2026 C-I Teaching Award Recipients

April 20, 2026

In conjunction with the annual Ä¢¹½tv Faculty Awards hosted by the Office of Academic Affairs, CxC facilitates two awards recognizing faculty members who have contributed to and participated in C-I teaching and learning in impactful ways. Recipients of these awards represent the commitment, dedication, and excellence that define and enable the Ä¢¹½tv CxC program to transform teaching, learning, and ultimately, student success.

C-I Teaching & Service Excellence Award Recipients

The C-I Teaching & Service Excellence Award recognizes an individual who, through teaching, research, faculty teaching development, or CxC program efforts, engages and champions C-I pedagogy across campus in an exemplary manner. Any Ä¢¹½tv faculty member—tenured, tenure-track, or non-tenure track, full or part-time—actively engaged in the CxC program and C-I teaching and learning, and who has not previously received this award, is eligible. Recipients receive a $1,500 award.

  • Roxanne Dill, Journalism, Manship School of Mass Communication
  • Vince Wilson, Department of Environmental Sciences, College of the Coast & Environment

Lillian Bridwell-Bowles Innovative C-I Teacher Award Recipients

The Lillian Bridwell-Bowles Innovative C-I Teacher Award recognizes, inspires, and continues to support innovation in C-I course/assignment design, teaching, assessment/feedback practices, classroom management, and teaching productivity/efficiency/effectiveness. Any Ä¢¹½tv faculty member—tenured, tenure-track, or non-tenure track, full or part-time—who has taught a certified C-I course within the past three semesters and has not previously received this award is eligible. Recipients receive a $500 award. This award is named in honor of Lillian Bridwell-Bowles, an internationally recognized scholar of communication-intensive pedagogy and the founder of Ä¢¹½tv’s Communication across the Curriculum program. 

  • Nihar Sreepada, Public Relations, Manship School of Mass Communication
  • Nick Totaro, Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Yao Wang, Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture, College of Art & Design

In addition to these five honorees, the following eight C-I Faculty Members are also receiving awards this year:

  • Distinguished Faculty Award: James Stoner, Jr., Department of Political Science, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
  • Ä¢¹½tv Alumni Association Faculty Excellence Award: Bhuvnesh Bharti, Cain Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Ä¢¹½tv Alumni Association Faculty Excellence Award: Ashley Mack, Department of Communication Studies, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
  • Ä¢¹½tv Foundation Distinguished Graduate Faculty Teaching Award: Michael Bibler, Department of English, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
  • Brij Mohan Distinguished Professor Award: Fanny Ramirez, Manship School of Mass Communication
  • George H. Deer Distinguished Teaching Award: Funda Kizilkaya, Department of Chemistry, College of Science
  • Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty Award: Sadie Wilks, Manship School of Mass Communication
  • Ä¢¹½tv Alumni Association Teaching Assistant Award: Méghan Hodges, Comparative Literature Program, College of Humanities & Social Sciences