The Duke University Award for Excellence in Teaching Writing recognizes exceptionally strong teachers of academic writing. The award is made possible by the generosity of the Karen Blumenthal and Scott McCartney Endowment.
2022 Winner: Susan ThananopavarnAsian American Narratives: Literature, History, and Activism
2021 Winner: Sarah ParsonsIt’s a Bug’s World
2020 Winner: Haleema WeljiThe Myth of Meritocracy |
2019 Winner: Marion QuiriciNeurodiversity, Narrative, Activism |
2018 Winner: Emily L ParksNeuroLaw: Exploring the role of neuroscience in the courtroom |
2017 Winner: Miranda WelshThe Ecology of Disease |
2016 Winner: Matthew WhittLand of the Free: Liberty, Justice, and Imprisonment in the U.S. |
2015 Winner: Jennifer AnsleyQueer Theories of Place & Space |
2014 Winner: James BerkeyWriting War: What Is It Good For? |
2013 Winner: Lindsey SmithMonkey Mindreading: Exploring Primate Psychology |
2012 Winner: Ami V ShahAfrica is not a country! Understanding the Continent |
2011 Winner: Jonathan M. DueckNotes on Sounds of the Field: Writing About Sound and Sport |
2010 Winner: Gretchen CaseOral History and the Stories of Medicine |
2009 Winner: Seth DowlandWriting about Religion & Politics |
2009 Winner: Márcia RegoTranslating the Culture Shock: Beyond Intercultural (Mis)Understanding |
2008 Winner: Christine BeauleHouseholds: Past and Present |
2008 Winner: Erik HarmsPostwar Vietnam |
2007 Winner: Jason MahnNegotiating Religious Pluralism |
2006 Winner: Michele StranoSacred Ritual in Secular Society — Course Aims and Structure |
2005 Winner: Parag BudhechaWriting the Academy Inside Out: The Rhetoric of Institutions of Higher Education and Their Role in the Community |
2004 Winner: Derek Malone-FranceMorality, Diversity, and Human Rights |
2003 Winner: Cary MoskovitzThe Science Behind the Controversy |
2002 Winner: Douglas Reichert-PowellRhetorics of Place |