Faculty Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching Four Faculty Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching were presented during the 452d convocation on June 12, 1998. These awards, established in 1986, recognize and honor faculty members for their effective graduate teaching, including leadership in the development of programs and a special ability to encourage, influence, and work with graduate students. Nominations and recommendations for the Faculty Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching are made by faculty and graduate students; selection is by a faculty committee appointed by the Provost.
Lars Peter Hansen, the Homer J. Livingston Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Economics and the College.
Presentation by José Scheinkman, the Alvin H. Baum Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Economics and the College. Accomplished teacher, superb researcher, and inspiring advisor who regards his students as colleagues in pursuit of knowledge.
Xiao-Li Meng, Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics and the College.
Presentation by Michael Stein, Professor in the Department of Statistics and the College. Enthusiastic and devoted mentor and advisor who provides inspiring intellectual support and personal guidance throughout the graduate years and beyond.
Ian Mueller, Professor in the Department of Philosophy and the College.
Presentation by Michael Forster, Professor in the Department of Philosophy and the College. Dedicated teacher whose profound commitment to intellectual ideas, rigor in argument, and student interests have advanced the academic careers of generations of students in philosophy.
Janel M. Mueller, William Rainey Harper Professor in the College and the Department of English Language & Literature.
Presentation by Joshua K. Scodel, Associate Professor in the Departments of English Language & Literature and Comparative Literature, the Committee on General Studies in the Humanities, and the College. Intellectually demanding teacher whose solicitude, intensity, and indefatigable scholarship have inspired our best students to become the best versions of themselves.
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