Stanford University
H&S announces 2025-26 Dean's Teaching Award winners
June 3, 2026
H&S Dean Debra Satz honored seven faculty members with awards for distinguished teaching for 2025-26. Recipients include:
Dean’s Award for Achievements in Teaching
- Annika Butler-Wall, lecturer, Program in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Scott Dixon, professor, Department of Biology
- John Tennant, lecturer, Department of Classics
Dean’s Award for Achievements in First Years of Teaching
José Ignacio Cuesta, assistant professor, Department of Economics
Alys George, assistant professor, Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages
Dean’s Award for Achievements in Teaching—Excellence in Graduate Education
- Avidit Acharya, professor, Department of Political Science
Dean’s Award for Lifetime Achievements in Teaching
- Julie Parsonnet, the George DeForest Barnett Professor in Medicine, Emerita, Program in Human Biology
