Purdue University Teaching Academy announces 2025 inductees

The Purdue University Teaching Academy has announced 14 inductees for 2025 in recognition of their outstanding and scholarly teaching in graduate, undergraduate or engagement programs. Candidates were identified by their individual department or college/school based upon evidence of excellence in teaching, innovation in teaching methodology, teaching-related service, and scholarship in teaching and learning. 

The new Teaching Academy fellows are:

• Liz Brite — John Martinson Honors College
• Beatriz Castro Bohorquez — Biological Sciences
• Joe Chen — Mathematics
• Shawn Farrington — Technology Leadership and Innovation
• Anne Gritt — Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
• Susan Gordon — White Lodging-J.W. Marriott, Jr. School of Hospitality and Tourism Management
• Marcial Gonzalez — Mechanical Engineering
• Steve Hallett — Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
• Rebecca Johnson — Nursing
• Richard Johnson-Sheehan — English
• Scott Lawrance — Health and Kinesiology
• Julie Liu — Davidson School of Chemical Engineering

Graduate students selected as new Teaching Academy associate fellows are:

• Matthew Jones — Technology Leadership and Innovation
• Suzanne Swaine — Aeronautics and Astronautics

Inductees will be formally recognized next fall at an event hosted by Teaching and Learning.  

The Teaching Academy at Purdue strives to bring together the best teaching faculty and graduate students across campus to create a collective voice for teaching excellence. In partnership with Teaching and Learning, the Teaching Academy sponsors a variety of programs and activities fostering educational creativity, innovation and effectiveness both inside and outside the classroom.