The Thomas Jefferson Teaching Award is awarded at William & Mary's Charter Day, and is a tribute to several members of the faculty who influenced and encouraged Thomas Jefferson. The award is intended to recognize today's teachers on the faculty. It is made annually to a younger teaching member of the College community who has demonstrated, through concern as a teacher and through character and influence, the inspiration and stimulation of learning to the betterment of the individual and society as exemplified by Thomas Jefferson.
| 1970 | Thomas Hearn |
| 1971 | Bruce K. Goodwin |
| 1972 | John W. Conlee |
| 1973 | Hans Christian von Baeyer |
| 1974 | Elsa S. Diduk |
| 1975 | Gerald H. Johnson |
| 1976 | Alan E. Fuchs |
| 1977 | James J. Thompson, Jr. |
| 1978 | Trudier Harris |
| 1979 | Allen R. Sanderson |
| 1980 | Terry L. Meyers |
| 1981 | Craig N. Canning |
| 1982 | Jean Conover Wyer |
| 1983 | Morris A. McCain, Jr. |
| 1984 | Mark S. Conradi |
| 1985 | Joel D. Schwartz |
| 1986 | Joanne M. Braxton |
| 1987 | Helen Campbell Walker |
| 1988 | Talbot S. Taylor |
| 1989 | Virginia Kerns. ‘70 |
| 1990 | R. Heather MacDonald |
| 1991 | David A. Dessler |
| 1992 | Susan V. Donaldson |
| 1993 | John S. Strong |
| 1994 | Tomoko Hamada |
| 1995 | John E. Graves |
| 1996 | Teresa Longo |
| 1997 | Barbara J. King |
| 1998 | Colleen Kennedy |
| 1999 | Karen Locke |
| 2000 | Carol Sheriff |
| 2001 | Linda C. Schaffner |
| 2002 | Christopher M. Bailey |
| 2003 | Carey K. Bagdassarian |
| 2004 | Kris E. Lane |
| 2005 | Thomas J. Linneman |
| 2006 | Elizabeth A. Canuel |
| 2007 | Vladimir Bolotnikov |
| 2008 | Alexander Prokhorov, Modern Languages and Literature |
| 2009 | Rowan Lockwood, Geology |
| 2010 | Mark H. Forsyth, Biology |
| 2011 | Elizabeth Harbron, Chemistry |
| 2012 | Laura Heymann, School of Law |
| 2013 | Michael J. Tierney '87, M.A. '88, International Relations & Government |
| 2014 | Cheryl Dickter, Psychology |
| 2015 | John Riofrio, Hispanic Studies |
| 2016 | Jeremy Pope, History |
| 2017 | Kara Thompson, English and American Studies |
| 2018 | Jonathan Glasser, Anthropology |
| 2019 | Jennifer Gülly, German Studies |
| 2020 | Leslie Cochrane '05, English and Linguistics |