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Each year, Humanities Texas presents fifteen awards recognizing and encouraging excellence in teaching the humanities in Texas schools. In 2015, over 450 teachers across the state were nominated for the Humanities Texas Outstanding Teaching Awards. We are pleased to announce this year’s award recipients!
During the 2015–16 school year, each winning teacher will receive $5,000 and an additional $500 for his or her school to purchase humanities-based instructional materials.
2015 Outstanding Teaching Award Winners
James F. Veninga Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award
| Ann Mar | Alamo Heights High School | San Antonio |
Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award
| Becky Adams | Allen High School | Allen |
| Justin Felux | Johnson High School | San Antonio |
| Christopher Hanson | San Marcos High School | San Marcos |
| Jacy King | Chireno High School | Chireno |
| Rebecca Lacquey | Katy High School | Katy |
| Robin Long | Windermere Elementary School | Pflugerville |
| Todd Moulder | Baker Middle School | Corpus Christi |
| Samantha Neal | Coppell High School | Coppell |
| Rebecca Ryan | Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men | Houston |
| Candace Tannous | Cypress Woods High School | Cypress |
| Lucy West | Cathedral High School | El Paso |
Linden Heck Howell Outstanding Teaching of Texas History Award
| Julie Campbell | West Ridge Middle School | Austin |
Award for Outstanding Early-Career Teaching
| Leslie Giesenschlag | Vandegrift High School | Austin |
| Matthew Campbell | Langham Creek High School | Houston |
For more information on the teaching awards program, including eligibility and a list of past recipients, please visit the Teaching Awards section of our website or email ota@humanitiestexas.org.
Congressman Lamar Smith (right) presents an Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award to Troy Mann of Spring Branch Middle School in October 2007.
2012 award recipient Dorothy Chegwidden in her classroom at Flower Mound High School.
Left to right: Dr. Angi Williams, superintendent of schools; Wilfred J. Broussard, Jr., Board of Trustees vice president; Krystle Breden of Houston's North Shore Senior High School, 2013 teaching award recipient; June Harris, Board of Trustees member; Gene Green, U.S. congressman; Joe Stephens, Board of Trustees member; and Lindsey Waldenberg, Humanities Texas program officer. Photo by Jonathan Frey.