University of Minnesota Alumni Association
 
Great Teachers Honored at Ceremony
5/1/2008

DTA08
The 2007-08 Distinguished Teaching Award Recipients
Sixteen of the University of Minnesota's greatest teaching professors were honored at the Distinguished Teaching Awards ceremony and reception April 28 in the McNamara Alumni Center.

The University of Minnesota Alumni Association helps fund the awards in recognition of the influence great teaching has had on generations of U graduates and on today's students.

The award recipients are listed below. Click on the name to see a photo, biography, video clip and Web page for each recipient.

MORSE-ALUMNI AWARDS

Todd Arnold
Associate Professor
Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Janet Schrunk Ericksen
Associate Professor
Department of English
University of Minnesota, Morris

Leon Hsu
Associate Professor
Postsecondary Teaching and Learning
College of Education and Human Development
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Timothy Johnson
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
College of Liberal Arts
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Terry J. Jones
Professor
Department of Astronomy
Institute of Technology
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Kristopher McNeill
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
Institute of Technology
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Barry R. McQuarrie
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics
University of Minnesota, Morris

Kristen C. Nelson
Associate Professor
Department of Forest Resources
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

GRADUATE-PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

S. Massoud Amin
Director and Honeywell/H.W. Sweatt Chair in Technological Leadership, Center for the Development of Technological Leadership (CDTL)
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Institute of Technology
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Richard C. Brundage
Program Director and Associate Professor
Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology
College of Pharmacy
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Cesare Casarino
Associate Professor
Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature
College of Liberal Arts
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Douglas N. Foster
Professor
Department of Animal Science
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

John Freeman
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Department of Political Science
College of Liberal Arts
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Stephen A. Katz
Associate Professor
Integrative Biology and Physiology
Medical School
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

John Matheson
Professor
Law School
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Melissa Middleton Stone
Associate Professor
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities


Slide Show of Ceremony Images
Click here to see a slideshow of images from the awards ceremony and reception.
Related Links
Distinguished Teaching Awards Background   Click here for more on the Distinguished Teaching Awards.