Each year, the UT Alumni Association recognizes outstanding faculty and staff for their work in three categories.
The UTAA Distinguished Service Professorship award is intended by the UTAA to attract and retain outstanding professors. Winners receive a $1,000 cash award for each of three years and the title of distinguished service professor.
The UTAA Outstanding Teacher awards have been presented to faculty members selected by their colleagues and students from all UT campuses. Winners receive a one-time gift of $1,000.
The UTAA Public Service awards recognize faculty and staff who make substantial contributions to the welfare and good of the state or national public. Awardees receive a one-time gift of $1,000.
The UTAA annual awards are made possible by the UTAA Fund for the Future donors.
Outstanding Teacher Award Winners
![Andrew Bailey](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Bailey_Andrew_300x300.jpg)
UT Chattanooga • UC Foundation Professor • Department of Health and Human Performance • College of Health, Education and Professional Studies
![Jose Barbosa](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Barbosa_Jose_300x300.jpg)
UT Chattanooga • Professor • Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Science • College of Arts and Sciences
![Lauren King](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/King_Lauren_300x300.jpg)
UT Health Science Center • Pathology Residency Program Director and Assistant Professor • Department of Pathology • College of Medicine
![Rebecca Mayall](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Mayall_Rebecca_300x300.jpg)
UT Health Science Center • Associate Professor • Department of Prosthodontics • College of Dentistry
![Elizabeth Cooper](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Copper_Elizabeth_300x300.jpg)
UT Knoxville • Distinguished Lecturer • Department of Psychology • College of Arts and Sciences
![Joon Sue Lee](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Lee_Joon_300x300.jpg)
UT Knoxville • Assistant Professor • Department of Physics and Astronomy • College of Arts and Sciences
![Mark Moon](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Moon_Mark_300x300.jpg)
UT Knoxville • Associate Professor and Flaskerud Faculty Fellow • Department of Marketing • Haslam College of Business
![Iliana Rocha](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Rocha_Iliana_300x300.jpg)
UT Knoxville • Assistant Professor • Department of English • College of Arts and Sciences
![Dr. Jason Roberts](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Roberts_Jason_300x300.jpg)
UT Martin • Program Director of Veterinary Technology and Professor of Animal Science • Department of Agriculture, Geoscience, and Natural Resources • College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
![Janet Wilbert](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Wilbert_Janet_300x300.jpg)
UT Martin • Associate Professor • Department of Health and Human Performance • College of Education, Health, and Behavioral Sciences
![Albert K. Killen](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Killen_Albert_300x300.jpg)
UT Southern • Associate Professor • Department of Business • Johnston School of Business
Alumni Public Service Award Winners
![Erika Schafer](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Schafer_Erika_300x300.jpg)
UT Chattanooga • Professor • Department of Music • College of Arts and Sciences
![Jerry Everett](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Everett_Jerry_300x300.jpg)
UT Knoxville • Associate Director Center for Transportation Research • Tickle College of Engineering
Distinguished Service Professors
![Joey Shaw](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Shaw_Joey_300x300.jpg)
UT Chattanooga • UC Foundation Professor • Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Science • College of Arts and Sciences
![J. Carolyn Graff](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Graff_Carolyn_300x300.jpg)
UT Health Science Center • Professor and Ph.D. Program Director • College of Nursing
![Mark Miller](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Miller_Mark_300x300.jpg)
UT Health Science Center • Professor • Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry • College of Medicine
![Paul Armsworth](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Armsworth_Paul_300x300.jpg)
UT Knoxville • Professor • Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology • College of Arts and Sciences
![Bonnie Ownley](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Ownley_Bonnie_300x300.jpg)
UT Knoxville • Professor and Assistant Department Head • Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology • Herbert College of Agriculture
![George Siopsis](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Siopsis_George_300x300.jpg)
UT Knoxville • Professor • Department of Physics and Astronomy • College of Arts and Sciences