Once a year, TCU academic deans deliberate among outstanding nominees from each college and school to honor with the Deans’ Award for Teaching and the Deans’ Award for Research and Creativity.
Reading through their accomplishments, letters of support from colleagues at TCU and other institutions, endorsements from students and the faculty members’ own statements, the deans discuss, deliberate and choose three winners for each award. Each winner receives $2,500.
Interim Provost Floyd L. Wormley, Jr., announced the 2024 winners.
“TCU has some of the best faculty members in the nation, so I know the deans have a tough decision to make each year to choose just six to honor,” Wormley said. “I congratulate these respected educators who teach our students and lead the way in their fields through research and creative activity. Their dedication and excellence in the classroom and beyond help make TCU a driving force for academic excellence.”
Deans’ Award for Teaching 2024
Robin Griffith
Professor and Department Chair of Teaching and Learning Sciences
College of Education
Emily Herzig
Instructor II, Mathematics
College of Science & Engineering
Santiago Piñon
Associate Professor of Religion and Ethics
AddRan College of Liberal Arts – Humanities
Learn more about these three faculty members here.
Deans’ Award for Research and Creativity 2024
David G. Allen
Luther Henderson University Chair in Management and Leadership
Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Programs
Neeley School of Business
Taryn Ozuna Allen
Associate Professor of Higher Education Leadership
College of Education
Kat Barger
Associate Professor of Astronomy
College of Science & Engineering