School of Arts and Sciences

Michael L. Walzer '56 Award for Teaching

The Michael L. Walzer '56 Award for Teaching is given annually to a tenure-track faculty member who combines superlative scholarship with inspired teaching.

The $2,500 award is presented annually at the April faculty meeting.

Faculty, staff, students, and alumni are invited to submit nominations. The recipient is selected by the Dean of Arts and Sciences upon the recommendation of a committee consisting of three faculty, including previous Teaching Prize recipients, in consultation with the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Decisions are based on nomination letters, teaching evaluations, Faculty Activity Reports and CVs. Submit a nomination.

2025 Recipient | Constantine Lignos, Assistant Professor of Computational Linguistics

Nominator Comments

• “He consistently goes above and beyond for his students. He has been a wonderful teacher, empathetic voice, caring instructor, and personal mentor for me through my journey in Computational Linguistics.”
• “Professor Lignos is one of the best teachers I have ever had, not only at Brandeis … [He] believes that there are ways to effectively teach material that students will actually enjoy … He genuinely cares to have the best material he can, because he wants the students to love and learn what he teaches.”

Past Recipients