Faculty that became new members of the WSU Teaching Academy at the 2025 membership induction ceremony. Inductees that attended both in-person and virtually pose with WSU Provost and Executive Vice President T. Chris Riley-Tillman.

WSU Teaching Academy

Elevating excellence in teaching and learning throughout Washington State University.

Find out more about the WSU Teaching Academy and how we advance the priority of teaching and learning in the mission and goals of WSU.

Our goals are to:

  • Promote a university culture that values, supports, and rewards excellence in teaching and the scholarship of teaching.
  • Drive implementation of academic goals that elevate the quality of educational program processes and outcomes and student achievement.
  • Support models of teaching and learning that foster deep and lasting understanding by learners.
  • Facilitate the creation of mindsets and practices of students and faculty that drive self-motivated life-long learning.

The WSU Teaching Academy maintains a membership directory of faculty who have wide-ranging expertise in teaching-related areas. We offer regular grants and awards to WSU faculty. We collaborate with other campus efforts to support and improve teaching and learning.

TEACHxWSU 2025

TEACHxWSU 2025 was October 3 and featured a morning keynote and workshop, afternoon workshops with Zoom options, and end-of-day campus share-outs. This year’s theme was “Developing Meaning Assignments.”

Learn more about TEACHxWSU 2025

Book Club for 2025-26

This year’s book is Creating Culturally Affirming and Meaningful Assignments: A Practical Resource for Higher Education Faculty” and was chosen by WSU Teaching Academy members.

Book Club Details
Book cover for Creating Culturally Affirming and Meaningful Assignments: A Practical Resource for Higher Education Faculty. Edited by Christine Harrington and published by Routledge.

Teaching Excellence in the News

Applications open for Conference Registration Awards

Thanks to generous support from the WSU Teaching Academy, WSU faculty and instructors can apply for funding to support teaching conference expenses over the upcoming year. These awards cover the cost of registration fees to attend a conference, meeting, or workshop that will directly enhance the applicant’s classroom teaching and/or scholarship of teaching. All applications will be reviewed by a committee and competitively rated based on how attendance enhances the teaching of the applicant.

WSU Teaching Academy Presents Large-class and Outstanding Publication Awards

Three Washington State University faculty have received 2025 awards from the WSU Teaching Academy for their noteworthy accomplishments: Ananth Jillepalli, Molly Schotzko, and Brenna Miller. “The efforts of these educators is truly noteworthy, and the organization is honored to recognize their excellence with our awards,” said Kate Watts, academy chair. She also complimented Nicholas Cerruti, grants and awards chair, and his team for evaluating nominations.

WSU Teaching Academy Inducts 21 New Members

The Washington State University Teaching Academy welcomed 21 faculty from four campuses to its membership roster at an April 15 induction ceremony. “We are pleased with the exceptional teaching accomplishments of our newest members, and the breadth of their disciplines will add greatly to the scope of our organization,” said Kate Watts, academy chair.
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