Calling on Trinity alumni to honor the professors who made an impact on their lives
Did you have a teacher who changed the way you think? Influenced your career choices? Helped you to wake up intellectually? Or in any other way altered your life? If so, you have a wonderful chance to pay tribute to that teacher. The Thomas Church Brownell Prize for Teaching Excellence, which recognizes consistently outstanding teaching by a senior faculty member, is awarded annually at Commencement. All alumni are invited to submit nominations explaining in 200 to 300 words why they believe a favorite professor deserves this prestigious award. Nominations should be sent to Nan Horton via e-mail (nancy.horton@trincoll.edu) or postal mail (Office of the Dean of the Faculty, Williams Memorial 118 at the College). The nomination deadline is Tuesday, November 4, 2014.
Tenured associate and full professors who have been at the College for at least three years, teach full time, will not retire prior to June 30, 2015, and have not previously received the Brownell Prize are eligible for it. A complete list of eligible faculty appears below.
The Brownell Prize Selection Committee hopes many graduates will nominate someone whose teaching made a critical contribution to their education.
The Brownell Prize was created through an endowment gift from an anonymous alumnus in 1986. Robert Stewart (mathematics) was the first recipient, followed in order by Diane Zannoni (economics), Drew Hyland (philosophy), Milla Riggio (English), Dina Anselmi (psychology), Craig Schneider (biology), Dirk Kuyk (English), Henry DePhillips (chemistry), Jack Chatfield (history), Sheila Fisher (English), Ralph Morelli (computer science), Tim Curran (chemistry), Frank Kirkpatrick (religion), Ellison Findly (religion), Sam Kassow (history), and Gerald Moshell (music).
If you have questions about the Brownell Prize, please direct them to Associate Academic Dean Sonia Cardenas at sonia.cardenas@trincoll.edu.
The Brownell Prize was named for the first president of Trinity College, who served from 1824-1831.
Faculty eligible for the 2015 Brownell Prize:
| Zayde Antrim Carol Any E. Kathleen Archer Raymond Baker Davarian Baldwin Wendy C. Bartlett Jeffrey Bayliss Barbara Benedict Sarah Bilston Daniel Blackburn Harry Blaise David Branning William Butos Joseph Byrne Jean Cadogan Stefanie Chambers Lin Cheng William Church Carol Clark Sean Cocco Robert Corber David Cruz-Uribe Kathleen A. Curran Dario Del Puppo Pablo Delano Jack Dougherty Kent Dunlap Andrea Dyrness Jonathan Elukin Dario Euraque Diana Evans Johannes Evelein Lesley Farlow Luis Figueroa Michael C. FitzGerald Robert Fleming Andrew Flibbert | Lisa-Anne Foster Scott Gac Eric Galm Christoph Geiss John Georges Alden Gordon Cheryl Greenberg Adam Grossberg Hebe Guardiola-Diaz Christopher Hager Thomas Harrington Joan Hedrick Christopher Hoag Barbara Karger Jean-Marc Kehrès Kathleen Kete Ronald Kiener Robert Kirschbaum Katherine Lahti Anne Lambright Michael Lestz Dan Lloyd Donna-Dale Marcano Susan Masino David Mauro Kevin McMahon John Mertens Anthony Messina Takunari Miyazaki Theresa Morris Ralph Moyer Garth Myers Jane Nadel-Klein Taikang Ning Beth Notar Joseph Palladino | Maria Parr Vijay Prashad Michael Preston Diana Paulin John Platoff Mitchell Polin Vijay Prashad Michael Preston Miguel Ramirez Sarah Raskin Gary Reger David Reuman Martha Risser David Rosen Paula Russo Todd Ryan Seth Sanders Mary Sandoval Mark Setterfield Mark Silverman Scott Smedley Gregory Smith Madalene Spezialetti Mark Stater Patricia Tillman Kristin Triff James Trostle Stephen Valocchi Erik Vogt Maurice Wade Barbara Walden Chloe Wheatley Johnny Williams Gail Woldu Nancy J. Wyshinski Peter Yoon |