FACULTY & STAFF AWARDS
Texas 10
Recognizing professors who have enriched the lives of their students on the Forty Acres.
Started in 2011, the Texas 10 is an annual list of inspiring professors, nominated by alumni and featured in the Alcalde magazine. These are professors that their former students, upon reflection and with the benefit of hindsight, consider to have made a lasting impact on their lives.
Nominations for the Texas 10 are closed at this time.
2025 Recipients
Kathy Fuller-Seeley
William P. Hobby Centennial Professor of Communication, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
David Quintanilla
BA ’03; Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Business, Government & Society, McCombs School of Business
Minou Arjomand
Associate Professor, Department of English and Plan II Honors Program, College of Liberal Arts
Erna Smith
BJ ’77; Lecturer, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
Korey Pereira
BS ’11; Life Member; Assistant Professor of Practice and Area Head for Audio, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
Christine Williams
Elsie & Stanley E. (Skinny) Adams, Sr., Centennial Professorship in Liberal Arts, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
Nassos Papalexandrou
Professor and Graduate Adviser, Department of Art and Art History (Greek Art and Archaeology, Near Eastern Art), College of Fine Arts
Shyamal Mitra
MA ’83, PhD ’88; Associate Professor of Instruction, Department of Computer Science, College of Natural Sciences
Martha N. Ovando Villanueva
Professor Emeritus, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education
Maureen Fitzgerald
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, College of Education
2023
Tamara Bell
MA ’93, PhD ’04, Advertising and Public Relations, Journalism
Daniela Bini
PhD ’78, French, Italian
Isil Dillig
Computer Science
Kishore Gawande
Business, Government & Society
Theresa Martines
Mathematics
Mohammad Mohammad
Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies
Stephen Reese
Journalism
Marissa Rylander
BS ’00, MS ’02, PhD ’05, Engineering
Michael Starbird
Mathematics
Paul Woodruff
Philosophy
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2022
John Sibley Butler
Business, Liberal Arts
Eve Prilipko
Business
Elizabeth Richmond-Garza
English
Mia Markey
Biomedical Engineering
Pawel Misztal
Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering
Chiu-Mi Lai
Asian Studies
Rod Hart
Communication, Government
Lauren Ehrlich
Molecular Biosciences
Rosalie Ambrosino
PhD ’85, Life Member, Social Work
Juan Dominguez
Psychology
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2021
Michael Clement
Department of Accounting
Omi Osun Joni L. Jones
Department of African & African Diaspora Studies
Sara Stewart Stevens
Division of Textiles and Apparel
Michael Mosser
Department of Government
Alison Norman
Department of Computer Science
Betsy Berry
Department of English
Michael Marder
Department of Physics
Jung Kwak
School of Nursing
Fred Valdez
Department of Anthropology
Natalie Czimskey
Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
More about the 2021 recipients
2020
Martin “Randy” Cox
BA ‘91, MA ‘94, Life Member, Communication
Ofodike Ezekoye
Mechanical Engineering
Tatjana Lichenstein
History
Michaela Marinelli
Neuroscience
Curran Nault
PHD ‘93, Radio-Television-Film
David Prindle
Government
Haydee Rodriguez
PHD ‘00, Curriculum and Instruction
John Rumrich
English
Laurie Scott
PHD ‘87, Music and Human Learning
William Wolensenky
Mathematics
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2019
Marina Alexandrova
MA ‘04, PHD ‘10, Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Hina Azam
Islamic Studies
Michele Deitch
Law
Toyin Falola
History
Linda Henderson
Art History
David Hoffman
Molecular Biosciences
H.W. Perry Jr.
Government, Law
Lucas Powe
Government, Law
Adrianne Rosales
BS ‘07, Chemical Engineering
Jan Todd
PHD ‘95, Life Member, Women’s and Gender Studies
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2018
Courtney Byrd
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Patricia Carter
Nursing
Bonnie Elliot
PHD ‘99, Curriculum and Instruction
Fatima Fakhreddine
MA ‘96, PHD ‘99, Chemistry
Thomas Garza
Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Donna Johnston-Blair
Accounting
Bartholomew Sparrow
MA ‘84, Government
Lisa B. Thompson
African and African Diaspora Studies
Heidi Toprac
MBA ‘91, Life Member, Finance
Carlos Torres-Verdin
MA ‘85, MS ‘85, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
More about the 2018 recipients
2017
Kate Biberdorf
PHD ‘14, Chemistry
Charles Carson
Musicology
Antonella Del Fattore-Olson
Italian Studies
William Inboden
Public Affairs
John Murphy
PHD ‘74, Life Member, Advertising
Masa Prodanovic
Engineering
Shirley Thompson
African and African Diaspora Studies
Jessica Toste
Education
Clint Tuttle
BBA ‘03, Life Member, Information, Risk, and Operations Management
Juliet E.K. Walker
History
More about the 2017 recipients
2016
H.W. Brands
PHD ‘85, History
Jerome Bump
English
Ben Carrington
Sociology
Tracy Dahlby
Journalism
Diane Ginsburg
PH D’14, Life Member, Pharmacy
Laura Lashinger
Nutritional Sciences
Mukul Sharma
Engineering
Katie Tackett
MS ‘04, PHD ‘09, Special Education
Eric Tang
African and African Diaspora Studies
Jaqueline Woolley
Psychology
More about the 2016 recipients
2015
Ockhee Bego
BS ‘04, Life Member, Textiles and Apparel
Inderjit Dhillon
Computer Science
George Forgie
History
Katie Gray
BBA ‘03, Life Member, Business
Leonard Moore
History
Christopher Roldan
BS ‘02, Radio-Television-Film
Mary Rose
Sociology
David Small
Music
Lawrence Speck
Architecture
Lorie Holleran Steiker
Social Work
More about the 2015 recipients
2014
Mia Carter
English
Don Graham
PHD ‘71, English
Barbara Jones
Social Work
Joan Lazarus
Theatre and Dance
David Laude
Chemistry
Herbert A. Miller Jr.
Business
Ricardo Romo
BS ‘67, Life Member, History
Joan Shiring
MED ‘81, PHD ‘86, Education
Sean Theriault
Government
James Vick
Life Member, Mathematics
More about the 2014 recipients
2013
Frank Bash
Astronomy
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Ruth Buskirk
Biology
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Cristina Cabello de Martinez
BA ‘81, MA ‘85, PHD ‘93, Spanish and Portugese
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Richard Cherwitz
Communication
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Miguel Ferguson
Social Work
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Chris Kirk
Anthropology
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Lisa Koonce
Accounting
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Reuben McDaniel
Business
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John McKetta
Life Member, Engineering
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Penne Restad
History
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2011
Bruce Buchanan
Government
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Nancy Daley
PHD ‘91, Human Sexuality
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John Daly
Communication
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Lino Graglia
Law
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Brent Iverson
Life Member, Chemistry
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Tim Loving
BA ‘95, Human Development
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Shannon Patton
MS ‘89, Nursing
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John Pearce
Engineering
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Charles Ramirez-Berg
Radio-Television-Film
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Jennifer Wilks
English
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