Three Faculty Honored with Judith Deckers Prize, Duke’s Undergraduate Teaching Award
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From left, Lisa Huettel, Deondra Rose and Sarah Schott
The Judith Deckers Prize honors three Duke faculty members for their excellence in undergraduate education. This award recognizes leaders in their fields who have substantial track records of positively affecting student learning and lives. The three faculty receiving the 2025 Judith Deckers Prize are Lisa Huettel of Pratt, Deondra Rose of Sanford and Sarah Schott of Trinity.
“These faculty members’ commitment to the exemplary teaching of our undergraduates plays such an important role in shaping the academic pathways of our students,” said Duke Provost Alec Gallimore. “The foundations they lay in our Duke classrooms not only guarantee academic excellence but also prepare our students for a meaningful future as thoughtfully contributing members of our society.”
The Judith Deckers Prize celebrates professors who not only make a profound impact on students, but who are also pedagogical leaders within Duke’s faculty — individuals who have a history of sharing teaching innovations and best practices within the educational community.
“These faculty are not just awesome instructors, they are exceptional mentors, advisors, and exemplify faculty/student engagement,” noted Duke’s Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Lee D. Baker. “They make a difference and instantiate the Duke difference."
The Judith Deckers Prize received more than 680 nominations from active Duke students, alums, faculty and staff, identifying 225 remarkable faculty members last spring. The award grants three faculty members a prestigious honor along with a monetary prize of $35,000 each.
More About the 2025 Judith Deckers Recipients:
Lisa Huettel is the Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School Professor of the Practice of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering. Huettel also serves as Pratt’s Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education. Huettel’s teaching interests include the application of statistical signal processing to remote sensing, engineering education, and curriculum and laboratory development.
Deondra Rose is a professor of public policy, political science, and history at Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy. Her teaching interests include U.S. higher education policy, political behavior, American political development, and the politics of inequality, particularly in relation to gender, race, and socioeconomic status.
Sarah Schott is an associate professor of the practice of mathematics at Duke’s Trinity College of Arts and Sciences. Schott also serves as the Mathematics Department’s associate director of undergraduate studies. Her research interests include math education.
