Five 十大正规网赌平台 professors were honored for exceptional teaching, 奖学金与服务. 13 in the College’s annual faculty awards ceremony.
安东尼追逐, professor of diplomacy and world affairs (DWA), was presented with the prestigious Graham L. 斯特林纪念奖, established in 1972 to recognize a faculty member with a distinguished record of teaching, service and professional achievement.
艾丽卡球, Mary Jane Hewitt Department Chair and professor of Black studies; 局域网楚, professor of DWA; and 亚历山德拉港, associate professor of history and Latinx and Latin American studies, received the Linda and Tod White Teaching Prize, which is based on student nominations. It has been presented since 2008 thanks to the generosity of Linda and Tod White ’59.
迦密莱维坦, 认知科学教授, was presented with the Janosik-Sterling Award for Service to the College, created in 1993 to honor the memory of politics professor Robert Janosik.
In nominating him for the Sterling Award, Chase's faculty colleagues cited his record of teaching excellence, dedicated service to the Oxy community, 以及他的学术成就. Dean of the College Wendy Sternberg noted that his nominations came from faculty across the sciences, 社会科学, 艺术和人文. "The high esteem in which his colleagues hold him speak to the impact of his work across the College,斯滕伯格说.
In recognition of his 学者ly expertise on international human rights norms in the Muslim world, Chase was appointed as an associate editor of the Muslim World Journal of Human Rights, invited to edit a field-defining volume, and selected secretary of the International Studies Association Human Rights Section. 作为校园领导, 他曾担任DWA主席, 教务委员会主席, and director of the Young Initiative on Global Political Economy. "His teaching has been praised by his students and colleagues, in part for innovations in teaching that benefit not only Oxy’s students but the city of 洛杉矶" through the faculty-led task forces he created to address Sustainable Development Goals, 斯特恩伯格说.
球, one of the winners of the White Teaching Prize, was praised not just for her classroom instruction, 哪个被描述为充满激情, 引人入胜的, 和社会, 在政治上, 和个人相关, but for her 指导 and encouragement. Students describe her office and her classroom as a space where they can find guidance to “embrace the joy of intellectual work,” “navigate an incredibly stressful and demanding time in my life,” and to “develop intellectual contributions that I felt proud of and invested in.”
楚国的学生, the second White Teaching Prize winner, consider her to be a transformational and inspiring figure for her teaching, 指导, 和建议. She has taken her own experiences as a first-generation college student who attended a large university and created an approach and a teaching philosophy that provides to her students what she didn’t get from her own undergraduate experience. 正如一位学生所说, "When one steps foot into Professor 楚’s class, 他们知道这将是工作. Her classes will never be an 'easy A,' but they will be some of the most rewarding classes to take at Oxy."
波, the third White Teaching Award winner, was described by one student as “a passionate, 勤奋工作的, 有组织的, knowledgeable and brilliant professor.” Another wrote “I came to know Professor 波 as not only a skilled, 创新, 经验丰富的教育家, 也是一种关怀, 种类, 仁慈的人类. Even after my graduation, she continues to inspire me as a role model in higher education.” A third said that "Professor 波’s intellectually stimulating courses, 我们查拉, 知识广度, and 指导 have played a fundamental role in my passion for learning …”
Levitan's multiple nominations for the Janosik-Sterling Service Award paint a picture of the complete faculty member--an outstanding teacher, 学者, 大学公民,斯滕伯格说. "Carmel leans into all of her service assignments, and doesn’t just serve. 她领导. And she leads with compassion, clarity, and a commitment to the College’s cornerstones."
That has been particularly true of her work as director of Oxy's Center for Teaching Excellence. “在这个角色中, Carmel led the charge in Spring 2020, helping faculty help students cope with the deaths of two students early in the semester, 然后，令人惊讶的是, in collaboration with colleagues in the 图书馆 and 学生事务, to shepherd the academic program through the transition to emergency remote learning during the pandemic,斯滕伯格说. "She then helped plan remote learning in a way that preserved the most essential elements of the Oxy experience for our students."
