Teaching Awards
The Department of Law and Legal Studies has a strong history of teaching excellence. Find our award wining faculty members and contract instructors below.
Award Winning Faculty
Award Winning Contract Instructors
Award Winning Faculty

Melanie Adrian
Associate Professor
- 2019 – 2021 Carleton University Chair in Teaching Innovation
- 2015 Carleton University Teaching Achievement Award
- 2014 New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award for her use of popular culture to enrich student participation in the classroom.
- 2013 Faculty of Public Affairs Teaching Excellence Award

Betina Appel Kuzmarov
Associate Professor

Stacy Douglas
Associate Professor

Megan Gaucher
Associate Professor

Danika Littlechild
Assistant Professor

Dale Spencer
Associate Professor

Christiane Wilke
Associate Professor
Award Winning Contract Instructors

Jamie Brownlee
PhD

Jo-Anne Lawless
PhD Candidate (Legal Studies)
- 2011 Laurier Brantford Peer Educator of the Year Award for her work as the Indigenous liaison in Learning Services, Carleton University.

Kelly Lauzon
PhD Candidate (Legal Studies)

Stephen Waxman
Contract Instructor


