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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."
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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.
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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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