(NCHC member schools marked by **)
Award winners from previous years can be found here.
**ALABAMA
Jeffrey Gray
Associate Professor of Computer Science
University of Alabama at Birmingham
**ARIZONA
Braden Allenby
Lincoln Professor of Engineering and Ethics, and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Arizona State University
ARKANSAS
Tim H. Lindblom
Associate Professor of Biology
Lyon College
**CALIFORNIA
Ray Toal
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Loyola Marymount University
**COLORADO
Martin C. Carlisle
Professor of Computer Science
United States Air Force Academy
CONNECTICUT
Kathleen LeBlanc
Associate Professor of Human Services
Naugatuck Valley Community College
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
James Sandefur
Professor and Chair, Mathematics Department Georgetown University
FLORIDA
Jonathan Grant
Professor of History
Florida State University
**GEORGIA
Kirk Bowman
Associate Professor of International Affairs Georgia Institute of Technology
GUAM
Yukiko Inoue
Professor of Educational Psychology and Research University of Guam
IDAHO
Kerry Hunter
Professor of Political Economy
The College of Idaho
ILLINOIS
Beau Basel Beaudoin
Professor, Television Department, and Coordinator of Culture, Race and Media Columbia College Chicago
**INDIANA
Robert Paul Lamb
Professor of English
Purdue University
**IOWA
Thomas Greenbowe
Professor of Chemistry
Iowa State University
**KANSAS
Jacquelyn Dillon-Krass
Director, String Studies, and Professor of Music Education/String Pedagogy Wichita State University
KENTUCKY
James Ricky Cox
Professor of Chemistry
Murray State University
**LOUISIANA
Maud Walsh
Associate Professor of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences Louisiana State University and A&M College
**MAINE
Ivan Fernandez
Professor of Soil Science
University of Maine
**MARYLAND
Scott Jeffrey
Associate Professor of Geography, and Director, Geospatial Applications Program Community College of Baltimore County
MASSACHUSETTS
Jeanine D. Plummer
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute
**MICHIGAN
Ralph G. Williams
Thurnau Professor of English
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
MINNESOTA
Martin Grindeland
Professor of Mass Communications
Minnesota State University Moorhead
MISSISSIPPI
Kimberly Burke
Professor of Accounting
Millsaps College
MISSOURI
Mary Spratt
Cox Endowed Professor of Biology
William Woods University
**MONTANA
Garon Smith
Professor of Chemistry
University of Montana
**NEBRASKA
David Rosenbaum
Professor of Economics
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
**NEVADA
Scott E. Casper
Professor of History
University of Nevada, Reno
**NEW HAMPSHIRE
Maurissa Abecassis
Associate Professor of Social Science and Education Colby-Sawyer College
NEW YORK
George W. Curry
Kennedy Distinguished Faculty Chair in Landscape Architecture and SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
**NORTH CAROLINA
Katherine Bruce
Professor of Psychology, and Director, Honors Scholars Program University of North Carolina Wilmington
**NORTH DAKOTA
Tami Carmichael
Director and Associate Professor of Humanities and Integrated Studies University of North Dakota
**OHIO
G. Andrew Mickley
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Baldwin-Wallace College
OKLAHOMA
Robert Terrell
Professor of Accounting
University of Central Oklahoma
OREGON
Richard J. Ellis
Hatfield Professor of Politics
Willamette University
PENNSYLVANIA
M. Elaine Tagliareni
Professor of Nursing, and Independence Foundation Chair in Community Health Nursing Education Community College of Philadelphia
RHODE ISLAND
Robert Hackey
Professor of Health Policy and Management Providence College
**SOUTH CAROLINA
Alix Darden
Professor of Biology
The Citadel
SOUTH DAKOTA
Jon Kellar
Chair and D. Fuerstenau Professor of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
**TENNESSEE
John S. Gonas
Assistant Professor of Finance
Belmont University
**TEXAS
Manoucher Khosrowshahi
Professor of Political Science
Tyler Junior College
**UTAH
Nicholas D. More
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Westminster College
VERMONT
John Elder
Professor of English and Environmental Studies Middlebury College
VIRGINIA
Kelly Lambert
Brock Professor of Psychology
Randolph-Macon College
WASHINGTON
James Evans
Professor of Physics and of Science, Technology and Society University of Puget Sound
WEST VIRGINIA
Lucie T. Refsland
Professor of Mathematics
New River Community and Technical College
**WYOMING
Theresa Bogard
Professor of Music
University of Wyoming