2025 College of Arts and Letters faculty award winners

Endowment Fund Renamed:

The Washington Semester Endowment Fund has been renamed to: The Dr. David A. Jones Washington Semester Endowment Fund.

We’d also like to extend our thanks to those who supported this fund during Giving Day 2025! The fund smashed through its challenge goal of 125 donors, unlocking an extra $25,000 of crucial financial support that helps students make the most of life-changing internships in the nation’s capital.

College of Arts and Letters Awards

Carl Harter Distinguished Teacher Award

• Jennie Rosier, Communication Studies

Distinguished Service Award

• Kristin Wylie, Political Science

Madison Scholar Award

• Andrea Veltman, Philosophy

Staff Recognition Award

• Dianne Fulk, Justice Studies

University Awards

Distinguished Teacher Award, General Education

• Julie Sorge Way, English

Madison Vision Teaching Award

• Rob Alexander, Political Science
• Abe Goldberg, Political Science

Mengebier Professorship

• Eric Fife, Communication Studies

SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award Nominee

• Ken Rutherford, Political Science

President’s Purple Star Awards

Career Achievement Award

• Holly Yanacek, World Languages & Cultures; as part of ORD, OSP, and OSP-FA

Embracing Innovation and Change Award

• Paul Mabrey, Communication Studies; as part of the QEP Steering Committee

Star Duke

• Verónica Haun, World Languages & Cultures

Provost Awards

A. Jerry Benson Faculty Engagement Endowment

• Elisabeth Kvernen, Media Arts and Design

Excellence in Community Partnerships

• Shana Meganck, Communication Studies

Excellence in Research and Scholarship

• Muhammad Ittefaq, Communication Studies

Shirley Hanson Roberts (‘56) and Richard D. Roberts Endowment for Faculty Excellence

• Jennifer Almjeld, Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication