Teaching Excellence Award

Dr. Ray P. Authement Teaching Excellence Awards

UL Lafayette recognizes faculty each year with the Dr. Ray P. Authement Teaching Excellence Award. This award was established in 1992 to recognize faculty for their commitment to teaching, innovation, and pedagogical scholarship. A listing of Dr. Ray P. Authement Teaching Excellence Award recipients from the College of Sciences is provided below. A listing of all recipients of the Dr. Ray P. Authement Teaching Excellence Award is available from Academic Programs and Faculty Affairs.

Teaching Excellence Award Winners from the Ray P. Authement College of Sciences

• 2026
  • Brian West, Master Instructor, School of Computing and Informatics
• 2025 Visit this University honors excellence with Eminent Faculty Awards page for more details.
  • Penny Powell, Master Instructor of Microbiology and Lab Coordinator in the School of Biological Sciences [view a video interview with Penny Powell (YouTube)]
• 2024
  • August Gallo, Professor of Chemistry [view a video interview with August Gallo (YouTube)]
• 2023 Visit this University honors excellence with Eminent Faculty Awards page for more details.
  • Nona Leger Istre, Master Instructor, School of Computing & Informatics [view a video interview with Nona Istre (YouTube)]
• 2018
  • Febee Louka, Associate Professor of Chemistry [view a video interview with Febee Louka (YouTube)]
• 2017
  • Michael Totaro, Associate Professor of Computing and Informatics [view a video interview with Michael Totaro (YouTube)]
• 2016
  • Patricia Mire-Watson, Master Instructor of Biology [view a video interview with Patricia Mire-Watson (YouTube)]
• 2015
  • Pegge L. Alciatore, Assistant Professor of Biology [view a video interview with Pegge Alciatore (YouTube)]
  • Ross Chiquet, Master Instructor of Mathematics [view a video interview with Ross Chiquet (YouTube)]
• 2008
  • L. Dwynn Lafleur, Professor of Physics
• 1998
  • John Meriwether, Professor of Physics
• 1995
  • Leslie Kinsland, Instructor of Chemistry
• 1992
  • Patricia Jones, Assistant Professor of Mathematics