Phillip Gonzales, senior associate dean, College of Arts & Sciences, recently announced the recipients of the college’s 2009 Awards for Teaching Excellence. The award is given competitively to college faculty members and graduate teaching assistants who have made contributions to the college's instructional mission.
Photo (l. to r.): 2009 Awards for Teaching Excellence - Margaret Connell-Szasz, professor of history and Mary Domski, assistant professor of philosophy.
Faculty nominees, who receive $2,000, are evaluated on the breadth and the quality of their instructional contributions with preference given to those who have demonstrated instructional excellence at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, through classroom instruction and supervision of student research, and have integrated their research and scholarship into their teaching.
Graduate students, who receive $1,500, are evaluated on the quality of their undergraduate teaching and the strength of their contributions to their department's instructional mission.
This year's winners are:
Faculty: Margaret Connell-Szasz, professor of history
Mary Domski, assistant professor of philosophy
Graduate Students: Jennifer Richter, American Studies
Leigh Johnson, English
The winners will be acknowledged at this year's TOYA award ceremony.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu