Academy for Effective Teaching

The Purpose of the Academy of Effective Teaching

The purpose for the Academy of Effective Teaching is to recognize the importance of effective teaching to the successful education of the students and, thus, to the mission of the university. To this end we are devoted to fostering effective teaching by assisting in the development of good teachers and the rewarding of accomplished teachers.

Members of the Academy assist at orientation programs for new faculty, other teaching professionals, and graduate teaching assistants. They also offer confidential mentoring on request.

The Academy also supports seminars that focus on teaching and learning strategies. Faculty and G.T.A.s from all disciplines share resources, techniques, and experiences that promote effective teaching and successful learning.

MEMBERSHIP

Three to six new members are added to the Academy each year. An elected eight-person steering committee guides the work of the Academy. The activities are facilitated by the Office of Academic Affairs.

The members of the Academy for Effective Teaching are honored retired emeritus faculty from all colleges on campus. View list of AET Charter Members and View a list of recent AET Membership

The full list of AET Membership can be found below:

A - C

Paul Ackerman (2018)
Anneke Allen - Chemistry (Deceased)
Robert D. Alley - Curriculum and Instruction

Sue Bair - Health and Physical Education
Prem N. Bajaj - Mathematics and Statistics
Linda Bakken - Counseling, Education and School Psychology
Wilson R. Baldridge - MCLL
Deborah Ballard-Reisch - Elliott School
Marcus T. Ballenger - Curriculum and Instruction
John A. Belt - Management
Tina Bennett (2016)
Lloyd M. Benningfield - Electrical Engineering (Deceased)
Nancy Bereman - Management
Dorothy K. Billings - Anthropology
William D. Bischoff - Geology
Donald Blakeslee - Anthropology
Harrison Boughton - School of Music
Barbara E. Bowman - Biological Sciences
John B. Breazeale - Dean of Faculties (Deceased)
Jeneva J. Brewer - Mathematics and Statistics (Deceased)
Clark Britton - School of Art and Design
Christopher Brooks (2018)
Patricia Bunton (2018)
Kenneth W. Burk - Communication Sciences and Disorders (Deceased)
Donald Byrum - School of art and Design

Jo Lynne Campbell - Medical Lab Sciences
Jeri A. Carroll - Curriculum and Instruction
Joyce Cavarozzi - Performing Arts
James J. Ceasar - School of Music (Deceased)
Ronald W. Christ - Art & Design
Sylvia J. Coats (2015)
Diana Cochran-Black - Medical Laboratory Sciences
Peter Cohen - Health Professions
Joseph C. Combs - School of Music
Donald L. Corbett - School of Music
Kathy Coufal (2018)
Andrew J. Craig - Aerospace Engineering
Delores Craig-Moreland - Community Affairs
Dorothy E. Crum - Music

D-F

Gayle R. Davis - Women's Studies
Jay C. Decker - School of Music
Kathy Downes - Libraries
Orpha K. Duell - Administration, Counseling, Education and School Psychology
James Duram - History

Mary P. Edgington - Computer Science
Howard E. Ellis - College of Fine Arts (Deceased)
Randolph A. Ellsworth (2015)

David N. Farnsworth - Political Science
Glenn Fisher - Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs
Mary Sue Foster (2018)
Raymond Fox - Biological Sciences (Deceased)

G-J

George H. Gibson - School of Music

Keith Graham - Communication Sciences and Disorders (Deceased)

Gary Greenberg - Psychology

Alvin L. Gregg - English

Mahesh Greywall - Mechanical Engineering

Kathryn P. Griffith - Political Science (Deceased)

Anthony Gythiel - History and English (Deceased)

Charles G. Halcomb - Psychology

Geraldine E. Hammond - English (Deceased)

Deborah Hansen Soles (2017)

James L. Hardy - School of Music (Deceased)

Kathy Irene Harris Strattman (2017)

John J. Hartman - Sociology (Deceased)

Jeanine Hathaway - English

Donna Hawley-Wolfe (2016)

Randall B. Haydon - Economics

Dean Headley (2019)

Esther L. Headley - Marketing

James C. Ho - Physics

Barbara Hodson (2016)

Lowell D. Holmes - Anthropology (Deceased)

Walter J. Horn (2015)

Elmer A. Hoyer - Computer and Electrical Engineering

Alicia Huckstadt - Nursing

Bobbye Humphrey - School of Social Work

Ann P. Hunter (2019)

Bernice Hutcherson - School of Social Work

Phyllis Jacobs - School of Nursing

Ward T. Jewell - Electrical and Computer Engineering

Claradine Johnson - Electrical and Computer Engineering

Everett Johnson - Electrical and Computer Engineering (Deceased)

K-N

Melvin A. Kahn - Political Science

Vernon Keel – Elliott School of Communications

Donald G. Killian - Mathematics and Statistics

Bela Kiralyfalvi - Performing Arts

Robert Knapp – Psychology

Mary L. Koehn (2017)

Carol W. Konek - Women's Studies

John H. Koppenhaver - Modern and Classical Languages and Literature

Susan Kovar - Kinesiology and Sport Studies

Susan Kruger - School of Nursing

Marvis J. Lary - Physician Assistant Program

Gerald D. Loper - Physics

Abu S. M. Masud (2017)

William E. Mathis - College of Fine Art

Ronald R. Matson (2019)

Wei-Cheng Mau - Counseling, Educational Leadership, Educational and School Psychology

Phillip May - Accountancy

James W. McKenney - Political Science (Deceased)

Louis Medvene (2018)

Greg Meissen (2018)

Mira E. Merriman - School of Art and Design (Deceased)

Kenneth Miller (2016)

L. Scott Miller - Aerospace Engineering

Lori Miller - Sport Management

Rodney E. Miller - Fine Arts

Nancy C. Millett - Curriculum and Instruction

Cathy Moore-Jansen - Libraries

Victoria A. Mosack (2019)

Eunice Myers (2016)

Walter J. Myers - College of Fine Arts

Don W. Nance (2015)

Audrey Needles - Performing Arts (Deceased)

Sue Nyberg - Physician Assistant

O-S

Larry Paarmann - Electrical and Computing Engineering
Gerald H. Paske - Philosophy
Charles Pearson - Elliott School of Communications (Deceased)
Sandra K. Peer (Deceased)
William M. Perel - Mathematics and Statistics (Deceased)
Kathleen M. Perez - Sociology
Martin Perline
Maurice Pfannestiel - Economics
Harold A. Popp - Music

Teresa S. Radebaugh (2015)
Janice M. Riordan - School of Nursing
Clayton Robarcheck - Anthropology
Kamran Rokhsaz - Aerospace Engineering
Ben F. Rogers - Philosophy
Robert H. Ross (2019)

Eugene Savaiano - Modern and Classical Languages and Literature (Deceased)
Mahmoud Edwin Sawan – Electrical and Computer Engineering
Julie A. Scherz - Health Professions
Marlene A. Schommer-Aikins - Educational Psychology
Robert Schrag - Electrical and Computer Engineering
Doug Sharp - W. Frank Barton School of Business (Deceased)
Martha Shawver - School Nursing
Frances Shelly (2018)
Twyla Sherman - Curriculum and Instruction
Nicholas Smith (2016)
Betty Smith-Campbell - Nursing
Melvin H. Snyder - Aerospace Engineering (Deceased)
Nancy Snyder (2016)
David Soles (2017)
Larry D. Spurgeon - W. Frank Barton School of Business
Linda S. Starkey - Music Theatre
Elaine Steinke (2018)
Betty A. Sullivan - Nursing
Arthur B. Sweney - Management

T-Z

Juanita Tate – School Nursing
Phillip D. Thomas - History
William Thomson - School of Music
Helen J. Throckmorton - English
Richard Todd - History

William E. Unrau - History

Phillip G. Wahlbeck - Chemistry
Betty Welsbacher - School of Music (Deceased)
Richard C. Welsbacher - School of Performing Arts
William Wentz - Aerospace Engineering and Executive Director of NIAR
Russell D. Widener (2019)
Keith Williamson - Elliott School of Communication
John H. Wilson - Curriculum and Instruction
Donald Wineke - English
James A. Wolff (2019)
William F. Woods (2015)

Catherine G. Yeotis - Curriculum and Instruction
Paul York - Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vernon Yenne - School of Music

FACULTY AWARDS

In the Fall Semester of each year, representatives of the Academy go through an extensive process to solicit nominations of the most effective teachers campus wide (Award winners must have been teaching on campus for at least four years to be eligible). Faculty members selected for this award receive public recognition at a Faculty Awards ceremony held in the Spring semester.

View the Effective Teaching Award Recipients