Given annually, this award is designated to honor one exemplary professor at UW Tacoma. The award recipient is recognized at the UW Seattle and UW Tacoma awards ceremonies.
2013 Distinguished Teaching Award
Dr. Carolyn West, Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
Carolyn West has been involved with curriculum development for the psychology program, including making psychology a major at this campus. Her research informs her teaching as it is focused on domestic violence and sexual assault. As she stated, "My primary goal is to create research that can be applied to real life problems." Campus-wide she has worked to establish the Rape Aggression and Defense (R.A.D) training program and helped students organize the event "Dawgs Against Domestic Violence". She has conducted more than 30 undergraduate research projects, independent studies, and internships. Comments from her nomination also reflect her excellence in teaching and mentoring students. For example, "I have found Carolyn's courses to be different and more informative than any other criminal justice based violence course or sexual abuse psychology course I have been a part of. She is truly always on the leading edge of scholarship in this field."
Nominees
- Beverly Naidus, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
- Bryan Goda, Institute of Technology
- Erica Cline, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
- Richard Furman, Social Work
Past recipients
- 2012 - Christine Stevens, Associate Professor, Nursing
- 2011 - Matthew Weinstein, Professor, Education
- 2010 - Mark Pendras, Assistant Professor, Urban Studies
- 2009 - Janice Laakso, Associate Professor, Social Work
- 2008 - Richard Knuth, Assistant Professor, Education
- 2007 - Kent Nelson, Senior Lecturer, Milgard School of Business
- 2006 - Cheryl Greengrove, Associate Professor, IAS
- 2005 - Mike Allen, Professor, IAS
- 2004 - Beth Kalikoff, Assistant Professor, IAS
- 2003 - Ruth Rea, Assistant Professor, Nursing
- 2002 - John Peterson, Senior Lecturer, IAS
- 2001 - Jose Rios, Assistant Professor, Education
- 2000 - Julie Nicoletta, Associate Professor, IAS
- 1999 - Linda McElvey, Assistant Professor, Business Administration
- 1998 - June Lowenberg, Associate Professor, Nursing
- 1997 - Janet Primomo, Associate Professor, Nursing
- 1996 - Rob Crawford, Professor, IAS
- 1995 - Mike Kalton, Professor, IAS