Teaching Award

Each year, the students initiated into Phi Beta Kappa are asked to submit nominations for the Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Award. In keeping with the Society's concern with academic excellence, students are asked to nominate an outstanding teacher who has positively influenced their experience at BC, either in or outside the classroom. Faculty are selected for the award based on the cumulative nominations from students over multiple years.

YearRecipientDepartment
2022Celeste WellsCommunication
2021Thomas EpsteinClassical Studies (awarded 2022)
2020Not awarded in 2020 because of Covid shutdown
2019Jennifer EricksonPolitical Science
2018James F. Keenan, SJPresidential Scholars Program
2017Kathleen BaileyPolitical Science
2016Danielle Gioioso TaghianBiology
2015Neil M. WolfmanChemistry
2014Harold PetersenEconomics
2013Susan MichalczykHonors Program
2012Donald FishmanCommunication
2011Stephen J. PopeTheology
2010Bonnie S. JeffersonCommunication
2009Marc LandyPolitical Science
2008John McDarghTheology
2007John Paris, S.J.Theology
2006Seth JacobsHistory
2005Vanessa P. RumblePhilosophy
2004T. Ross KellyChemistry
2003Cynthia Lynn LyerlyHistory
2002Rev. Michael HimesTheology
2001Larry WolffHistory
2000Dale HerbeckCommunication
1999Christopher WilsonEnglish
1998John Howard, S.J.Honors Program
1997Michael ReslerGerman Studies
1996John HeinemanHistory
1996Thomas PerryHistory
1995Donald HafnerPolitical Science
1995Richard HughesEnglish
1994John MahoneyEnglish
1993John TierneyPolitical Science
1992Gerald BilodeauMathematics
1991Mark O'ConnorHonors Program
1990Mary Joe HughesHonors Program