Superior Teaching Award Nomination - College of Social and Behavioral Science

Please submit your nominations for the 2023 - 2024 Social and Behavioral Science Superior Teaching Award. This award recognizes the efforts of faculty (either tenure-track or career-line) who have consistently made significant contributions to the teaching mission of the College.

Students and alumni are STRONGLY encouraged to provide nominations.

Eligibility

Nominated faculty members must have 50% or more of their primary appointment in CSBS and have been part of the teaching faculty for at least two years. Individuals nominated at the senior level should have demonstrated a long-term, multi-faceted commitment to the teaching mission of the college.

Nominated faculty members will subsequently be asked to provide additional materials in support of their nomination (e.g., a teaching philosophy statement, teaching evaluations).

Finalists’ nomination materials will be carried forward for up to three years with no requirement to be re-nominated.

Previous winners are not eligible to be nominated again.

2022-2023
Claudio Holzner (Political Science)
Michael Dichio (Political Science)
Trisha Weeks (Psychology)

2020-2021
James Curry (Political Science)
Lazarus Adua (Sociology)
Thomas Quinn (Sociology)

2019-2020
Ella Myers (Political Science)
Ivan Mendieta-Munoz (Economics)
Kristina Rand (Psychology)

2018-2019
Jeanine Stefanucci (Psychology)
Shane Macfarlan (Anthropology)
Jennifer Follstad Shah (Environmental and Sustainability Studies)

2017-2018
Armando Solorzano (Family and Consumer Studies)
Claudia Geist (Sociology)
Jennifer Watt (Environmental and Sustainability Studies)

2016-2017
Cecilia Wainryb (Psychology)
Marcel Paret (Sociology)
Adrienne Cachelin (Environmental and Sustainability Studies)

2015-2016
Heather Melton (Sociology)
Tim Smith (Psychology)

2014-2015
Tim W. Smith (Psychology)
Ilse Dekoeyer-Laros (Psychology)

2013-2014
Lisa Aspinwall (Psychology)
Simon Brewer (Geography)

2011-2012
Gunseli Berik (Economics)
Julie Stewart (Sociology)

Deadline

Nominations will be accepted until January 22, 2024. Please fill out the form below and remember to upload your letter of nomination.

NOTE: Award(s) will be presented at the CSBS Faculty & Staff Awards Reception. Date TBD.

Nominee Information

Nominee's First Name

Nominee's Last Name

Department

Nominee's Present Position

Nominee's Supervisor

uNID (Employee ID)

Phone

Date of Full-Time Hire

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Select Award Category

Career LineTenure Track Early Career (i.e., pre-tenure)Senior Tenure Track (i.e., post-tenure)

Criteria for Letter of Nomination

Letters of nomination should address one or more of the following instructor attributes:

Effectiveness of motivating student learning
Incorporation of innovative teaching methods
Contributions to the educational process outside of the classroom
Concern for students and their wider education

Upload letter of Nomination

Files must be less than 2MB and have one of the following file extensions: doc, docx, rtf, txt, pdf.

Nominator's Information

Nominator's First Name

Nominator's Last Name

Nominator's Email

Nominator's Phone

Department

Please note that submissions from this form will be confirmed with the person originating the form.

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