Faculty honored with teaching awards
 our University teaching awards are given each year at Commencement to honor faculty members who have shown extraordinary skill in the classroom and have left a lasting impact on their students. This year's recipients are:
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BaileyShea |
Matthew BaileyShea, assistant professor of music, will receive the G. Graydon '58 and Jane W. Curtis Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Nontenured Member of the Faculty at the College cermemony. BaileyShea joined the faculty in 2003. Besides teaching, he serves as a freshman advisor, supervises the undergraduate musicianship sequence, and holds a secondary appointment as assistant professor of music theory at the Eastman School. Kim Kowalke, chair of the College Music Department and the Richard L. Turner Professor of Humanities, describes BaileyShea as "simply a star." Many students agree, awarding him some of the highest possible overall instructor ratings and praising him for his openness, enthusiasm, and depth of knowledge.
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Das |
Ashok Das, professor of physics and astronomy, will receive the William H. Riker University Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching at the doctoral ceremony. Das came to Rochester in 1982 and is the author of more than 10 graduate textbooks and hundreds of articles on topics in theoretical high-energy physics, quantum field theory, and string theory. The highest-rated teacher in the history of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Das is known for delivering flawless presentations without the aid of notes. His lectures have shaped some of today's top minds in high-energy physics. "He comes to class with his brain and chalk and creates miracles on the board," says Tom Ferbel, professor of physics.
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Dinnocenzo |
Joseph Dinnocenzo, professor of chemistry, will receive the Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. He will be honored with the award at the College ceremony. Since joining the faculty in 1983, Dinnoncenzo has redesigned or created courses to emphasize real-world applications and issues. He also is director of the University's Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer and has been a consultant for Eastman Kodak Company and the Pfizer Corporation. Jack Kampmeier, professor of chemistry, says Dinnoncenzo's students often find his passion and enthusiasm contagious. "In practice, Joe's students are his colleagues. He treats them as partners in exploration and discovery. . . . He gives legitimacy to the students' authority and ideas. The result is highly motivating and enables Joe to bring out the best in his students."
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Stockman |
Alan Stockman, the Marie C. and Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Economics, will receive the University Award for Lifetime Achievement in Graduate Education. An expert on topics such as exchange rates and debt crises, he has published widely and is the author of the textbook The Principles of Economics. He has been a member of the faculty since 1979. Harris Dellas '85 (PhD), professor of economics and director of the Center of Political Economy at the University of Bern, Switzerland, says this about his former teacher: "I am still grateful to him for the things he taught me in economics and in life in general. I have since been trying to emulate his attitude toward students and colleagues."
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