Free and open to the public, ,听co-hosted by the听Center for Teaching and Learning,听School of Education, and听College of Arts and Sciences, honors 欧美口爆视频 Boulder faculty members, K-12 teachers from the School of Education鈥檚 partner school districts and Lead Graduate Teachers in the CTL's Graduate Teacher Program with Best Should Teach Gold and Silver Awards.

The Best Should Teach Gold Awardees were selected for their embodiment of the beliefs, behaviors, and skills of exemplary teachers.听The late, lifelong educator Lindley Stiles and his wife Marguerite Stiles established the Best Should Teach Initiative in 1996 to celebrate excellence in teaching, and Stiles鈥� inspiring motto is inscribed on the Lucile Berkeley Buchanan Building:

"To those who come, I leave the flame! Hold it as high as you can reach. If a better world is your aim, all must agree: The Best Should Teach."

2023-2024 Gold Awardees

Nabilah Carlon,听Chemistry
Alex Dietrich,听Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program
Deena Gumina, School of Education
Eyal Rivlin, Hebrew Language
Annjeanette Wiese,听Humanities

Lori Hattendorf,听Boulder Valley School District
Karen Mancusi,听St. Vrain School District
Vickie Salazar,听Adams 12 Five Star Schools

2022-2023

Sarah Avila, Economics
Melissa Braaten, School of Education
Laurie Gries, Media, Communication and Information
Nii Armah Sowah, Theatre & Dance
Ross Taylor, Journalism
Bethany Wilcox, Physics

Tara Kawalec, STEM Launch K-8, Adams 12
Vera Moreno-Hamm, Columbine Elementary School, Boulder Valley
Emily Fiebig, Northridge Elementary, St. Vrain

2021

Julie Andrew, School of Education
Amanda Carrico, Environmental Studies
Kira Hall, Linguistics听
Branden Steinmetz, Music
Jennifer Stratford, Psychology and Neuroscience
Nishant Upadhyay, Ethnic Studies

2020

Allison Atteberry, Assistant Professor,听Research and Evaluation Methodology, School of Education
Carol Conzelman, Senior Instructor,听Global Studies Residential Academic Program
Kristie Soares, Assistant Professor, Women and Gender Studies听
Deborah Palmer, Professor,听Equity, Bilingualism and Biliteracy, School of Education

2019听

Mona Farrag Attwa, Instructor, Arabic, Asian Languages & Civilizations
Emmanuel David, Assistant Professor, Women and Gender Studies
Wendy Glenn, Professor, Literacy Studies, School of Education
Erika Randall, Associate Professor, Theatre & Dance
Kate Semsar, Assistant Director for STEM Education and Instructor, Miramontes Arts & Sciences Program

2018听

Janet Y. Tsai, Instructor, Mechanical Engineering
Tamara Meneghini, Associate Professor, Theatre & Dance
Bethy Leonardi, Assistant Professor, Educational Foundations, Policy, and Practice, School of Education
Jenny Knight,听Associate Professor, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology听
Teresa E. Foley, Senior Instructor,听Integrative Physiology

2017

Tarek Sammakia, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Celeste Montoya,听Associate Professor, Women and Gender Studies
William McGinley, Associate Professor, Literacy Studies, School of Education
Priscilla Craven, Senior Instructor, French and Italian

2016

Susan Jurow, Professor, Educational Psychology & Learning Sciences, School of Education
Roseanna M. Neupauer,听Associate Professor,听Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering听
Christopher Braider, Professor, French听

2015听

Elizabeth Dutro, Professor, Education
Eric Stade,听Professor, Mathematics

2014

Kathy Escamilla, Professor, Equity, Bilingualism & Biliteracy, School of Education
Margaret Asirvatham, Senior Instructor and Director of General Chemistry, Chemistry
William Kuskin, Professor, English
Polly McLean, Associate Professor, Media Studies

2013

Diane Conlin, Associate Professor, Classics
Michael Eisenberg, Professor, Computer Science
Michele Moses, Professor, Educational Foundations, Policy and Practice, School of Education

2012

Harihar Rajaram, Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering
Jim Palmer, Professor,听Film Studies
Alison Jaggar, College Professor of Distinction,听Philosophy and Women and Gender Studies
Kris Guti茅rrez, Professor, Literacy and Learning Sciences, School of Education

2011

Anne Costain, Political Science
Ruben Donato, School of Education
Daniel Liston, School of Education
Marianne Wesson, School of Law听

2010听

Claudia Mills, Professor, Philosophy
Douglas Duncan, Senior Instructor, Astronomy
Danica Trifunovic, Instructor, French & Italian听

2009听

Elspeth Dusinberre, Associate Professor, Classics
Michael Klymkowsky, Professor, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology听

2008听

Michael Dubson, Senior Instructor, Physics
Bud Coleman, Professor, Theatre
Clayton Lewis, Professor, Computer Science
Diane Sieber, Director, Herbst Program of Humanities in Engineering

2007听

Kristi Anseth, Tisone Professor and HHMI Investigator, Chemical & Biological Engineering
Brian Argrow, Professor, Director, Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles, Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Noah Finkelstein, Associate Professor of Physics Education Research, Physics
Valerie Otero, Assistant Professor, School of Education
Patrica Rankin, Associate Professor, Physics

2006听

Melinda Barlow, Associate Professor, Film Studies
Elisa L. Facio, Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies
Eric J. Juenke, Assistant Professor, Political Science
Steven Pollock, Associate Professor, Physics听

2005听

Adrian Del Caro, Associate Vice Chancellor for Graduate Education and Professor, German & Slavic Languages and Literatures
William M. King, Professor, Ethnic Studies
John P. Powelson, Professor Emeritus, Economics
Carl E. Wieman, Distinguished Professor, Physics听

2004听

Martin Bickman, Professor, English
James Downton, Professor Emeritus, Sociology
Donald Weatherley, Associate Professor, Psychology
Dennis Van Gerven, Professor, Anthropology
Eloise Timmons, Boulder educator听

2003

Susan Clarke, Professor, Political Science
John Cumalat, Chair and Professor of Distinction,听Physics听

2001

Lindley J. Stiles, Professor Emeritus
Richard Byyny, Chancellor听

1999 & 2000 (keynote lecture event held; no awards given)听