UMKC is proud to salute its faculty for their many contributions in the areas of teaching, research and service.
2021-22 Awardees
UMKC Teaching Awards
Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
2021 Michael Wacker, Associate Professor, School of Medicine
2022 TBD
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
2021 Mikah Thompson, Professor, School of Law
2022 Ganesh Thiagrajan, Professor, School of Science and Engineering
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring
2021 Dr. Tanya Villalpando Mitchell, Professor, School of Dentistry
2022 None
Chancellor’s Early Career Award for Excellence in Teaching
2021 Christopher Madden, Assistant Professor, UMKC Conservatory
2022 Tiffani Riggers-Piehl, Assistant Professor School of Education, Social Work, and Psychological Sciences
Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
2021 Lena Hoober-Burkhardt, Associate Teaching Professor, School of Science and Engineering
2022 Diana Tamer, Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Pharmacy
Elmer F. Pierson Good Teaching Awards’s
– Business
2021 Jeff Johnson, Associate Professor, Henry W. Bloch School of Management
2022 Larry Wigger, Associate Teaching Professor, Henry W. Bloch School of Management
– Dentistry
2021 Simon MacNeill, Professor, School of Dentistry
2022 Narayanan Sreenivasan, Clinical Associate Professor, School of Dentistry
– Law
2021 Allen Rostron, Professor, School of Law
2022 Mary Kay O’Malley, Clinical Professor, School of Law
– Medicine
2021 Lance Carter, Associate Teaching Professor, School of Medicine
2022 Tim Cole, Teaching Professor, School of Medicine
UMKC Research Awards:
N.T. Veatch Award for Distinguished Research and Creative Activity
2021 Gary Sutkin, Professor, School of Medicine
2022 Sean O’Brien, Professor, School of Law
Trustees Faculty Fellowship Award
2021 Jennifer Huberman, Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
2022 None
Trustees Faculty Scholar Award
2021 Alison Graettinger, Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
2022 Antonio Byrd, Assistant Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Award for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Researchers, Scholars, and Artists
2022 Virginia Blanton, Professor School of Humanities and Social Sciences -and-
2022 Majid Bani-Yaghoub, Associate Professor, School of Science and Engineering -and-
2022 Amanda Grimes, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Health Studies
UMKC Service Awards
Chancellor’s Award for Embracing Diversity
2021 Tyler Smith, Assistant Professor School of Medicine
2022 Student National Dental Association/Hispanic Dental Association
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Community Engagement
2021 Dr. Kenneth J. Budde Special Collections, Department in University Libraries
2022 Brent Never, Associate Professor, Henry W. Bloch School of Management
Chancellor’s Award for Career Contributions to the University
2021 Patricia Marken, Professor Emerita, School of Pharmacy
2022 Mark Johnson, Professor, School of Dentistry