With class: The 2012 UW teaching award winners

The 2012 recipients of this University of Washington’s prestigious teaching awards may be from fields ranging from social work to surgery, but one thing they have in common is their ability to inspire students.

By Columns Staff | Photos by Mary Levin | June 2012 issue

JEFF BERMAN
Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Distinguished Teaching Award

CHRISTINE STEVENS
Associate Professor, Nursing UW Tacoma
Distinguished Teaching Award

HUGH FOY
Professor, Surgery
Distinguished Teaching Award

MARIA ELENA GARCIA
Associate Professor, Comparative History of Ideas
Distinguished Teaching Award

SARAH ELWOOD-FAUSTINO
Professor, Geography
Distinguished Teaching Award

LESLIE ASHBAUGH
Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, UW Bothell
Distinguished Teaching Award

PETER MAY
Professor, Political Science Marsha Landolt Graduate
Mentor Award

ANDREW LOVELESS
Senior Lecturer, Mathematics
Distinguished Teaching Award

GILLIAN HARKNESS
Associate Professor, English Adjunct in Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies
S. Sterling Munro Public Service Teaching Award

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