May 13, 1999

STUDENTS HONOR 58 FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE

LAWRENCE -- Fifty-eight faculty members at the University of Kansas were honored by their students for excellence in the classroom.

Two graduate students from each department presented the honors at the second annual Teacher Appreciation Banquet, sponsored by KU's Center for Teaching Excellence, last week on the KU campus. About 200 people attended, including Chancellor Robert E. Hemenway and Provost David E. Shulenburger.

The center asked outstanding graduate students in each department to name one teacher who best exemplified outstanding teaching, said Fred Rodriguez, center director. Last year, the center asked undergraduate seniors to name the top teachers. The job of selecting the honorees will alternate between undergraduate and graduate students each year.

The honorees are:

  • Barry L. Shank, associate professor of American studies;
  • John W. Hoopes, associate professor of anthropology;
  • Thomas E. Glavinich, professor of architectural engineering;
  • Barry J. Newton, professor of architecture and urban design;
  • Tanya Elisabeth Hartman, assistant professor of art;
  • Steve Hillmer, professor of business;
  • Dennis F. Karney, professor of business;
  • Allen Ford, professor of business;
  • Paul Willhite, Ross H. Forney distinguished professor of chemical and petroleum engineering;
  • Joseph A. Heppert, associate professor of chemistry;
  • Stephen J. Randtke, professor of civil engineering;
  • Tara S. Welch, assistant professor of classics;
  • Scott L. Harris, assistant specialist in communication studies;
  • Gina Christy Westergard, assistant professor of design;
  • Shengli Feng, assistant professor of East Asian languages and cultures;
  • Helen M. Alexander, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology;
  • Dahsiang Donald Lien, professor of economics;
  • David W. Petr, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science;
  • Elizabeth Schultz, professor of English;
  • James S. Ashe, professor of entomology;
  • Caroline A. Jewers, associate professor of French and Italian;
  • Garth A. Myers, assistant professor of geography;
  • Douglas Walker, professor of geology;
  • Ernst S. Dick, professor of Germanic languages and literatures;
  • Robert H. Lee, health policy and management;
  • James D. LaPoint, associate professor of health, sport, and exercise sciences;
  • Ray Hiner, professor of history;
  • Victor Bailey, professor of history;
  • Amy E. McNair, associate professor of history of art;
  • Glen W. White, associate professor of human development and family life;
  • Jim Woelfel, professor of humanities and Western civilization;
  • Thomas W. Volek, associate professor of journalism;
  • Juan Velasco, assistant professor of Latin American studies;
  • Dennis D. Prater, professor of law;
  • Sara Thomas Rosen, associate professor of linguistics;
  • Daniel L. Katz, professor of mathematics;
  • Carl W. Luchies, assistant professor of mechanical engineering;
  • Robert P. Hanzlik, professor of medicinal chemistry;
  • Richard L. Schowen, professor of molecular biosciences;
  • Patricia A. Fazzone, assistant professor of nursing;
  • Cynthia S. Teel, assistant professor of nursing;
  • Nancy Hoffart, associate professor of nursing;
  • Janet D. Pierce, assistant professor of nursing;
  • Elizabeth M. Topp, associate professor of pharmaceutical chemistry;
  • Melinda K. Lacy, assistant professor of pharmacy;
  • Russell Scott Shafer-Landau, associate professor of philosophy;
  • Thomas Edward Cravens, professor of physics and astronomy;
  • Mark Russell Joslyn, assistant professor of political science;
  • Charlene L. Muehlenhard, associate professor of psychology;
  • Neil J. Salkind, professor of psychology and research in education;
  • Maria M. Carlson, associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures;
  • Rosemary Chapin, associate professor of social welfare;
  • Margaret Egenberger Severson, assistant professor of social welfare;
  • David Norman Smith, associate professor of sociology;
  • Patricia Ann Gallagher, professor of special education;
  • Susan T. Jackson, associate professor of speech-language-hearing;
  • Mary Hamilton, associate professor of teaching and leadership;
  • Catherine Lee Preston, assistant professor of theatre and film.

    • Contact Todd Cohen, University Relations, (785) 864-8858 or tcohen@ukans.edu.

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