Mary Kenneth Keller Computer Science & Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award

For outstanding contributions to undergraduate education through teaching and service

Mary Kenneth Keller, B.V.M., was a Roman Catholic religious sister and educator. In 1965, Keller was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in Computer Science in the United States. She founded and then chaired the Computer Science department of Clarke College for almost 20 years. She played an active role in computer science education when it was still in its formative years in the United States and was an advocate for women in computer science.

Nomination Deadline:

1 October 2025 - 11:59PM EDT

NOMINATE

A certificate and US$2,000 honorarium are awarded for outstanding contributions to undergraduate education through teaching and service, and for helping to maintain interest in the field and make a statement about the importance with which the IEEE Computer Society views undergraduate education.

The award nomination requires a minimum of 2 endorsements. Download the Nomination Questions for this award (pdf).

2025 Mary Kenneth Keller Computer Science & Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award Subcommittee Chair

Susan Wang, Mills College at Northeastern University

Past Recipients

2025 Roshan Ragel: For outstanding contributions to undergraduate education through innovative teaching, impactful research, and dedicated service, fostering an inclusive community of experiential mentorship for undergraduates in Sri Lanka.
2024 Margaret Ellis: For outstanding contributions to undergraduate education through teaching and service creating an inclusive community of experiential undergraduate mentorship.
2023 Carla B. Zoltowski: For leadership in developing applied multi-disciplinary team-learning opportunities for engineering students and for promoting professional development education, engineering ethics education and inclusive teaching and mentoring.
2022 Nanette Veilleux: For supporting young women in the STEM fields by inspiring students in the classroom and creating innovative curriculum and research opportunities at a women-centered institution.
2021 Harry Lewis: For his over 40 year dedication towards undergraduate computer science education at Harvard, his authoring of Computer Science introductory textbooks, and his mentoring of many future educators.
2020 Andre DeHon: For outstanding educational leadership in the creation and growth of a modern computer engineering program at the University of Pennsylvania.
2019 Robert R. Kessler: For outstanding contributions to interdisciplinary computing education through the creation of an innovative program in Entertainment Arts and Engineering and a fruitful undergraduate teaching activity.
2018 Travis Doom: For tremendous contributions to Computer Science and Engineering through a balanced career incorporating research, mentoring of students, curriculum and pedagogy development, and service.
2017 Sven Koenig: For his commitment to engaging students through project-based learning and mentoring that cultivates a passion for artificial intelligence.
2016 Mark Sherriff: For outstanding contributions to undergraduate computer science education through innovative teaching and commitment to increasing enrollment and diversity in computer science programs.
2015 Henry C.B. Chan: For outstanding contributions to computing education through teaching, mentoring students and service to the education community.
2014 Elizabeth Gerber: For her paradigm shifting extracurricular design initiative that fosters interdisciplinary collaboration and learning.
2013 Robert J. Fornaro: For outstanding teaching and mentoring of undergraduate students in award-winning engineering projects.
2012 Mark Guzdial: For outstanding and sustained excellence in computing education through innovative teaching, mentoring, inventive course development, and knowledge dissemination.
2011 Benjamin Hescott: For making computer science accessible to a broad spectrum of students through his energy, enthusiasm, and dedication to teaching.
2019 Judy Robertson: For outstanding contributions to the undergraduate education through teaching and the innovative use of pioneering technologies in teaching.
2008 Elizabeth L. Burd: For outstanding contributions to the undergraduate education through teaching and the organization of programs to promote excellence in undergraduate teaching.
2007 Darrin M. Hanna: For outstanding contributions to the undergraduate education through both teaching and service and for helping maintain interest in undergraduate education in Computer Science and Engineering.
2003 Sally A. Fincher: For sustained contributions to undergraduate computer science through rigorous examination of teaching effectiveness and fostering and promoting research in computer science education.
2002 Alan Clements: For teaching excellence reflected on textbooks with major impact on computer architecture education and for leadership in the CS International Design Competition, focusing international attention on undergraduate computer systems design.
2001 David G. Meyer
2001 Steven S. Skiena: For outstanding contributions to undergraduate education in the areas of algorithms and discrete mathematics and for influential textbook and software.
2000 Timothy J. Long: For innovative work in the content and pedagogy of introductory computer science education, linking research advances in software engineering with educational delivery of the material taught in the introductory courses.
2000 Bruce W. Weide: For innovative work in the content and pedagogy of introductory computer science education, linking research advances in software engineering with educational delivery of the material taught in the introductory courses.
1999 Joseph L. Zachary: For outstanding and sustained contributions to undergraduate computational science and education, including writing innovative textbooks, developing innovative on-line educational materials, and teaching an exemplary introductory scientific programming class.

Mary Kenneth Keller Computer Science & Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award

For outstanding contributions to undergraduate education through teaching and service

Nomination Deadline:

1 October 2025 - 11:59PM EDT

NOMINATE

The award nomination requires a minimum of 2 endorsements. Download the Nomination Questions for this award (pdf).

2025 Mary Kenneth Keller Computer Science & Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award Subcommittee Chair

Susan Wang, Mills College at Northeastern University

Past Recipients

2025 Roshan Ragel: For outstanding contributions to undergraduate education through innovative teaching, impactful research, and dedicated service, fostering an inclusive community of experiential mentorship for undergraduates in Sri Lanka.
2024 Margaret Ellis: For outstanding contributions to undergraduate education through teaching and service creating an inclusive community of experiential undergraduate mentorship.
2023 Carla B. Zoltowski: For leadership in developing applied multi-disciplinary team-learning opportunities for engineering students and for promoting professional development education, engineering ethics education and inclusive teaching and mentoring.
2022 Nanette Veilleux: For supporting young women in the STEM fields by inspiring students in the classroom and creating innovative curriculum and research opportunities at a women-centered institution.
2021 Harry Lewis: For his over 40 year dedication towards undergraduate computer science education at Harvard, his authoring of Computer Science introductory textbooks, and his mentoring of many future educators.
2020 Andre DeHon: For outstanding educational leadership in the creation and growth of a modern computer engineering program at the University of Pennsylvania.
2019 Robert R. Kessler: For outstanding contributions to interdisciplinary computing education through the creation of an innovative program in Entertainment Arts and Engineering and a fruitful undergraduate teaching activity.
2018 Travis Doom: For tremendous contributions to Computer Science and Engineering through a balanced career incorporating research, mentoring of students, curriculum and pedagogy development, and service.
2017 Sven Koenig: For his commitment to engaging students through project-based learning and mentoring that cultivates a passion for artificial intelligence.
2016 Mark Sherriff: For outstanding contributions to undergraduate computer science education through innovative teaching and commitment to increasing enrollment and diversity in computer science programs.
2015 Henry C.B. Chan: For outstanding contributions to computing education through teaching, mentoring students and service to the education community.
2014 Elizabeth Gerber: For her paradigm shifting extracurricular design initiative that fosters interdisciplinary collaboration and learning.
2013 Robert J. Fornaro: For outstanding teaching and mentoring of undergraduate students in award-winning engineering projects.
2012 Mark Guzdial: For outstanding and sustained excellence in computing education through innovative teaching, mentoring, inventive course development, and knowledge dissemination.
2011 Benjamin Hescott: For making computer science accessible to a broad spectrum of students through his energy, enthusiasm, and dedication to teaching.
2019 Judy Robertson: For outstanding contributions to the undergraduate education through teaching and the innovative use of pioneering technologies in teaching.
2008 Elizabeth L. Burd: For outstanding contributions to the undergraduate education through teaching and the organization of programs to promote excellence in undergraduate teaching.
2007 Darrin M. Hanna: For outstanding contributions to the undergraduate education through both teaching and service and for helping maintain interest in undergraduate education in Computer Science and Engineering.
2003 Sally A. Fincher: For sustained contributions to undergraduate computer science through rigorous examination of teaching effectiveness and fostering and promoting research in computer science education.
2002 Alan Clements: For teaching excellence reflected on textbooks with major impact on computer architecture education and for leadership in the CS International Design Competition, focusing international attention on undergraduate computer systems design.
2001 David G. Meyer
2001 Steven S. Skiena: For outstanding contributions to undergraduate education in the areas of algorithms and discrete mathematics and for influential textbook and software.
2000 Timothy J. Long: For innovative work in the content and pedagogy of introductory computer science education, linking research advances in software engineering with educational delivery of the material taught in the introductory courses.
2000 Bruce W. Weide: For innovative work in the content and pedagogy of introductory computer science education, linking research advances in software engineering with educational delivery of the material taught in the introductory courses.
1999 Joseph L. Zachary: For outstanding and sustained contributions to undergraduate computational science and education, including writing innovative textbooks, developing innovative on-line educational materials, and teaching an exemplary introductory scientific programming class.

Mary Kenneth Keller Computer Science &amp; Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award

For outstanding contributions to undergraduate education through teaching and service

Nomination Deadline:

2025 Mary Kenneth Keller Computer Science & Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award Subcommittee Chair

Past Recipients

Mary Kenneth Keller Computer Science &amp; Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award

For outstanding contributions to undergraduate education through teaching and service

Nomination Deadline:

2025 Mary Kenneth Keller Computer Science & Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award Subcommittee Chair

Past Recipients

Mary Kenneth Keller Computer Science & Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award

Mary Kenneth Keller Computer Science & Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award