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Members of the Dartmouth faculty have been recognized by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and
Sciences for their success in the classroom, their scholarship, and their
one-on-one work with students. Faculty have also received awards from the Office of Graduate Studies.
"Dartmouth has so many inspiring faculty," says Dean of the Faculty Carol L.
Folt. "Their teaching and research enrich the life of the Dartmouth community,
and we are pleased to be able to acknowledge the many contributions of these
particular individuals with these awards."
Peter Saccio
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Christopher Bailey-Kellogg
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Annelise Orleck
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Lorie Loeb
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Paul Christesen '88
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Lucas Swaine
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Arts and sciences awards
Peter
Saccio, Leon D. Black Professor in Shakespearean Studies and
Professor of English, received the Robert A. Fish 1918 Memorial Prize, which is
given to a newly retired faculty member commemorating a career of contributions
to undergraduate teaching at Dartmouth. From his arrival in 1966 to his recent
retirement, Saccio's teaching has had an enduring influence on countless
Dartmouth undergraduates.
The Karen E. Wetterhahn Memorial Award for Distinguished Creative or
Scholarly Achievement, which recognizes a newly tenured faculty member with
outstanding scholarship, was made to Christopher
Bailey-Kellogg, associate professor of computer science.
Bailey-Kellogg's innovative studies in computational biology and qualitative
reasoning are widely published, and have received substantial external funding,
including an NSF Career Award and an Alfred C. Sloan Research Fellowship.
The annual Jerome Goldstein '54 Award for Distinguished Teaching was
presented at Class Day to Professor of History Annelise
Orleck. Orleck was selected for the award by a vote of the Class
of 2007. She is the author of three books and the editor of a fourth, all of
which share an engagement with issues of history and ethnicity that she traces
back to a Brooklyn childhood. Those same issues, as well as an interest in
political activism, shape the courses Orleck teaches, including her senior
seminar, Race, Ethnicity and Immigration in U.S. History.
Lorie
Loeb, research assistant professor of computer science, received
the Dean of the Faculty Teaching Award for Visiting and Adjunct Faculty. Loeb,
an animator and filmmaker whose recent research focuses on the realistic
computer animation of motion, co-directs Dartmouth's digital arts minor.
Paul
Christesen '88, associate professor of classics, and Lucas
Swaine, associate professor of government, received the John M.
Manley Huntington Memorial Award for Newly Tenured Faculty. The award is made
to faculty who received tenure this year and have outstanding teaching and
research records. Christesen is a renowned teacher whose research focuses on
the history of ancient Greece, its athletics and economics in particular.
Christesen was CASE New Hampshire Professor of the Year for 2006. Swaine's work
looks at political philosophy, religion, politics, and their intersections. His
book, The Liberal Conscience: Politics and Principle in a World of
Religious Pluralism, was published by Columbia University Press in
2006.
The John M. Manley Huntington Memorial Award for Newly Promoted Faculty is
given to faculty who have been made full professors and have outstanding
teaching and research records. It was awarded this year to Susannah
Heschel of the Department of Religion, and to Dan
Kotlowitz, of the Department of Theater. Heschel, who also holds
the Eli M. Black Chair of Jewish Studies, examines Jewish-Christian relations
in Germany during the 19th and 20th centuries and has also written extensively
on feminist issues related to Jewish studies. Kotlowitz teaches lighting design
and composition for the theater. He designs for Dartmouth's mainstage
productions, as well as for professional theater nationally and
internationally.
Cleopatra
Mathis, Frederick Sessions Beebe '35 Professor in the Art of
Writing and Professor of English, received the Dean of the Faculty Award for
Outstanding Mentoring and Advising. Mathis, a poet, teaches creative writing
courses from Introduction to Creative Writing to the Senior Poetry Workshop and
advises independent writing projects, but her role as advisor, mentor, and
advocate for her students reaches far beyond the classroom. Since her arrival
at Dartmouth to found the creative writing program in 1982, Mathis has devoted
considerable time to guiding the work of the College's young poets.
Susannah Heschel
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Dan Kotlowitz
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Cleopatra Mathis
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Duane Compton
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Randy Noelle
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Graduate mentor awards
Graduate Faculty Mentoring Awards for 2007 have been made to Duane Compton,
professor of biochemistry and Randy
Noelle, professor of microbiology and immunology. Given by the
Graduate Student Council and the Office of Graduate Studies, and chosen from
nominations made by graduate alumni and current graduate students, the awards
recognize the outstanding mentoring activities that are undertaken by faculty
advisors at Dartmouth.
Sam Bakhoum, a doctoral student in Compton's lab, wrote in praise of his
advisor's "rare and yet crucial balance between providing consistent help to
his students without compromising their abilities to think independently"
Compton, Bakhoum observed, "truly exemplifies Dartmouth's open door policy and
close faculty-student contact."
In nominating Noelle, doctoral student David Gondek called his mentor "a
sounding board, a bastion of knowledge, and a friend."
By KELLY SEAMAN
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