University Faculty Awards

Through the LSU Office of Academic Affairs, CxC annually recognizes faculty members who have contributed to and participated in C-I teaching and learning in impactful ways through two University Faculty Awards. Recipients of these awards represent the commitment, dedication, and excellence that define and enable the LSU CxC program to transform teaching, learning, and ultimately, student success.

CxC offers two awards for outstanding faculty: C-I Teaching & Service Excellence Award (formerly the Outstanding CxC Faculty Award) and the Lillian Bridwell-Bowles Innovative C-I Teacher Award. See descriptions and requirements for each award below.

Nominations are due to OAA by February 14, 2025. Your college may have a different internal deadline. If you have any questions regarding the process, please contact the Office of Academic Affairs (academicaffairs@lsu.edu).


C-I Teaching & Service Excellence Award

The C-I Teaching & Service Excellence Award (formerly the Outstanding CxC Faculty Award) recognizes an individual who, through teaching, research, faculty teaching development, or CxC program efforts, engages and champions C-I pedagogy across campus in an exemplary manner. Any LSU faculty member—tenured, tenure-track, or non-tenure track, full or part-time—actively engaged in the CxC program and C-I teaching and learning, and who has not previously received this award, is eligible. Recipients receive a $1,500 award.


Lillian Bridwell-Bowles Innovative C-I Teacher Award

The Lillian Bridwell-Bowles Innovative C-I Teacher Award recognizes, inspires, and continues to support innovation in C-I course/assignment design, teaching, assessment/feedback practices, classroom management, and teaching productivity/efficiency/effectiveness. Any LSU faculty member—tenured, tenure-track, or non-tenure track, full or part-time—who has taught a certified C-I course within the past three semesters and has not previously received this award is eligible. Recipients receive a $500 award. This award is named in honor of Lillian Bridwell-Bowles, an internationally recognized scholar of communication-intensive pedagogy and the founder of LSU’s Communication across the Curriculum program.


Past Award Recipients

Lillian Bridwell-Bowles Innovative C-I Teacher Award

Year Honoree Department College
2025 Nolde Alexius English Humanities & Social Sciences
2025 Naomi Bennett Communication Studies Humanities & Social Sciences
2025 Soo Jeong Jo Architecture Art & Design

C-I Teaching & Service Excellence Award

Year Honoree Department College
2025 Erin McKinley Nutrition & Food Sciences Agriculture
2025 Sadie Wilks Public Relations Manship School of Mass Communication
2024 Michael Dettinger World Languages, Literatures & Cultures Humanities & Social Sciences
2023 Darrell Henry Geology & Geophysics Science
2022 Rafael Orozco World Languages, Literatures & Cultures Humanities & Social Sciences
2022 Laura Wiley Accounting E.J. Ourso College of Business
2021 Christina Rothenbeck English Humanities & Social Sciences
2020 Cynthia DiCarlo Education Human Sciences & Education
2019 Kristen Kelsch Architecture Art & Design
2018 Harold Toups Chemical Engineering Engineering
2017 Marybeth Lima Biological & Agricultural Engineering Engineering
2016 Marsha Cuddeback Interior Design Art & Design