TEA Recipients 1995-1996 to 1999-2000

• Brian Current, Music, Hearing John Cage: An Approach to Introducing Ambient Music
• Steve Dawson, Astronomy, Kinesthesis in Science: Where Red Rover Meets Quantum Mechanics
• Edan Dekel, Classics, Reciting Latin Verse
• Paul Dosh, Political Science, Encouraging and Affirming Diverse Forms of Class Participation
• Kate Elkins, Comparative Literature, Non-Standard Approaches to Post-modernist Literature
• Matthew Gelbart, Music, Cultural and Communicative Approaches to Teaching Music
• Alexander Kauffman, Integrative Biology, Teaching to Different Modes of Learning
• Terry O’Brien, Integrative Biology, An Example of the Use of Frameworks in Skills-Based Learning
• Anne Marie Richard, Education, Not Exactly Dick and Jane: Using Children’s Books to Make Theory Accessible
• Joel Thornton, Chemistry, Chemistry: The Other Foreign Language
• Andrea Zemgulys, English, From Description to Analysis

Essays for this academic year are available in hard copy in the GSI Teaching & Resource Center.

• Robert Acker, Geography, Using Field Work to Spark Student Involvement
• Faith Barrett, Comparative Literature, Teaching Emily Dickinson’s Manuscripts
• Shana Brown, History, What’s in a Source? Teaching Historical Methodology
• Jacob Hosler, Music, Assistance from Amadeus
• Katherine E. Masyn, Biostatistics, Teaching the Art of Statistics: Reading, Writing, and Discussing Statistical Literature
• Virginia Matzek, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, “Keeping Field Trips on Target”
• Sarah Roberts, French, Francophone Focus
• Daniel Rubinoff, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Nocturnal Insects and Field Journals in Introductory Entomology
• Dylan Todd Shepardson, Physics, Building Intuition in Lower Division Physics Students
• Joshua Skov, Economics, Before the Forest, the Trees: A Small-Mistake-Elimination Exercise for Building Writing Awareness
• George Christopher Stecker, Psychology, Teaching Perceptual Aspects of Sound Using Real-Time Signal Processing Software
• Anna Thompson, Integrative Biology, The Lab Report: Does It Have to be Torture?
• Caryl Waggett, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, The Art of Public Speaking in Environment Sciences: Meeting the Challenge of Effective Communication

Essays for this academic year are available in hard copy in the GSI Teaching & Resource Center.

• Sarah Armstrong, Jurisprudence and Social Policy, no title
• Florence W. Dore, English, Teaching How to Write With Close Readings
• Melonie A. Hall, Chemistry, no title
• Eric Hsu, Mathematics, no title
• Stephen Lessard, Music, Performing Identity Through Mien Song
• Kaarin Michaelsen, History, Image as Text in the French Revolution
• Stella Elise Nair, Architecture, no title
• Victor R. Rivas, Spanish and Portuguese, no title
• Laura L. Scheiber, Anthropology, Active Learning Teaching in Anthropology
• Joshua A. Shannon, History of Art, no title
• Lisa Michele Stulberg, Sociology, no title
• Rebecca Vollmer, History, no title
• Dennis Paul Wall, Integrative Biology, Evolutionary Relationships: How Do We Figure Them Out?
• Jerry White, Architecture, A Chalkboard Ice-Breaker
• Kimball Wilkins, English, Fulfilling the “Reading” Component

Essays for this academic year are available in hard copy in the GSI Teaching & Resource Center.

• Sarah Banks, Comparative Literature, The Power of Debate
• Rick Chartrand, Mathematics, The Homework Workshop
• Emily Marie Dean, Anthropology, Active Learning in Introduction to Archaeology
• Jim Hokanson, Human Biodynamics, Mitochondrial Function: Group Project for Determination of Unknowns
• Rachel Jacoby, Near Eastern Studies, Debunking Stereotypes in the Foreign Language Classroom
• Grace Kumjae Kim, Sociology, Breaking the Rules: Getting Students to Think Creatively About Methods
• Jerry C. McCann, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Construction Methodologies: Tilt-Up Construction
• Shannon K. McWeeney, Integrative Biology, Integrating Ideas and Interests
• Urvashi Narain, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Instant Karma
• Nnamdi Pole, Psychology, The Scientific Basis of Psychotherapy: An Undergraduate Seminar
• Henry Spiller, Music, Musical Description and the “Mozart Debate”
• Scott H. Tang, History, Making Sense and Nonsense of it All: An Assignment for Teaching the Lived Experience of History
• Teresann Tinsley, English, Another Approach to Class Discussion
• Janine Weber-Band, Geology and Geophysics, Hands-on Demonstration Materials in Geology Instruction
• Bennet Zelner, Business Administration, Balanced Teaching in the Face of Heterogeneous Learning Needs

Essays for this academic year are available in hard copy in the GSI Teaching & Resource Center.

• Kirsten L. Anderson, Rhetoric, Peer Review and Revision System
• Mark DeWitt, Music, Lecturing on Material that Many Students Find Aesthetically Repugnant
• Andrew Dolbey, Scandinavian, Experiencing Language in Context: A Visit to the Local Norwegian Church
• Christopher F. Dumas, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Resource Economics on the Information Superhighway
• Darla Guenzler, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, The Use of Mediation for Resolving Environmental and Natural Resource Issue Disputes
• Cheri Larsen Hoeckley, English, Reading, Writing, and Research?: Making Room in a Reading and Composition Course
• Maranatha Ivanova, Political Science, Thinking Differently About Thinking
• Lori A. Johnson, Political Science, Political Perspectives on Street Corners
• Susan D. Martin, Spanish and Portuguese, Improving the Dynamics of Communication in Writing
• Elizabeth Oglesby, Geography, American Cultures: At the Border
• Amy Scharf, Education, Community Projects: Putting Knowledge into Action
• Diana Selig, History, Learning How to Write Essay Exams
• Leonard Sklar, Geology and Geophysics, Motivating Students in Introductory Science Classes Through Group Work
• Frank von Hippel, Integrative Biology, Studying Primate Grooming to Learn How to Formulate and Test Hypotheses