In recognition of their exceptional teaching, Ashley Bryan, Nishi Bryska and Ian Marriott have received the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences’ Excellence in Teaching Awards for 2017.
Bryan, a faculty member in the Department of Religious Studies, was given the Outstanding Teaching by a Part-Time Faculty Member Award. Bryska, a faculty member in the Department of Biological Sciences, received the Outstanding Teaching by a Full-Time Lecturer Award. Marriott, a faculty member in the Department of Biological Sciences, was honored with the Integration of Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award.
They, along with finalists for the teaching awards, were honored recently at a college reception. Nancy Gutierrez, dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, and the awards committee chairs commended the honorees for their innovation, creativity and focus on engaging students in scholarship and research.
The finalists for the Outstanding Teaching by a Part-Time Faculty Member Award were Valerie Bright of English and Jeanne-Marie Linker of Mathematics and Statistics.
For the Outstanding Teaching by a Full-Time Lecturer Award, finalists were Hannah Peach of Psychological Sciences and Wafaa Shaban of Mathematics and Statistics, and the finalists for the Integration of Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award were Jennifer Munroe of English and Stephanie Norander of Communication Studies.
Read more about the recipients and finalists.
Photo (left to right): Ian Marriott, Ashley Bryan, Nishi Bryska and Nancy Gutierrez