William Kelso Morrill Award
The William Kelso Morrill Award for Excellence in Mathematics was established in the spring of 1995. It is given each year to the graduate student who best displays the traits of Kelso Morrill in his teaching—love of teaching, love of mathematics, and concern for students.
Kelso Morrill was born in Baltimore in December of 1903, and came to Johns Hopkins as a freshman in 1921. He did both his undergraduate and graduate work in mathematics at Johns Hopkins. Besides loving mathematics, he also loved lacrosse. He played lacrosse for JHU and then he coached Hopkins lacrosse teams, first as assistant coach and then as head coach 1935-1943, 1945, 1946, and 1950. Even after he stopped coaching he continued to help the new coaches. He taught mathematics at Johns Hopkins University for more than 40 years, from his days as a graduate student until the day of his death in April 1968.
Winners
The following is a complete list of the winners of the award. The recipients are listed by academic year, with the most recent winners listed first.
2019-2020
Winner: Jeff Marino
2018-2019
Winner: Apurva Nakade
2017-2018
Winner: Daniel Ginsberg
2016-2017
Winner: Yakun Xi
2015-2016
Winner: Kalina Mincheva
2014-2015
Winner: John Ross
2013-2014
Winner: Timothy Tran
2012-2013
Winner: John Ross
2011-2012
Winner: Jingzhou Sun
2010-2011
Winner: Caleb Hussey
2009-2010
Winner: Sinan Ariturk
2008-2009
Winner: Jonathan Dahl
2007-2008
Winner: Hamid Hezari
2006-2007
Winner: Michael Limarzi
2005-2006
Winners: Siddique Khan, Thomas Wright
2004-2005
Winners: Christine Breiner, Hsin-hao Su
2003-2004
Winners: Heather Angelo, Brian MacDonald
2002-2003
Winners: Brian Dean, Giuseppe Tinaglia
2001-2002
First Place: Michael Krebs, Ann Stewart
Runner Up: Byungchul Cha
2000-2001
First Place: Alexandru Tupan
Runner Up: Matthew Harvey
1999-2000
First Place: Jason Metcalfe
Runner Up: Alexandru Tupan
1998-1999
First Place: Ramin Takloo-Bighash
Runner Up: Joshua Neuheisel
1997-1998
First Place: Diego Socolinsky
Runner Up: Ramin Takloo-Bighash
1996-1997
First Place: Steve Zimmer
Runner Up: Diego Socolinsky
1995-1996
First Place: Dena Cowen
Runner Up: Lowell Abrams
1994-1995
First Place: Satayan Devadoss
Runners Up: Julio Kovacs, Karen Glenn, Deana Cowen
Professor Joel Dean Awards for Excellence in Teaching
This is an annual award to recognize graduate students and faculty who have exhibited extraordinary performance in
teaching undergraduates. The award was initiated by Joel and Monia Dean with the objective of promoting excellence in
undergraduate education at the Krieger School and funded by the Joel Dean Foundation created by Professor Dean in 1957.
Winners
2020
Faculty: Joel Specter
Faculty: Valentin Zakharevich
Graduate TA: Benjamin Dees
Graduate TA: Caroline VanBlargan
Undergraduate TA: Julia Costacurta
2019
Faculty: Emily Riehl
Faculty: Brian Smithling
Graduate TA: Jeff Marino
Graduate TA: Keaton Stubis
2018
Faculty: James Murphy
Faculty: Liming Sun
Graduate TA: Keaton Stubis
Graduate TA: Vitaly Lorman
Undergraduate TA: Emily J. Stoll
2017
Faculty: Emily Riehl
Faculty: Giovanni Di Matteo
Graduate TA: Emmett Wyman
Graduate TA: Vitaly Lorman
Undergraduate TA: Kyong-A Cho
2016
Graduate TA: Daniel Ginsberg
Graduate TA: Apurva Nakade
Undergraduate TA: Mina Farag
2015
Faculty: Jesse Gell Redman
Graduate TA: Po-Yao Chang
Graduate TA: Vitaly Lorman
Undergraduate TA: Lauren Icken
2014
TA: Jordan Paschke, Tianyi Ren
Faculty: Mihai Tohaneanu
Undergraduate TA: Helen Fonda
2013
TA: Chenyang Su
Faculty: Maxim Arap
2012
TA: Vitaly Lorman
Faculty: Jose Gomez
2011
TA: John Ross
Faculty: Chenghao Chu
2010
TA: Sarah Novotny, Nicholas Marshburn
Faculty: Andrew Salch, Zuoqin Wang
2009
TA: Joseph Cutrone, Thomas Wright
Faculty: Graeme Wilkin
2008
TA: Yiefi Chen, Siddique Khan
Faculty: Michael Goldberg
2007
TA: Christine Breiner, Brian MacDonald
Faculty: Michael Ching
2006
TA: Ann Stewart, Hsin-Hao Su
Faculty: Qiao Zhang
Other Graduate Student Awards
2008-2009
Math Excellence in Teaching Awards:
Joseph Cutrone & Thomas Wright
2008-2009
Krieger School of Arts & Sciences Teaching Assistant Awards:
Joseph Cutrone
2007-2008
Math Excellence in Teaching Awards:
Yefei Chen & Siddique Khan
2006-2007
Math Excellence in Teaching Awards:
Christine Breiner & Brian Macdonald
2005-2006:
Krieger School of Arts & Sciences Teaching Assistant Awards:Yifei Chen
2005-2006:
Math Excellence in Teaching Awards:
Ann Stewart & Hsin-hao Su
2000-2001
Teaching Assistantship in Excellence Award:
Ramin Takloo-Bighash
Clay Mathematics Institute Liftoff Award:
Ramin Takloo-Bighash