Distinguished Teaching Awards Committee
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Overview | Current Year (AY 2026-2027) | Resolutions | Archives
Overview
Responsibilities
The Distinguished Teaching Awards Committees at the two campuses shall conduct the selection process and judge potential candidates for the Distinguished Teaching Award in accordance with the special rules and procedures developed by the Distinguished Teaching Awards Committees at the two campuses and approved by the Executive Committee. Final recommendations regarding the Distinguished Teaching Award recipients will be submitted to the President through the Academic Senate Chair.
Committee Procedures:
Committee procedures approved June 2022
Committee procedures approved May 13, 2010
New: Click here for a list of recipients and to learn more about the nomination process.
Current Year (AY 2026-2027)
Charges:
TBD
Meetings:
TBD
Membership, San Luis Obispo Campus
General Faculty representatives should be former recipients of the Distinguished Teaching Award from the San Luis Obispo campus. If no prior Distinguished Teaching Award recipients from a particular college are available and willing to serve, the Executive Committee, in consultation with the San Luis Obispo Distinguished Teaching Awards Committee chair, may appoint a faculty member from the college who has a clear and compelling record of sustained, outstanding instructional performance. Ex officio members shall be two ASI representatives from the San Luis Obispo campus. These students will have at least junior standing and will have completed at least three consecutive terms and 24 semester units at Cal Poly with at least a 3.0 grade point average.
Membership, Solano Campus
General Faculty representatives should be 3-4 former recipients of the Distinguished Teaching Award from the Solano campus. If no prior Distinguished Teaching Award recipients are available and willing to serve, the Executive Committee, in consultation with the Solano campus Distinguished Teaching Awards Committee chair, may appoint a faculty member(s) who has(have) a clear and compelling record of sustained, outstanding instructional performance. Ex officio members shall be one ASI representative from the Solano campus. This student will have at least junior standing and will have completed at least three consecutive terms and 24 semester units at Cal Poly with at least a 3.0 grade point average.
New: Click here to submit your statement of interest if you would like to serve on the committee.
| Name | Department | College/Unit | Office Phone | Exp. Term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abercromby, Kira | Aerospace Engineering | CENG | (805) 756-6476 | kaberco@calpoly.edu | 2028 |
| Campbell, Brad | English | CLA | (805) 756-5757 | bcampb02@calpoly.edu | 2027 |
| Colette, Tamara | Marine Transportation | Solano Representative | (707) 654-1211 | tcolette@calpoly.edu | 2027 |
| Kang, Wilson | Economics | OCOB | (805) 756-5544 | wkang01@calpoly.edu | 2027 |
| McGowan, Lucy | Agribusiness | CAFES | (805) 756-3227 | lumcgowa@calpoly.edu | 2027 |
| Roy, Soma (Chair) | Statistics | BCSM | (805) 756-5250 | soroy@calpoly.edu | 2027 |
| White, Emily | Architecture | CAED | (805) 756- 5080 | ewhite14@calpoly.edu | 2027 |
| VACANT | Student Representative | ASI | - | EO (ASI) | |
| VACANT | Student Representative | ASI | - | EO (ASI) | |
| VACANT | Solano Student Representative | ASI | - | EO (ASI) | |
| VACANT | PCS | 2027 |
Resolutions
AS-456-96/EC Resolution on the Reorganization of Academic Senate Committee
AS-358-91/C&BC Resolution on Distinguished Teaching Awards Committee
AS-36-78/DTA Distinguished Teaching Award Committee Resolution
ARCHIVES
AY 2025-2026 Charges and Membership
Charges:
- Evaluate candidates and recommend recipients for the Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA). AY 2025-26.
- Discuss the impact of the Year-Round Operations calendar, and administrative structure, and the Solano academic calendar considerations on DTA bylaws, policies, and procedures, and draft revisions as needed. Ongoing through conversion.
- Review and modify committee procedures and bylaws to include representation from the Cal Poly, Solano Campus and reflect the University’s conversion to semesters (as needed) 2025-2026.
- Compose and bring to the Executive Committee for consideration a resolution revising the number of distinguished teaching awards from three to four.
- Suspend the bylaws to allow for the creation of an ad hoc DTA committee for the Solano Campus to facilitate the review of nominee packets, with the Solano at-large committee representative serving as the lead ad hoc committee chair.
DTA Committee Members AY 2025-2026
| Name | Department | College/Unit | Office Phone | Exp. Term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell, Brad | English | CLA | (805) 756-5757 | bcampb02@calpoly.edu | 2027 |
| Clements, John | Computer Science | CENG | (805) 756-6528 | clements@calpoly.edu | 2026 |
| Kang, Wilson | Economics | OCOB | (805) 756-5544 | wkang01@calpoly.edu | 2027 |
| Lewis, Tony | Business | Solano Campus | (707) 654-1269 | tlewis@csum.edu | 2026 |
| McGowan, Lucy | Agribusiness | CAFES | (805) 756-3227 | lumcgowa@calpoly.edu | 2027 |
| Palmer, Jett | Student Representative | ASI | - | jpalme20@calpoly.edu | EO (ASI) |
| Reyes, Hannah | Student Representative | ASI | - | hreyes01@calpoly.edu | EO (ASI) |
| Roy, Soma (Chair) | Statistics | BCSM | (805) 756-5250 | soroy@calpoly.edu | 2027 |
| White, Emily | Architecture | CAED | (805) 756- 5080 | ewhite14@calpoly.edu | 2027 |
| VACANT | PCS | 2027 |
AY 2024-2025 Charges and Membership
Charges:
- Evaluate candidates and recommend recipients for the Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA). AY 2024-25.
- Discuss the impact of the Year-Round Operations calendar and administrative structure on DTA bylaws, policies, and procedures, and draft revisions as needed. Ongoing through conversion.
- Discuss the impact of the possible integration with Cal Maritime on DTA committee internal policy and procedures and draft revision plans as needed. If approved, ongoing through integration.
- Review and modify committee procedures and bylaws as needed. Ongoing
DTA Committee Members AY 2024-2025
| Name | Department | College/Unit | Office Phone | Email (@calpoly.edu) | Exp. Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiu, Yiwen | NRES | CAFES | 62972 | yichiu | 2025 |
| Clements, John | Compute Sci | CENG | 66528 | clements | 2026 |
| Clifford, Dale | Arch | CAED | 62036 | dtcliffo | 2026 |
| Daubert, Sara | Mgmt,HR&Info | OCOB | 62356 | sdaubert | 2025 |
| Finch, Sam | Student | ASI | 61281 | sfinch03 | EO (ASI) |
| Kennelly, Brian (CH) | WL&C | CLA | 62889 | bkennell | 2025 |
| Palmer, Jett | Student | ASI | 61281 | jpalme20 | EO (ASI) |
| Roy, Soma | Statistics | BCSM | 65250 | soroy | 2025 |
| VACANT | PCS | 2025 |
Quarterly Reports (PDF)