Established in 2003, the GTU Excellence in Teaching Award (formerly the Sarlo Excellence in Teaching Award) is given annually to a member of the GTU core doctoral faculty who embodies in an exemplary manner the values of interreligious sensitivity and commitment, interdisciplinary approach and content in teaching, sensitivity to ethnic and cultural diversity, and creative and effective classroom pedagogical methods and performance.
Below you will find a listing of winners of this annual award.
| Year | Awardee |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Judith Berling |
| 2004 | Fumitaka Matsuoka |
| 2005 | Clare Fischer |
| 2006 | Doug Adams |
| 2007 | Gina Hens-Piazza |
| 2008 | Jerome Baggett |
| 2009 | Lewis Rambo |
| 2010 | Alejandro Garcia-Rivera |
| 2011 | Ronald Nakasone |
| 2012 | Boyung Lee |
| 2013 | Mia Mochizuki |
| 2014 | William O'Neill |
| 2015 | Munir Jiwa |
| 2016 | Barbara Green |
| 2017 | No award given |
| 2018 | Jean-François Racine |
| 2019 |
Arthur G. Holder |
| 2020 | Rebecca Esterson |
| 2021 | Mary E. McGann |
| 2022 | Devin Zuber |
| 2023 | Ted Peters |
The Graduate Theological Union expresses its appreciation for the generosity of the Sarlo Family Supporting Foundation, which provided financial support to establish the award and funded the honorarium given to the winner each year from 2003 through 2016.