Past DTA Recipients
| Recipient | Department | Year |
| Helen Bateup | Neuroscience | 2025 |
| Dan Garcia | Computer Science | 2025 |
| Kranthi Mandadapu | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | 2025 |
| Mark Sandberg | Scandinavian and Film and Media | 2025 |
| Sarah Stanley | Molecular and Cell Biology | 2025 |
| Kristen Holmquist | Law | 2024 |
| Peter Jenks | Linguistics | 2024 |
| David Marno | English | 2024 |
| Peter Marsden | Chemistry | 2024 |
| Victoria Robinson | Ethnic Studies | 2024 |
| Laleh Behbehanian | Sociology | 2023 |
Abigail De Kosnik | Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies | 2023 |
Daniel Hoffmann | French | 2023 |
Joshua Hug | Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences | 2023 |
Elisa Tamarkin | English | 2023 |
| Sabrina Agarwal | Anthropology | 2022 |
| Robin Ball | Molecular and Cell Biology | 2022 |
| Annamaria Bellezza | Italian Studies | 2022 |
| Andrew Bradt | Law | 2022 |
| Pablo Gonzalez | Ethnic Studies | 2022 |
| In recognition of the tremendous effort of faculty, staff, and student instructors across campus during the COVID-19 pandemic, COT paused the DTAs for 2021 and instead awarded the Extrodinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times Award to 42 individuals and teams. | 2021 | |
| Nadia Ellis | English | 2020 |
| Marla Feller | Molecular and Cell Biology | 2020 |
| Alexander Paulin | Math | 2020 |
| Brody Reiman | Art Practice | 2020 |
| Robert Littlejohn | Physics | 2019 |
| Steven Raphael | Public Policy | 2019 |
| Andrea Roth | Law | 2019 |
| Ethan Shagan | History | 2019 |
| John DeNero | EECS | 2018 |
| Mary Kelsey | Sociology | 2018 |
| Rudy Mendoza-Denton | Psychology | 2018 |
| Panos Patatoukas | Business | 2018 |
| Ian Duncan | English | 2017 |
| Khalid Kadir | International and Area Studies | 2017 |
| Michael Manga | Earth and Planetary Science | 2017 |
| Carlos Norena | History | 2017 |
| Tarek Zohdi | Mechanical Engineering | 2017 |
| Wendy Brown | Political Science | 2016 |
| Georgina Kleege | English | 2016 |
| Anne Joseph O'Connell | Law | 2016 |
| Lisa Pruitt | Mechanical Engineering | 2016 |
| Irfan Siddiqi | Physics | 2016 |
| Kathleen Donegan | English | 2015 |
| Daniel Feldman | Molecular and Cell Biology | 2015 |
| Ulrike Malmendier | Economics and Haas School of Business | 2015 |
| Francine Masiello | Comparative Literature and Spanish & Portuguese | 2015 |
| Lev Michael | Linguistics | 2015 |
| Eugene Chiang | Astronomy and Earth & Planetary Science | 2014 |
| Munis Faruqui | South & Southeast Asian Studies | 2014 |
| Ron Hassner | Political Science | 2014 |
| Ula Taylor | African American Studies | 2013 |
| Terry Johnson | Bioengineering | 2013 |
| Timothy Hampton | Comparative Literature | 2013 |
| Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby | History Of Art | 2013 |
| Rauri Bowie | Integrative Biology | 2013 |
| Joanna Picciotto | English | 2012 |
| Edward Miguel | Economics | 2012 |
| Sally Goldman | South and Southeast Asian Studies | 2012 |
| Debarati Sanyal | French | 2012 |
| David Sklansky | Law | 2012 |
| Kent Puckett | English | 2011 |
| Phillip Geissler | Chemistry | 2011 |
| Robin Einhorn | History | 2011 |
| Dan Klein | Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences | 2010 |
| Juan Pestana-Nascimento | Civil And Environmental Engineering | 2010 |
| Line Mikkelsen | Linguistics | 2010 |
| Teck-Hua Ho | Haas School Of Business | 2010 |
| Andrew Stewart | History Of Art | 2009 |
| Goodwin Liu | Law | 2009 |
| Matthew B. Francis | Chemistry | 2009 |
| Max Auffhammer | Agricultural & Resource Economics | 2009 |
| Mitchell Robert Breitwieser | English | 2009 |
| Kaja Silverman | Rhetoric | 2008 |
| Karl Britto | French | 2008 |
| Nezar Alsayyad | Architecture | 2008 |
| Stefano Dellavigna | Economics | 2008 |
| Andrew Garrett | Linguistics | 2007 |
| Eileen Lacey | Integrative Biology | 2007 |
| Kathleen Mccarthy | Classics And Comparative Literature | 2007 |
| Steven Goldsmith | English | 2007 |
| Ananya Roy | City And Regional Planning | 2006 |
| Ani Adhikari | Statistics | 2006 |
| David Wagner | Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences | 2006 |
| Kevis Goodman | English | 2005 |
| Bob Jacobsen | Physics | 2004 |
| F. Michael Christ | Mathematics | 2004 |
| H. Mack Horton | East Asian Languages And Cultures | 2004 |
| Hubert Dreyfus | Philosophy | 2004 |
| Linda Williams | Film Studies | 2004 |
| Glynda Hull | Graduate School Of Education | 2003 |
| Jeffrey A. Reimer | Chemical Engineering | 2003 |
| Martha L. Olney | Economics | 2003 |
| Jeffrey Knapp | English | 2002 |
| Leslie Kurke | Classics And Comparative Literature | 2002 |
| Stephen Welter | Environmental Science Policy and Management | 2002 |
| Tyrone Hayes | Integrative Biology | 2002 |
| Usha Rani Jain | South and Southeast Asian Studies | 2002 |
| Carolyn Bertozzi | Chemistry | 2001 |
| Ron Gronsky | Materials Science & Engineering | 2001 |
| Sara Beckman | Haas School Of Business | 2001 |
| Seda Chavdarian | French | 2001 |
| Claire Kramsch | German | 2000 |
| Eleanor Swift | Law | 2000 |
| Nilabh Shastri | Molecular & Cell Biology | 2000 |
| Anil K. Chopra | Civil Engineering | 1999 |
| John R. Searle | Philosophy | 1999 |
| Oliver M. O Reilly | Mechanical Engineering | 1999 |
| Richard A. Muller | Physics | 1999 |
| Ann Haas Dyson | Education | 1998 |
| Donald Friedman | English | 1998 |
| Jesse Choper | Law | 1998 |
| Patricia Jane Hammons | College Writing Program | 1998 |
| Richard Lyons | Haas School Of Business | 1998 |
| Chenming Hu | Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences | 1997 |
| Deborah Nolan | Statistics | 1997 |
| Elizabeth Abel | English | 1997 |
| Jasper Rine | Molecular & Cell Biology | 1997 |
| Pedro A. Noguera | Graduate School Of Education | 1997 |
| Kameshwar Poolla | Mechanical Engineering | 1996 |
| Lewis J. Feldman | Plant and Microbial Biology | 1996 |
| Rhona S. Weinstein | Psychology | 1996 |
| Robert J. Full | Integrative Biology | 1996 |
| Robert Middlekauff | History | 1996 |
| Andrew Packard | Mechanical Engineering | 1995 |
| Brian Harvey | Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences | 1995 |
| Gary L. Firestone | Molecular & Cell Biology | 1995 |
| Rachel F. Moran | Law | 1995 |
| Vincent H. Resh | Environmental Science Policy and Management | 1995 |
| Alan Dundes | Anthropology | 1994 |
| Christina D. Romer | Economics | 1994 |
| Clayton J. Radke | Chemical Engineering | 1994 |
| Kathleen Moran | Undergraduate and Interdisciplinary Studies | 1994 |
| Julian Boyd | English | 1993 |
| William A. Fletcher | Law | 1993 |
| Geoffrey Keppel | Psychology | 1993 |
| Harry W. Greene | Integrative Biology | 1993 |
| Arnold Schultz | Environmental Science Policy and Management | 1992 |
| David M. Modest | Haas School Of Business | 1992 |
| Dennis Lieu | Mechanical Engineering | 1992 |
| Randy H. Katz | Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences | 1992 |
| Richard J. Saykally | Chemistry | 1992 |
| Alex V. Filippenko | Astronomy | 1991 |
| Angelica Stacy | Chemistry | 1991 |
| Barbara T. Christian | African American Studies | 1991 |
| James L. Patton | Integrative Biology | 1991 |
| Joe Mc Bride | Environmental Science Policy and Management | 1991 |
| Michael Watts | Geography | 1991 |
| Arnold Leiman | Psychology | 1990 |
| Frances Sunni Bloland | Human Biodynamics | 1990 |
| Melvin A. Eisenberg | Law | 1990 |
| Michael Omi | Asian American Studies | 1990 |
| Ole H. Hald | Mathematics | 1990 |
| Anthony Newcomb | Music | 1989 |
| Earl F. Cheit | Haas School Of Business | 1989 |
| Raymond B. Seed | Civil Engineering | 1989 |
| Susan Schweik | English | 1989 |
| Eyvind Wichmann | Physics | 1988 |
| J. Keith Gilless | Environmental Science Policy and Management | 1988 |
| J. W. Morris | Materials Science & Engineering | 1988 |
| Michael Williams | Chemical Engineering | 1988 |
| Terry Wilson | Native American Studies | 1988 |
| Christina Maslach | Psychology | 1987 |
| David K. C. Wood | Center For Theater Arts | 1987 |
| Erich Gruen | History | 1987 |
| Marc Treib | Architecture | 1987 |
| Robert Berring | Law | 1987 |
| Alexander Pines | Chemistry | 1986 |
| Donald Hanson | Chemical Engineering | 1986 |
| J. D. Jackson | Physics | 1986 |
| Janet Adelman | English | 1986 |
| Mark Griffith | Classics And Comparative Literature | 1986 |
| Richard M. Karp | Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences | 1986 |
| Svetlana Alpers | History Of Art | 1986 |
| Arthur Quinn | Rhetoric | 1985 |
| David Littlejohn | Journalism | 1985 |
| Frederick Crews | English | 1985 |
| James Cahill | History Of Art | 1985 |
| John Ousterhout | Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences | 1985 |
| M. Frances Van Loo | Haas School Of Business | 1985 |
| Arnold Meltsner | Public Policy | 1984 |
| Frank Pitelka | Integrative Biology | 1984 |
| James Gordley | Law | 1984 |
| Norman Rabkin | English | 1984 |
| Stephen K. Tollefson | College Writing Program | 1984 |
| Caleb Foote | Law | 1983 |
| John Clarke | Physics | 1983 |
| Kenneth Jowitt | Political Science | 1983 |
| Marjorie Shultz | Law | 1983 |
| Philip Cowan | Psychology | 1983 |
| Stephen Greenblatt | English | 1983 |
| Steven Selvin | Public Health | 1983 |
| Laura D Andrea Tyson | Economics | 1982 |
| Stephen Booth | English | 1982 |
| David Kirp | Public Policy | 1982 |
| David Patterson | Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences | 1982 |
| Hanna Pitkin | Political Science | 1982 |
| Howell Daly | Environmental Science Policy and Management | 1982 |
| James Deetz | Anthropology | 1982 |
| Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli | Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences | 1981 |
| James Matisoff | Linguistics | 1981 |
| John Gaustad | Astronomy | 1981 |
| Joseph Pratt | Business Administration | 1981 |
| Ronald Takaki | Asian American Studies | 1981 |
| William Reeves | Public Health | 1981 |
| Anne Middleton | English | 1980 |
| Lee Friedman | Public Policy | 1980 |
| Richard Sutch | Economics | 1980 |
| Sumner Davis | Physics | 1980 |
| Timothy Crichfield | Business Administration | 1980 |
| Andrew Shogan | Haas School Of Business | 1979 |
| Eugene D. Commins | Physics | 1979 |
| Hugh Macrae Richmond | English | 1979 |
| Masao Miyoshi | English | 1979 |
| Michael Burawoy | Sociology | 1979 |
| Michael Senturia | Music | 1979 |
| Richard Bagozzi | Business Administration | 1978 |
| Sucheng Chan | Ethnic Studies | 1978 |
| David Lyon | Chemical Engineering | 1978 |
| Genevieve Oxley | Social Welfare | 1978 |
| Gerald Mendelsohn | Psychology | 1978 |
| Josephine Miles | English | 1978 |
| Egor Popov | Civil Engineering | 1977 |
| Forrest Mozer | Physics | 1977 |
| Lynn Hunt | History | 1977 |
| Manuel Blum | Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences | 1977 |
| Raymond Lifchez | Architecture | 1977 |
| Ulrich Knoepflmacher | English | 1977 |
| Donald R. Kaplan | Integrative Biology | 1976 |
| Douglas Powell | Geography | 1976 |
| H. Bolton Seed | Civil Engineering | 1976 |
| James Champion Stone | Education | 1976 |
| Julius Palffy-Alpar | Human Biodynamics | 1976 |
| Martin Covington | Psychology | 1976 |
| Ralph W. Rader | English | 1976 |
| Jean Bony | History Of Art | 1975 |
| John Holdren | Energy & Resources Group | 1975 |
| Lawrence Lowery | Education | 1975 |
| Marian Diamond | Integrative Biology | 1975 |
| Patrick Duffy | Education | 1975 |
| Richard Collier | English | 1975 |
| Stephen Glickman | Psychology | 1975 |
| Natalie Davis | History | 1974 |
| Nell Altizer | College Writing Program | 1974 |
| Robert Goldman | 1974 | |
| W. M. Laetsch | Plant and Microbial Biology | 1974 |
| William K. Muir | Political Science | 1974 |
| Douglas Fuerstenau | Materials Science & Engineering | 1974 |
| Edward Snow | English | 1974 |
| Sam Davis | Architecture | 1973 |
| Charles Keeney | Human Biodynamics | 1972 |
| Charles Kittel | Physics | 1972 |
| Earl Parker | Materials Science & Engineering | 1972 |
| Edwin Lewis | Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences | 1972 |
| Gardner Stout | English | 1972 |
| Gerard Jian | French | 1972 |
| Howard Bern | Integrative Biology | 1972 |
| Jack London | Education | 1972 |
| Paul Alpers | English | 1972 |
| C. D. Mote | Mechanical Engineering | 1971 |
| Charles Desoer | Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences | 1971 |
| Frederick Reif | Physics | 1971 |
| Herbert Baker | Integrative Biology | 1971 |
| John Dorn | Materials Science & Engineering | 1971 |
| Judith Wallerstein | Social Welfare | 1971 |
| Laura Gould | Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences | 1971 |
| Leon Litwack | History | 1971 |
| Michael A. Lieberman | Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences | 1971 |
| Spiro Kostof | Architecture | 1971 |
| Walter Johnson | Classics And Comparative Literature | 1971 |
| Bernard Saffran | Economics | 1964 |
| James Leiby | Social Welfare | 1964 |
| Paul Piehler | English | 1964 |
| Robert Hughes | Slavic Languages and Literature | 1964 |
| Stanley Berger | Mechanical Engineering | 1964 |
| James Mitchell | Civil Engineering | 1963 |
| Paul Bertrand Augst | French | 1963 |
| Ralph Emerson | Integrative Biology | 1963 |
| Richard Peters | Architecture | 1963 |
| Eugene Commins | Physics | 1963 |
| Irving Piliavin | Social Welfare | 1963 |
| Chang-Lin Tien | Mechanical Engineering | 1962 |
| Daniel Heartz | Music | 1962 |
| Herma Hill Kay | Law | 1962 |
| Jesse Sawyer | Linguistics | 1962 |
| Mark Christensen | Energy & Resources Group | 1962 |
| Richard Eakin | Integrative Biology | 1962 |
| Bruce Mahan | Chemistry | 1961 |
| Frederick Sherman | Mechanical Engineering | 1961 |
| James Vance | Geography | 1961 |
| Ronald Stark | Entomological Sciences | 1961 |
| Stanley Cavell | Philosophy | 1961 |
| Tom Cornsweet | Psychology | 1961 |
| John Schaar | Political Science | 1960 |
| Lawrence Moe | Music | 1960 |
| Robert Steidel | Mechanical Engineering | 1960 |
| Sho Sato | Law | 1960 |
| Hanan Selvin | Sociology | 1959 |
| Paul Zinke | Environmental Science Policy and Management | 1959 |
| William Brinner | Near Eastern Studies | 1959 |
| William Jensen | Plant and Microbial Biology | 1959 |