Academy of Distinguished Teachers
Established in 1995,The Academy of Distinguished Teachers, one of the first of its type in the nation, was created to recognize and enhance teaching, particularly at the undergraduate level. Members are chosen on the basis of their outstanding teaching, their personal commitment to students and the learning process, and their ability to inspire and motivate in the classroom. Members will serve in the Academy for a period of eight years and may be reelected. The Academy inducts up to 10 new members each year and is limited to eighty professors in active service, or roughly 6% of the tenured faculty.
Upon election to the Academy, each faculty member will receive a permanent academic salary increase of $5,000, will be designated a Distinguished Teaching Professor, and will be afforded other perquisites normally afforded to holders of endowed faculty positions.
Academy members are expected to serve as an advisory group to the Provost on teaching excellence, to provide institutional leadership and guidance for the distinctive undergraduate experience available in a research university environment, to organize seminars, colloquia, and workshops on teaching effectiveness, and to serve as mentors for new faculty.
Every year the deans of the colleges and schools will nominate proposed Academy members, and a committee that includes current members of the Academy, students, and other faculty will review the nominations. The final selections will be made by the Provost.
Term College of Natural Sciences Academy members include 1995-2003 Raymond Davis - Chemistry & Biochemistry
William T. Guy, Jr. - Mathematics
Melvin Oakes - Physics1996-2004 James W. Vick - Mathematics 1998-2006 Charles B. Chiu - Physics
David A. Laude - Chemistry & Biochemistry
Michael P. Starbird - Mathematics1999-2007 Leon Long - Geological Sciences
Alan Campion - Chemistry & Biochemistry
Brent Iverson - Chemistry & Biochemistry2000-2008 Stanley J. Roux, Jr. - Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology
Shelley M Payne - Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Eric Anslyn - Chemistry & Biochemistry2001-2009 Katherine Davis - Mathematics 2002-2010 Martin Shankland - Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
Craig Wheeler - Astronomy
