The Templeton Prize is awarded to CAS faculty who have had a profound impact on undergraduates through advising and/or mentorship. Every spring, the graduating class is asked to nominate faculty for the award, which is overseen by CAS Advising. Three awards are given every year.
Past Recipients:
2023
Duncan Fitzgerald
Department of Earth & Environment
Sophie Klein
Core Curriculum
Merav Shohet
Department of Anthropology
2022
Deborah Perlstein
Department of Chemistry
Ben Siegel
Department of History
Jessica Stern
Pardee School of Global Studies
2021
Cynthia Bradham
Department of Biology
Kimberly Arkin
Department of Anthropology
John Paul Riquelme
Department of English
2020
Steve Ramirez
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences
Jessica Simes
Department of Sociology
Irit Kleiman
Department of Romance Studies
2019
Katherine Einstein
Department of Political Science
Walter Hopp
Department of Philosophy
John (Mac) Marston
Department of Anthropology
2018
Melissa Kibbe
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences
Philip Muirhead
Department of Astronomy
David Rohrlich
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
2017
William Carroll
Department of English
Shoai Hattori
Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Sam Ling
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences
2016
Jackie Liederman
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences
Noora Lori
Department of International Relations
Nathan Stewart
Department of Biology
2015
Lucy Hutyra
Department of Earth & Environment
Daniel Erker
Department of Romance Studies
Phillip Haberkern
Department of History
2014
Tereasa Brainerd
Department of Astronomy
Julian Go
Department of Sociology
Andrea Mercurio
Department of Psychology
2013
Paul Hall
Department of Earth & Environment
Randall Ellis
Department of Economics
Amanda Tarullo
Department of Psychology
2012
Dorothy Kelly
Department of Romance Studies
James Traniello
Department of Biology
Jeremy DeSilva
Department of Anthropology
2011
Keith Vincent
Department of Modern Languages & Comparative Literature
John Celenza
Department of Biology/Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Cheryl Knott
Department of Anthropology
2010
Binyomin Abrams
Department of Chemistry
John Celenza
Department of Biology
Zsuzsanna Várhelyi
Department of Classical Studies
2009
Paul Lipton
Center for Neuroscience
Katherine O’Connor
Department of Modern Languages & Comparative Literature
John Snyder
Department of Chemistry
2008
Carol Neidle
Department of Romance Studies
Carrie Preston
Department of English/Women’s Studies Program
Sean Elliott
Department of Chemistry
2007
Clifford Backman
Department of History
Kimberly McCall
Department of Biology
William Waters
Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures
2006
Vincent Dionne
Department of Biology
Sarah Frederick
Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures
Jonathan Ribner
Department of Art History
2005
Cathie Jo Martin
Department of Political Science
Christopher Martin
Department of English
Fred Wasserman
Department of Biology
2004
Kathleen Malley-Morrison
Department of Psychology
Leslie Kaufman
Department of Biology
Laura Korobkin
Department of English
2003
Stephanie Nelson
Department of Classical Studies/CAS Core Curriculum
Meers Oppenheim
Department of Astronomy
Edward Stern
Assistant Dean for Pre-Law Advising
Glen Zamansky
Assistant Dean for Pre-Medical Advising/Boston University School of Medicine
2002
Wayne Snyder
Department of Computer Science
Fred Kleiner
Department of Art History
Deborah Belle
Department of Psychology
2001
Roye Wates
Department of Music
Mary Erskine
Department of Biology
Arthur Hulnick
Department of International Relations
2000
Jodi Cranston
Department of Art History
Peter Yeager
Department of Sociology
Glen Richard Hall
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Sheila Lynch
Academic Programs Administrator, Department of International Relations
1999
Richard Murray
Department of Earth Sciences
Kenneth Lapatin
Department of Art History
Richard Ely
Department of Psychology