This award was introduced as the Graduate Student Teaching Award in Fall, 1994. In Spring, 1998, following the death of David Grieve Oxley at the age of twenty, the award was renamed in his memory. David was the son of James and Judith Oxley and younger brother of Margaret. James has been a member of the Mathematics Department since 1982. The purpose of this award is to recognize excellence in teaching by graduate students. The award is given each semester. In the Fall, those eligible are senior graduate students, those who have been in the Mathematics graduate program for more than three years. In the Spring, preference is given to junior graduate students, those who are not senior. A student may win both the junior and senior awards but cannot win the junior or senior award more than once. The award carries a cash stipend of $1,000 funded by contributions from faculty and former students and endowed in 2000 by the Oxley family.
Recipients of the Award
- Fall, 2024: Ibrahem AL Jabea
- Spring, 2024: Justin Champagne
- Fall, 2023: Joseph Dorta, Brittian Qualls
- Spring, 2023: Brian Grove
- Fall 2022: Christian Ennis, Samuel Weiner
- Spring 2022: Christine Cho
- Fall 2021: James Dylan Douthitt
- Spring 2021: Aurora Wallace
- Fall 2020: Rima Chatterjee
- Spring 2020: Sarah Allred
- Fall 2019: Liem Nguyen, Jagdeep Singh
- Spring 2019: Samuel Wilson
- Fall 2018: Sana Issa
- Spring 2018: Joseph Grenier
- Fall 2017: Matthew Barnes
- Spring 2017: Spencer Kennon
- Fall 2016: Joshua Fallon
- Spring 2016: Abiti Adili
- Fall 2015: Eric Bucher, Austin Scirratt
- Spring 2015: Joshua Fallon
- Fall 2014: Simon Pfeil, Robert Viator
- Spring 2014: Andrew Holmes
- Fall 2013: Susan Abernathy, Dennis Hall
- Spring 2013: Austin Scirratt
- Fall 2012: Jacob Blanton, Jesse Taylor
- Spring 2012: Jacob Matherne
- Fall 2011: Irina Holmes
- Spring 2011: Trevor McGuire
- Fall 2010: Myron Minn-Thu-Aye
- Spring 2010: Dennis Hall, Jesse Taylor
- Fall 2009: Sejong Kim
- Spring 2009: Susan Abernathy, Myron Minn-Thu-Aye
- Fall 2008: Moshe Cohen
- Spring 2008: Brad Adams
- Fall 2007: Leah Childers
- Spring 2007: Tanya Lueder
- Fall 2006: Julius Esunge
- Spring 2006: Silvia Jimenez
- Fall 2005: Koray Ozer
- Spring 2005: Julius Esunge
- Fall 2004: Debra Czarneski, William Schellhorn
- Spring 2004: Bobby Stecher
- Fall 2003: Costel Ionita
- Spring 2003: Timothy Breitzman
- Fall 2002: Claudiu Mihai
- Spring 2002: Kelli Slaten
- Fall 2001: Brian Murray
- Spring 2001: Claudiu Mihai
- Fall 2000: Robert Osburn
- Spring 2000: Michael Broome
- Fall 1999: Robin Blankenship
- Spring 1999: Amanda Hayward
- Fall 1998: Galen Turner
- Spring 1998: Keith Emmert
- Fall 1997: Gretchen Whipple
- Spring 1997: Steve Freshour
- Fall 1996: Brian Heck
- Spring 1996: Quin Higgins
- Fall 1995: John Whitaker
- Spring 1995: Rob Austin
- Fall 1994: Colathur Vijayan