| 2023 |
| Pavel Brunssen | Heidelberg University, Research Assoc & Lecturer, Research Center on Antigypsyism |
| Elizabeth McNeill | Ascendium Group, Senior Writer |
| 2022 |
| Domenic DeSocio | Northwestern University, Assistant Professor of Instruction |
| Emily Gauld | Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy, World Languages Faculty - Germany |
| 2021 |
| Mary Hennessy | University of Wisconsin-Madison, Assistant Professor |
| Katy Holihan | Rhodes College, Assistant Professor of German |
2020
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| Calder Fong | Complete Chiropractic & Bodywork Therapies, Office Manager |
| Andrea Rottmann | Freie University of Berlin, Post-Doc |
| 2018 | |
| Nic Heckner | Aquinas College, Adjunct Associate Professor |
| 2017 |
| Elizabeth (Biz) Nijdam | University of British Columbia, Assistant Professor of German
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| Sam Heidepreim | InGenius Prep, Senior Counselor Manager
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| Hannah Probsting (McMurray) | Musée de l'Elysée, Production Manager, Exhibitions |
| 2016 |
| Jennie Cain | Waldorf School of Lexington, 6th Grade Teacher |
| 2014 | |
| Kathryn Sederberg | Kalamazoo College, Associate Professor |
| Simon Walsh | University of Adelaide, Lecturer |
| 2013 |
| Nicholas Block | Boston College, Assistant Professor |
| Sara Jackson | University of Massachusetts Amherst, Associate Professor |
| Solveig Heinz | |
| 2012 |
| Ela Gezen | University of Massachusetts Amherst, Associate Professor |
| Courtney Glore Crimmins | Montclair State University, Adjunt Professor |
| William Seth Howes | University of Missouri-Columbia, Associate Professor |
| 2011 |
| Kathryn Steinbock | Thames Valley District School Board, German Teacher |
Alan Itkin
| Vanderbilt University, Senior Lecturer |
| 2010 |
| Michael Andre | Translator & Tutor |
| Jeffrey Luppes | Indiana University South Bend, Associate Professor |
| 2009 |
| Adile Esen | Realtor |
| Sun-Young Kim | McGill University, Lecturer |
| 2008 |
| Jonah Johnson | Harvard University, Assistant Director of Writing Pedagogy |
| Jay Michael Layne | Virginia Tech, Lecturer |
| 2007 |
| Ilka Rasch | Furman University, Associate Professor |
| David Choberka | University of Michigan Museum of Art, Mellon Academic Manager of Academic Outreach & Teaching |
| 2006 |
| Avi Kempinski | Fort Hayes State University, Associate Professor (†2012) |
| Jonathan Otto Wipplinger | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Associate Professor |
