The University of Kansas

Teaching center supports faculty, awards instructors

Seven faculty members will receive support for the 2002-03 academic year through the Center for Teaching Excellence.
Lee Skinner, assistant professor of Spanish and Portuguese, has been named a CTE faculty fellow for spring 2003. Skinner plans to develop a comparative cultures course.
Six faculty will receive funds for teaching materials through the Small Grants Program: Lawrence Davidow, clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice; William Johnson, professor of geography; Joan Letendre, assistant professor of social welfare; Catherine Loudon, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology; Rita Napier, associate professor of history; and John Staniunas, associate professor of theatre and film.
Last month, CTE honored student-nominated instructors during the fifth annual Center for Teaching Excellence Teacher Appreciation Banquet. Honorees were:
Richard D. Hale, aerospace engineering; Dorthy Pennington, African and African-American studies; Norman R. Yetman, American studies; Gwynne L. Jenkins, anthropology; Bruce A. Johnson, architecture; Jane D. Asbury, art; William Lewis, business/accounting and information systems; Kelly D. Welch, business/finance, economics and decision sciences; Parker Lessig, business/management, marketing and law; Susan M. Williams, chemical and petroleum engineering; Cynthia K. Larive, chemistry; Francis M. Thomas, civil, environmental and architectural engineering; Tara S. Welch, classics; Roxanne Mettenburg, clinical lab sciences/KUMC; Adrianne Dennis Kunkel, communication studies; Susan E. Dillon, cytotechnology/KUMC; Pok-Chi Lau, design; Fumiko Y. Yamamot, East Asian languages and cultures; Neal C. Becker, economics; Perry Alexander, electrical engineering and computer science/computer engineering; Jerzy W. Grzymala-Busse, electrical engineering and computer science/computer science; James Rowland, electrical engineering and computer science/electrical engineering; David M. Bergeron, English; Dorothy Marie Daley, environmental studies; Allan Pasco, French and Italian; Johannes J. Feddema, geography; W. R. (Randy) Van Schmus, geology; Carmen Taleghani-Nikazm, Germanic languages and literatures; Karl Koob, health information management/KUMC; Jonathan H. Earle, history/U. S. history; Eric Rath, history/world history; David C. Cateforis, history of art; Jan Sheldon, human development and family life; Peter Casagrande, humanities and western civilization; Charles W. Marsh, journalism/strategic communications; Sharon M. W. Bass, journalism/news and information; Anita Herzfeld, Latin American studies; Joan A. Sereno, linguistics; Margaret M. Bayer, mathematics; Lorin P. Maletsky, mechanical engineering; Gary L. Grunewald, medicinal chemistry; Mark L. Holmberg, music and dance; Katherine A. Fletcher, nursing/KUMC; Susan M. Lunte, pharmaceutical chemistry; Roland Seifert, pharmacology and toxicology; Robert L. Emerson, pharmacy practice; Rex Martin, philosophy; Barbara Anthony-Twarog, physics and astronomy; Allan J. Cigler, political science; Annette Stanton, psychology; Timothy Miller, religious studies; Maia Kipp, Slavic languages and literatures; Stephen A. Kapp, social welfare; Robert J. Antonio, sociology; Judith C. Richards, Spanish and Portuguese; Steven M. Barlow, speech-language-hearing; Fred Rodriguez, teaching and leadership; Matthew Jacobson, theatre and film; Lorraine M. Bayard de Volo, women’s studies.