Distinguished Faculty Award
Distinguished Faculty Award
The annual DISTINGUISHED FACULTY AWARD is awarded for teaching excellence and is the highest honor bestowed upon a faculty member of Santa Ana College. Nominations are requested from SAC faculty and staff. When nominating a faculty member please consider the following: activities that demonstrate a commitment to teaching excellence, awards and honors, writing and publications, civic and industry involvement, leadership experiences, and other activities both on and off campus. Nominees will be asked to submit documentation in support of their nomination which will be reviewed by a committee of previous recipients of the award. The faculty member chosen as the Distinguished Faculty will receive an honorarium. During the following academic year, the faculty member will offer a public address and the speech will be published electronically and distributed to colleges throughout the state.
Winners of this award will be selected by a committee that includes a representative of the Academic Senate Executive Team as well as previous Distinguished Faculty. This award is reserved for tenured faculty at Santa Ana College, Credit and School of Continuing Education.
Past Winners
Recordings of some of our Distinguished Faculty Lectures since 2019 can been accessed via our PD Gateway Playlist: SAC Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series
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Honorary Distinguished Faculty Award 2025 Jodi Coffman |
Gabriel Shweiri 2025 |
Donato Martinez 2024 |
Justin Tolentino |
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Kristen Robinson 2022 |
Claire Coyne 2021 |
Matt Beyersdorf 2020 |
Lance Lockwood 2019 |
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Michelle Parolise |
Catherine Emley 2017 |
Donald E. Sneddon 2016 |
Steven M. Bautista 2015 |
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Madeline Grant 2014 |
Gina Giroux 2013 |
Lynn Marecek 2012 |
Suzanne Freeman 2011 |
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George Wright 2010 |
Philip Hughes 2009 |
Robert Jenkins 2008 |
Glenn A. Doolittle, Jr 2007 |
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Kathleen Patterson 2006 |
John Acuna 2005 |
Ross F. Macdonald 2004 |
Ginger Tredway Osborne 2003 |
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Sandra Wood 2002 |
Patricia Mansfield 2001 |
Charles W. "Bud" Little, Jr 2000 |
Brian Kehlenback 1999 |
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Lee Mallory 1998
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Todd Huck 1997
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John Smith 1996
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Sylvia Turner 1995
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Melinda Womack 1994
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Mary Anne Anthony 1993
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T. Stephen Eastmond 1992
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Bonita Nahoum Jaros 1991
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Robert Ash 1990 |
Richard Bates 1989 |
Terry Bales 1988 |
Thomas Osborne 1987 |