Debnath Mookherjee Excellence in Teaching Award

The Debnath Mookherjee Excellence in Teaching Award is an endowed College of the Environment award established by the former students and colleagues of Professor Mookherjee upon his retirement in 2014 after more than fifty years at Western. The award is given each year to the College of the Environment faculty member who best exemplifies the excellence in teaching demonstrated by Dr. Mookherjee throughout his career. The award includes $1,000 that the awardee may use to support their teaching, research, and outreach programs.

To donate online to the fund in Dr. Mookherjee's honor, please visit the Western Foundation's online pledge form .

Nomination Process

Each spring, the dean sends out an email to the faculty/staff listserv requesting the following information:

Name of Faculty Nominee
Nomination Statement/Letter of Recommendation (approx. 1)
Send nominations to the College of the Environment Dean at CENV.dean@wwu.edu

Criteria and Procedures for Selection

All tenure-track and non-tenure track College of the Environment faculty who have taught courses in the college in the past year.
Nominations may be made by current students, alumni, WWU faculty or staff members.
A faculty member may receive the award only once.
Only the names of award recipient will be announced. Names of nominees will not be published.

Past Winners

2022 Zander Albertson, Environmental Studies

2021 John McLaughlin, Environmental Sciences

2020 Rebecca Bunn, Environmental Sciences

2019 James Helfield, Environmental Sciences

2018 Eli Loomis, Environmental Sciences

2017 Ruth Sofield, Environmental Sciences

2016 Andy Bach, Environmental Studies

2015 Peter Homann, Environmental Sciences