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Faculty Awards


Excellence in Language Teaching Award

Emory College honors a phenomenal language instructor each year with the Excellence in Language Teaching Award. This award celebrates faculty members who have:

  • A minimum of six years on the Emory College faculty
  • An outstanding teaching record
  • Evidence of innovation in teaching and interest in continued professional development
  • Evidence of appreciation by peers and students as a model teacher
  • Involvement in language teaching at the various levels
  • Extended service to her/his own language program (on-campus activities, study abroad) and to the Emory language community at large
  • Involvement with students both inside and outside the classroom

Meet Our Past Award Recipients:


  • 2024 - Pazit Kahlon of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies
  • 2023 - Angela Porcarelli of the Department of French and Italian
  • 2022 - Ana Teixeira of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese
  • 2021 - Peter Hoeyng of the Department of German Studies
  • 2020 - Simona Muratore of the Department of French and Italian and Katherine Ostrom of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese
  • 2019 - Bumyong Choi of the Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures
  • 2018 - Christine Ristaino of the Department of French and Italian
  • 2017 - Jonathan Master of the Department of Classics
  • 2016 - Lilia Coropceanu of the Department of French and Italian
  • 2015 - Hiram Maxim of the Department of German Studies
  • 2014 - Robyn Clarke of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Wan-Li Ho of the Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures
  • 2013 - Rkia Cornell of the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies
  • 2012 - Hossein Samei of the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies
  • 2011 - Lisa Dillman of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese
  • 2010 - Louise Pratt of the Department of Classics
  • 2009 - Marianne Lancaster of the Department of German Studies
  • 2008 - Holly York of the Department of French and Italian
  • 2007 - José Luis Boigues of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese
  • 2006 - Vialla Hartfield-Mendez of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese
  • 2005 - Hong Li of the Department of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures
  • 2004 - Anne Kelley of the Department of French and Italian
  • 2003 - Kristen Brustad of the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies
  • 2002 - Judy Raggi Moore of the Department of French and Italian

Curriculum Development Fellowship

The Curriculum Development Fellowship aims to provide support to foreign language faculty who plan to develop teaching materias, assessment tools, and/or research designs that will benefit foreign language programs at Emory.

Meet Our Past Award Recipients:


  • 2024 - Sorin Huh of the Department of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures
  • 2023 - Johnny Cheng of the Department of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures
  • 2022 - José Luis Boigues of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese
  • 2021 - Lisa Dillman of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese
  • 2020 - Simona Muratore of the Department of French and Italian
  • 2019 - Elva Gonzalez of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese
  • 2018 - Tsepak Rigzin of the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies
  • 2017 - Ana Teixeira of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese
  • 2016 - Elliot McCarter of the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies
  • 2015 - Hong Li of the Russian and East Asian Literatures and Cultures and Christine Ristaino of the Department of French and Italian
  • 2014 - Naama Harel of the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies
  • 2013 - Bumyong Choi of the Department of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures
  • 2012 - Karen Stolley of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese
  • 2011 - Marianne Lancaster of the Department of German Studies
  • 2010 - Erik Butler of the Department of German Studies
  • 2009 - Hiram Maxim of the Department of German Studies
  • 2008 - Holly York of the Department of French and Italian