouri.

TEACHING AWARDSSELECTION PANELJean A. BertrandBabu ValliyodanJoe H. SullivanAnia WieczorekAssociate Dean for Undergraduate StudiesCollege of Agriculture, Forestry & Life SciencesClemson UniversityAssociate Dean for Academic ProgramsCollege of Agriculture & Natural ResourcesUniversity of Maryland, College ParkAssistant Professor of Molecular Biolog y & GenomicsDepartment of Agriculture and Environmental SciencesLincoln UniversityInterim Associate Dean for Academic and Student AffairsCollege of Tropical Agriculture and Human ResourcesUniversity of Hawai’i at Mānoa17

UNIVERSITIES OF EXCELLENCEAs recognized by the Excellence in College and University Teaching AwardsUniversity of Florida (19)University of Massachusetts (3)Kansas State University (15)University of Minnesota (3)Texas A&M University (15)University of Wisconsin–Madison (3)University of Illinois (14)Washington State University (3)Iowa State University (12)Auburn University (2)Cornell University (11)California State University, Fresno (2)Oklahoma State University (10)Clemson University (2)Purdue University (10)Delaware State University (2)The Ohio State University (10)Langston University (2)North Carolina State University (9)Michigan State University (2)University of Connecticut (9)North Dakota State University (2)The University of Georgia (9)Southern University and A&M College (2)University of Missouri–Columbia (7)University of California, Riverside (2)Colorado State University (6)University of Delaware (2)The Pennsylvania State University (6)University of Vermont (2)New Mexico State University (5)California State Polytechnic University,Pomona (1)University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (5)University of Nebraska (5)Utah State University (5)Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (4)Sam Houston State University (4)University of Arizona (4)University of California, Davis (4)University of Idaho (4)University of Kentucky (4)University of Rhode Island (4)University of Wyoming (4)Virginia Polytechnic Institute andState University (4)Louisiana State University (3)Oregon State University (3)South Dakota State University (3)Texas Tech University (3)California State University, Chico (1)Florida State University (1)Illinois State University (1)Montclair State University (1)North Carolina Agricultural andTechnical State University (1)Southwest Missouri State University (1)Tarleton State University (1)University of Hawaii (1)University of Maryland, College Park (1)University of Maryland Eastern Shore (1)University of Michigan (1)University of Nevada, Reno (1)University of North Carolina, Greensboro (1)University of Wisconsin–River Falls (1)West Virginia University (1)( ) denotes number of recipients since inception of awards in 199218

ROLL OF RECIPIENTSExcellence in College and University Teaching Awards (2007–2019)NATIONALGeorge AcquaahLangston University, 2007Teresa C. BalserUniversity of Wisconsin, 2009Michael J. BoehmThe Ohio State University, 2010Terence J. CentnerThe University of Georgia, 2015Ann D. ChristyThe Ohio State University, 2016Daniel L. CivcoUniversity of Connecticut, 2007John L. CromptonTexas A&M University, 2012Dennis R. DecoteauThe Pennsylvania State University, 2019Garey A. FoxOklahoma State University, 2015Tiffany M. Heng-MossUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2013Shida R. HenneberryOklahoma State University, 2014M. Douglas KenealyIowa State University, 2009Kerry K. LitzenbergTexas A&M University, 2011Steven M. LonerganIowa State University, 2018Joshua J. MillspaughUniversity of Missouri, 2008Robert A. MilvaeUniversity of Connecticut, 2011Gregory MöllerUniversity of Idaho, 2014S. Suzanne NielsenPurdue University, 2017F. Bailey NorwoodOklahoma State University, 2016Candice A. ShoemakerKansas State University, 2012Michelle S. Shroeder-MorenoNorth Carolina State University, 2019Ricky W. TelgUniversity of Florida, 2010Ann Marie VanDerZandenIowa State University, 2017Michael E. WetzsteinThe University of Georgia, 2013M. Susie WhittingtonThe Ohio State University, 2008X. Ben WuTexas A&M University, 2018NORTH CENTRAL REGIONAnna L. BallUniversity of Missouri, 2014Jason Scott BergtoldKansas State University, 2018Michael BolandKansas State University, 2008Emily B. BuckThe Ohio State University, 2016C. Lee BurrasIowa State University, 2011Joseph F. DonnermeyerThe Ohio State University, 2010Allen M. FeatherstoneKansas State University, 2011Janice J. HaggartNorth Dakota State University, 2013Alan C. HansenUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 2015Richard W. HartelUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison, 2011Walter L. HurleyUniversity of Illinois, 2014Soo-Yeun LeeUniversity of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign, 2013Donald Jiann-Tyng LiuUniversity of Minnesota, 2007Brian H. LowerThe Ohio State University, 2016Christian Y. OsetoPurdue University, 200819

Kevin L. SchalinskeIowa State University, 2019Richard C. SchultzIowa State University, 2008Janice Marie SiegfordMichigan State University, 2017Michael F. SmithUniversity of Missouri, 2010Daniel U. ThomsonKansas State University, 2012Cheryl Joy WachenheimNorth Dakota State University, 2018Michel A. WattiauxUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison, 2009Kimberly A. WilliamsKansas State University, 2009Cody L. WrightSouth Dakota State University, 2019Curtis R. YoungsIowa State University, 2014NORTHEAST REGIONKenneth P. BlemingsWest Virginia University, 2012John C. “Jack” ClausenUniver

University of Maryland Eastern Shore A professor in the Department of Agriculture Food and Resource Sciences at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), Lurline Marsh has been on the faculty since 2004. She has taught a range of horticulture courses, including plant propagation, current issues in sustainable agriculture, crop physiology