About Mary A. Hussey

Mary Adeline Hussey started teaching at Illinois in 1949. She originally worked in the English Department, as well as in the Department of English as an International Language. Her publications include "Expository Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English," (1964).  She had a pivotal role in shaping what has come to be the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Program at UIUC. 

About this Award

This is an award given to a graduating TA in the ESL Service Courses who has shown excellence in teaching as well as many of the following factors: materials preparation, syllabus design, test creation and administration, innovative learning experiences, collegiality and helpfulness to peers. This award is decided by the ESL Service Courses supervisors. 

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Mary Hussey Plaque 1
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Mary Hussey Plaque 2

Award Recipients

Year Recipient
2000 DJ Kaiser
2000 Barbara Willenborg
2002 Jill Knutson
2003 Emily Rebro
2004 Gretchen M. Forman
2005 Daniella Molle
2006 Veronica Gabriela Sardegna
2007 Amanda R. Huensch
2008 Soo Hyon Kim
2009 Nagham Awadallah
2010 Tamara Brayak
2011 Jill Tschopp
2012  Joanna Ng
2012 Jin Kim
2012 Cassandra Rosado
2013 Marcia Torres Xatruch
2013 Mica Swyers
2013 Lynne Lawson
2014 Sergei Zalesov
2014 Yunjung (Eunice) Nam
2015 Jonathon (Jon) Bair
2015 Hyeonji (Jamie) Choi
2016 Kathleen Becker
2017 Eva Miszoglad
2019 Carolina Torrejon
2020 Brenna Williams
2021 Jennifer Zhang
2022 Mikako Masuda
2023 Rosana Gomez Cayapu
2024 Hilal Karakorkmaz