Six faculty members are honored with Yale College teaching prizes

The teachers will be celebrated at a reception hosted by Yale College Dean Mary E. Miller on Monday, April 23, at 5 p.m. in the lecture hall of Sterling Memorial Library, 120 High St. The public is invited.

The award winners were designated by the Yale College Committee on Teaching, Learning, and Advising, chaired by Karen Wynn, professor of psychology, based on student nominations. They are:

Professor of history and American studies
The Sidonie Miskimin Clauss Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Humanities

History becomes personal — and alive — in George Chauncey’s classroom

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Associate professor of psychology and director of the Yale’s Comparative Cognition Laboratory
The Lex Hixon ’63 Prize for Excellence in the Social Sciences

In her lectures, Laurie Santos inspires curiosity and potential colleagues

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The Philip Schuyler Beebe Professor of Mathematics
The Dylan Hixon ’88 Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Natural Sciences

Making clear the mathematically complex is priority number one for Andrew Casso

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The Francis Writer-in-Residence and adjunct professor in English
The Richard H. Brodhead ’68 Prize for Teaching Excellence by Non-Ladder Faculty

In Anne Fadiman’s writing classes, it’s all about making what is good ‘even better’

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The Damon Wells Professor of Geology and Geophysics and professor of mechanical engineering
The Harwood F. Byrnes/Richard B. Sewall Teaching Prize

Nature is more than just beauty, Ronald Smith demonstrates in his classroom

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Associate professor of comparative literature
The Sarai Ribicoff Award for the Encouragement of Teaching at Yale College

Conversations continue, and some questions go unanswered in Moira Fradinger’s classes

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