The Williamson Award
The Williamson Award is the Haas School’s highest faculty honor. Named for Nobel Laureate and Professor Emeritus Oliver Williamson, the award recognizes faculty members who exemplify the school’s four Defining Leadership Principles.
- 2022-2023: Associate Professor Ned Augenblick
- 2019-2020: Professor Nancy Wallace
- 2016-17: Professor Andy Rose
- 2015-16: Professor Toby Stuart
- 2014-15: Professor Teck Ho
- 2013-14: Professor John Morgan
The Earl F. Cheit Award For Excellence In Teaching
At Haas, excellence in teaching is recognized through the annual Earl F. Cheit Award. This award is named after Dean Emeritus Earl F. Cheit, who made teaching excellence one of his top priorities as dean. The recipients of the Cheit Award are chosen by panels of students based on nominations submitted by students.
2023
Instructors:
- Full-time MBA Program: Lucas Davis
- Evening MBA Program: Maria Carkovic
- Weekend MBA Program: Ambar La Forgia
- Undergraduate Program: Stephen Etter
- MFE Program: Johan Walden
- Executive MBA Program: James Sallee
- PhD Program: Abhishek Nagaraj
Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs):
- Full-time MBA Program: Muhammad Zia Mehmood
- Evening & Weekend MBA program: Mahek Chheda
- Undergraduate Program: Khalil Somani
- MFE Program: Yao Zhao
- Executive MBA Program: Kunal Cholera
2022
- Full-time MBA Program: Ned Augenblick
- Evening MBA Program: Max Auffhammer
- Weekend MBA Program: Ricardo Perez-Truglia
- Undergraduate Program: Richard Huntsinger
- MFE Program: Eric Reiner
- PhD Program: Panos Patatoukas
- Executive MBA Program: Veselina Dinova
2021
- Full-time MBA Program: Jenny Herbert Creek
- Evening MBA Program: Panos Patatoukas
- Weekend MBA Program: Ross Levine
- Undergraduate Program: Dan Mulhern
- MFE Program: Nancy Wallace
- PhD Program: Guo Xu
2020
- Full-time MBA Program: Kim MacPherson
- Evening MBA Program: James Wilcox
- Weekend MBA Program: Dan Simpson
- Executive MBA Program: Lucas Davis
- Undergraduate Program: Rob Chandra
2019
- Full-time MBA Program: Adair Morse
- Evening MBA Program: Yaniv Konchitchki
- Weekend MBA Program: Ross Levine
- Executive MBA Program: Lucas Davis
- Undergraduate Program: Janet Brady
- MFE Program: Eric Reiner
- PhD Program: Hoai-Luu Nguyen
2018
- Full-time MBA Program: Juliana Schroeder
- Weekend MBA Program: Xiao-Jun Zhang
- Executive MBA Program: Veselina Dinova
- Undergraduate Program: Cort Worthington
- MFE Program: Kevin Coldiron
- PhD Program: Omri Even-Tov
2017
- Undergraduate Program: Dan Mulhern
- PhD Program: Christopher Palmer
- Full-time MBA Program: Omri Even-Tov
- Evening MBA Program: Panos Patatoukas
- Weekend MBA Program: Maximilian Auffhammer
- Executive MBA Program: Maura O’Neill
- MFE Program: Martin Lettau
2016
- Undergraduate Program: Rada Brooks
- PhD Program: John Morgan
- Full-time MBA Program: Severin Borenstein
- Evening MBA Program: Jonathan Leonard
- Weekend MBA Program: Pnina Feldman
- Executive MBA Program: Maura O’Neill
- MFE Program: Johan Walden
2015
- Undergraduate Program: Rob Chandra
- PhD Program: Christine Parlour
- Full-time MBA Program: John Morgan
- Evening MBA Program: Panos Patatoukas
- Weekend MBA Program: Xiao-Jun Zhang
- Executive MBA Program: Toby Stuart
- MFE Program: Laurent El-Ghaoui
2014
- Undergraduate Program: Frank Schultz
- PhD Program: Leif Nelson
- Full-time MBA Program: Toby Stuart and Rob Chandra
- Evening MBA Program: Flavio Feferman
- Weekend MBA Program: Mark Rittenberg
- MFE Program: Yu (Ben) Meng, MFE 02
2013
- Undergraduate Program: Alan Ross
- PhD Program: Noam Yuchtman
- Full-time MBA Program: Kellie McElhaney
- Evening MBA Program: Yaniv Konchitchki
- Weekend MBA Program: Pnina Feldman
- Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA Program: Suneel Udpa
- MFE Program: Richard Stanton
2012
- Undergraduate Program: Julie Suh
- PhD Program: Nicolae Garleanu
- Full-time MBA Program: Gustavo Manso
- Evening MBA Program: Panos Patatoukas
- Weekend MBA Program: Shachar Kariv
- Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA Program: Andrew Rose
- MFE Program: Rossen Valkanov
2011
- Undergraduate Program: Jennifer Walske
- Full-time MBA Program: Richard Sloan
- Evening & Weekend MBA Program: Johan Walden and Terry Taylor
- Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA Program: Peter Goodson
- Ph.D. Program: Alexei Tchistyi
- MFE Program: Mark Rubinstein
2010
- Undergraduate Program: Frank Schultz
- Full-time MBA Program: Rashi Glazer
- Evening & Weekend MBA Program: Peter Goodson and Suneel Udpa
- Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA Program: Steve Blank
- Ph.D. Program: Martin Lettau
- MFE Program: Alexei Tchistyi and Michael Melvin
2009
- Undergraduate Program: Holly Schroth
- Full-time MBA Program: Terry Taylor
- Evening & Weekend MBA Program: Johan Walden and Gregory La Blanc
- Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA Program: Peter Goodson
- Ph.D. Program: Nicole Johnson
- MFE Program: Bob Goldstein
Previous recipients of the Cheit Teaching Award (1976–2008)
UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award
Each year, UC Berkeley rewards teaching excellence through the Distinguished Teaching Award. The recipients of this award are first nominated by the deans/chairs of the colleges, schools, or departments and then chosen by the campus committee on teaching, which comprises faculty and students.
The Distinguished Teaching Award was initiated to encourage and reward excellence in teaching on the Berkeley campus. These are the Berkeley Haas faculty members who have received this honor:
- 2018: Panos N. Patatoukas
- 2015: Ulrike Malmendier
- 2010: Teck-Hua Ho
- 2001: Sara Beckman
- 1998: Richard K. Lyons
- 1992: David M. Modest
- 1989: Earl F. Cheit
- 1985: Frances Van Loo
- 1982: Laura D’Andrea Tyson
- 1981: Joseph Pratt
- 1980: Timothy Crichfield
- 1979: Andrew Shogan
- 1978: Richard Bagozzi