Named in honor of former AACC President and CEO Dale P. Parnell, this designation has been established to recognize individuals making a difference in the classroom.
2024
2023
2022
2021
Dair Arnold
Associate Professor of English
Sinclair Community College
Dr. Colleen Avedikian
Professor of Sociology
Bristol Community College
Scott Dawson
Associate Professor and Coordinator of Graphic Design and New Media
Clark State College
Gigi Drent
Professor of Mathematics
Kaua’i Community College
Casey Durandet
Physics Faculty
Paradise Valley Community College
Clay Fulton
Senior Instructor of High Voltage Lineman Technology
Arkansas State University-Newport
Lyle Gibson
Professor of History
Metropolitan Community College
Lisa Healey
Math Faculty
Chemeketa Community College
Jenneth Honeycutt
Lead Software Development Instructor
Wayne Community College
Rebecca Kautz
Nursing Instructor/Program Director
Health Sciences Division
Western Nebraska Community College
Michelle Kershner
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Elgin Community College
Aaron Lawler
Assistant Professor of Humanities
Waubonsee Community College
Sarah Long
Associate Professor of Math
Owens Community College
Charles Moore
Professor of Industrial Maintenance Technology
Big Sandy Community & Technical College
Jeremy Pagel
Sociology Instructor
Lakeshore Technical College
Kathy Patterson
Respiratory Care Faculty
GateWay Community College
Jared Pettit
Mechatronics Instructor
Central Community College
Anthony Sanders
English and Humanities Instructor
Lurleen B. Wallace Community College
Dr. Jordan Sanderson
Language Arts Instructor/Department Chair
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Susan Thaemert
Dental Assistant Program Director
Hennepin Technical College
Carolyn Thayer
Associate Professor of Reading
HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College
Jeffrey Tuma
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Cuyahoga Community College
Stephanie Zarse
Dental Hygiene Instructor
Normandale Community College
2020
View the Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty designation ceremony PDF.
Sarah (Kate) Abromaitis
Assistant Professor in Mathematics
Community College of Baltimore County
Antonio Acevedo
Program Director and Assistant Professor
Hudson County Community College
Felicidad Archila
Assistant Professor
Broward College
Tammy Ball
Professor of Human Services
Big Sandy Community and Technical College
Anne Brackett
Professor
Everett Community College
David Lloyd Bradley
Art Faculty
Paradise Valley Community College
Tracie Brady
Business Faculty
Pittsburgh Technical College
Karen Bridges
Associate Professor
Howard Community College
Kathy Buckelew
Department Chairperson, English & Humanities
Wallace State Community College
Ann Burghardt-Dieck
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Delgado Community College
Anthony Cameron
Computer Programming & Development Department Chair
Fayetteville Technical Community College
Tom Carter
Professor of Physics
College of DuPage
Samuel Chinnis
Associate Professor, Supply Chain Management
Guilford Technical Community College
Sara Csaky
Faculty
Chemeketa Community College
Heather Dy, PhD
Department Head, Life Sciences; Professor
Long Beach City College
Janet Eber
Chairperson, Department of English and Philosophy
County College of Morris
Ronald Egson
CIS Instructor
JF Drake State Community and Technical College
Sydney Elliott
Humanities, Faculty & Department Chair
Tillamook Bay Community College
Sarah Hand
Associate Professor of Mathematics
College of Southern Maryland
Bridget Ingram
Professor
Clark State Community College
James Jones
Criminal Justice Professor
St. Clair County Community College
James Jones
Faculty
Richland Community College
Anil Kapoor
Residential Faculty
Phoenix College
Carol Kent
Professor
Richland College
Steven Leake
Culinary Arts Program Coordinator
Southwest Tennessee Community College
Erin LeGrand
Business and Accounting Department Chair
Wayne Community College
Brad Lentz
Agriculture Program Director
Edison State Community College
Angela Martin
Associate Professor Nursing
College of Central Florida
Virginia Massey-Holt
Associate Professor of Nursing
Columbia State Community College
Chad Montuori
Faculty
Metropolitan Community College
Amanda Morrison
Associate Professor of History/Government
Navarro College
Brian “Doc” Murphy
Residential Faculty
South Mountain Community College
Scott Nolan
Adjunct Faculty
Bristol Community College
Jack Norton
Faculty in History
Normandale Community College
Connie Ogle
Assistant Professor, Foundational Studies
Harrisburg Area Community College
Wanda Parham-Payne
Associate Professor
Prince George’s Community College
Andrew Pegman
Associate Professor and Chair, Joint Faculty Senate
Cuyahoga Community College
Carin Platt
Developmental Studies Department Chair/Study Skills Instructor
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
John Porter
Professor
Sinclair Community College
Traci Rowe
Associate Professor, Communication
Wake Technical Community College
John Sands
Professor
Moraine Valley Community College
Brigham Scallion
Assistant Professor
Dyersburg State Community College
Pascal Scoles
Professor
Community College of Philadelphia
M. Vali Siadat
Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
Richard J. Daley College
Cherie Snyder
Professor
Allegany College of Maryland
Lacritia C. Spanel
Instructor
Central Community College
Denise Strohmayr
Associate Professor
Reading Area Community College
Cara Tang
Faculty member, Computer Information Systems
Portland Community College
Brad Thorpe
Faculty
Hennepin Technical College
Sherry Tshibangu
Professor, Department of Business Administration & Economics
Monroe Community College
Sarah Webb
Associate Professor of Life Science
Arkansas State University – Newport
Stephen Wells
Professor of English
Community College of Allegheny County
Thomas Whalen
Professor of Art
Lincoln Land Community College
Melanie Young
Faculty and Chair, School of Arts and Humanities
Laramie County Community College – Cheyenne, WY
Steven Zusman
Associate Professor
Waubonsee Community College
Sharon Zygowicz
Counseling Faculty
GateWay Community College
2019
Autumn Alden
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Bristol Community College
Amy Beaudry
Professor of English/Academic Technology Facilitator
Quinsigamond Community College
Paul Benfield
Information Technology – Network Specialist Instructor
Lakeshore Technical College
Margaret Boman
Professor of Mathematics
HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College
Maria Brandt
Professor
Monroe Community College
Marietta Candler
Nursing and Allied Health Division Chair
University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville
Susan Dentel
Professional Faculty, Life Sciences
Washtenaw Community College
Tom Dow
Professor of Communications/English
and Department Chair of Communications/Literature/Languages
Moraine Valley Community College
Danielle Fischer
Associate Professor
Waubonsee Community College
Dr. Linda Goeller
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Seminole State College
Evyonne Hawkins
Professor
Richland Community College
Brian Hurley
Computer Science and Information Instructor
Metropolitan Community College – Blue River
Kristi Laird
MAT Department Chair, Lead Faculty for MAT139
Jackson College
Susan McDowall
English Instructor
Central Community College
James Morgan
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Cecil College
Kerry Norling
Faculty
Hennepin Technical College
Dina Preston-Ortiz
Residential Faculty
Paradise Valley Community College
Karin Sherrill
Residential Faculty
GateWay Community College
Lisa Smelser
Professor of Biology
Polk State College
Catherine Sweeting
Assistant Professor
Hudson County Community College
Michael Walsh
Department Chair, Communication Arts Department
Community College of Baltimore County
Liz Warren
Storytelling Institute Director, Humanities & Storytelling Faculty
South Mountain Community College
2018
Dana Adams
Instructor
George C. Wallace State Community College – Hanceville
Eileen Apperson-Williams
English Instructor
Reedley College
Deborah Atkinson
Program Director (Faculty)
Sinclair Community College
Luda Bard
Professor
Howard Community College
David Barth
Associate Professor of Electronics Engineering Technology
Edison State Community College
Hollie Benson
Chairperson of College Success Center and Reading Instructor
Muskegon Community College
Joan Bernard
Faculty
Hennepin Technical College
Dadbeh Bigonahy
Professor of Engineering & Sciences/Coordinator of the Engineering Program
Quinsigamond Community College
Lisa Black
Faculty Member
San Antonio College
Robert Carlson
Professor
Butler Community College
Malkiel Choseed
Professor, English/Reading/Communication
Onondaga Community College
Alison Consol
Professor and Program Director
Wake Technical Community College
Maria Cruse
Instructor
Chemeketa Community College
Rich Cuprak
Faculty Chair, Engineering & Applied Technology (Residential Faculty)
Rio Salado College
Terry Davin
Faculty Member
Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley Campus
Rand Ernst
Instructor
Central Piedmont Community College
Dan Fogell
Instructor
Southeast Community College
Edward Foley
Professor
Cuyahoga Community College
Jerome Garrison
Music Faculty
South Mountain Community College
Shirley Gharbin
Associate Professor II, Nursing
Cecil College
Jennifer Harrison
Assistant Professor of Social Sciences
Warren County Community College
Nora Hatem
Associate Professor
Clark State Community College
Wade Hilker
Agriculture Instructor
Central Community College
Wade Hilker
Agriculture Instructor
Central Community College
Pete Hoffman
Agriculture Instructor
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College
Christopher Jones
Professor
Harford Community College
Carol Kuper
Mathematics Faculty
Morgan Community College
Evelyn Lannak
Assistant Professor
Monroe Community College
Diane Mauldin
Senior Associate Professor
Bellevue College
Steve McGrady
Department Chair, Science
Faculty
Vance-Granville Community College
Angie Medina
Associate Professor
Trinidad State Junior College
Dawn Munson
Professor II of Education
Elgin Community College
Mary Murphy
Cosmetology Instructor
Bladen Community College
Thomas Penird
Professional Faculty, Industrial Technology
Washtenaw Community College
Rita Perry
Dental Assisting Program Director (Residential Faculty)
Phoenix College
Sonia Pruneda-Hernandez
Associate Professor
Montgomery College
Craig Rosen
Professor of Theater & Academic Theater Program Coordinator
Moraine Valley Community College
Ethel Russell
Professor
Atlantic Cape Community College
Mollye Russell
Instructor, Speech Communication
Baton Rouge Community College
Shannon Ruth
Residential Math Faculty
GateWay Community College
Beth Sammons
Instructor, Literature & Composition
Mt. Hood Community College
David Saunders
Welding Program Coordinator/Instructor
Lakeshore Technical College
Linda Seppa Salisbury
Communication Studies Faculty
Spokane Community College
Scottie Smith
Assistant Professor, Welding Technology
Northwest Florida State College
Bruce Smock
Assistant Professor, Speech
Arkansas State University-Newport
Crystal Starkey
Associate Professor & Honors Program Director
Delta College
Paula Swan
Library Technician Instructor
Spokane Falls Community College
Diego Tibaquira
Associate Professor Sr.
Miami Dade College
Claudia Turner
Professor of Nursing
Temple College
Amy Waddell
Professor of Natural Sciences
Southwest Tennessee Community College
Thomas Ziesemer
Associate Professor, Criminal Justice
College of Central Florida