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The $20,000 Hazel Barnes Prize is the largest and most prestigious single faculty award funded by the ��ƷSM����ӰƬ. It was established in 1991 by former Chancellor James Corbridge in honor of Philosophy Professor Emerita Hazel Barnes to recognize “the enriching interrelationship between teaching and research.”

Nominees are regionally and nationally recognized, tenured faculty members who are not only outstanding teachers, but who also have distinguished records in research and scholarship. The Hazel Barnes Prize selection committee is comprised of past recipients.

Nominate a Faculty Member by Feb. 28, 2025

Read more about our distinguished faculty who are past recipients of the Hazel Barnes Prize.

• 2024 Professor Angela Bryan, Psychology and Neuroscience
• 2023���ʰ��Ǵڱ�����ǰ� Hanspeter Schaub, Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences
• 2022 Professor Mark Ablowitz, Applied Mathematics
• 2021���ʰ��Ǵڱ�����ǰ� Barbara Demmig-Adams, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• 2020 Professor Adam Bradley, English
• 2019 Professor Pieter Johnson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• 2018 Professor Sarah Krakoff, University of Colorado Law School
• 2017 Professor Tom Cech, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
• 2016 Professor Michele Moses, School of Education
• 2015 Professor Fred Anderson, Department of History
• 2014 Professor Robert S. Anderson, Department of Geological Sciences
• 2013 Professor Kristi Anseth, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
• 2012 Professor Patrick Mason, College of Music
• 2011 Professor Harvey Segur, Department of Applied Mathematics
• 2010 Professor Juri Toomre, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
• 2008 Professor John Falconer, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
• 2007 Professor Margaret Tolbert, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 
• 2006 Professor Alexander Cruz, Department of EE Biology
• 2005 Professor Janet Jacobs, Department of Sociology
• 2004 Professor Uriel Nauenberg, Department of Physics
• 2003 Professor Jeffrey Robinson, Department of English
• 2002 Professor Charles Wilkinson, School of Law
• 2001 Professor Patricia Limerick, Department of History
• 2000 Professor John Birks, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
• 1999 Professor John Taylor, Department of Physics
• 1998 Professor Dale Meyer, College of Business and Administration
• 1997 Professor Jane Bock, Department of EPO Biology
• 1996 Professor Jack Kelso, Department of Anthropology
• 1995 Professor Michael C. Grant, Department of EPO Biology
• 1994 Professor David Prescott, Department of MCD Biology
• 1993 Professor Reginald Saner, Department of English
• 1992 Professor Klaus Timmerhaus, Department of Chemical Engineering