Michael L. Walzer '56 Award for Teaching
The Michael L. Walzer '56 Award for Teaching is given annually to a tenure-track faculty member who combines superlative scholarship with inspired teaching.
The $2,500 award is presented annually at the April faculty meeting.
Faculty, staff, students, and alumni are invited to submit nominations. The recipient is selected by the Dean of Arts and Sciences upon the recommendation of a committee consisting of three faculty, including previous Teaching Prize recipients, in consultation with the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Decisions are based on nomination letters, teaching evaluations, Faculty Activity Reports and CVs. Nominations are due in March 1, 2023.
2022 Recipient
Gregory Childs
Assistant Professor of History
Nominator Comments
- "I have taken nearly a major’s worth of history courses, and never before have I had a professor who has had as unique an approach to teaching history as Professor Childs. He addressed the concept of history itself and the inclusiveness/exclusiveness of its production as a foundational lens through which we evaluated primary and secondary sources. He challenged us to consider and ask questions that truly interrogate history, the way language is used, and to pay attention to whose voices are heard and whose have been silenced."
- "Professor Childs truly brings his artistry into his teaching. He lectures almost lyrically -engaging his students, inciting their critical thinking, and chronicling the history of graffiti in a clear and concise way."
- "He is a role model that is devoted to his discipline and his students."
Past Recipients
Year | Recipient | Department(s) |
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2021 | Wangui Muigai | History and African and African American Studies |
2020 | Hannah Muller | History |
2019 | Naghmeh Sohrabi | History |
2018 | Anita Hannig | Anthropology |
2017 | Derron Wallace | Education, Sociology |
2016 | Jasmine Johnson | African and African American Studies; Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies |
2015 | Isaac Krauss | Chemistry |
2014 | Xing Hang | History |
2013 | Sara Shostak | Sociology |
2012 | Christine Thomas | Chemistry |
2011 | Tory Fair | Fine Arts |
2010 | Maura Jane Farrelly | American Studies |
2009 | Peter Kalb | Fine Arts |
2008 | Wendy Cadge | Sociology |
2007 | Adrianne Krstansky | Theater Arts |
2006 | Donald Katz | Psychology, Neuroscience |
2005 | Janet McIntosh | Anthropology |
2004 | Derek Isaacowitz | Psychology |
2003 | Can Erbil | Economics |
2002 | ChaeRan Freeze | Near Eastern and Judaic Studies |
2001 | Chad Brown | Economics |
2000 | Michael Randall | Romance and Comparative Literature |
1999 | Govind Sreenivasan | History |
1998 | No prize awarded | |
1997 | Sarah Lamb | Anthropology |
1996 | Lynette Bosch | Fine Arts |
1995 | Jane Kamensky | History |
1994 | Neil Simister | Biology |
1993 | Mary Campbell | English and American Literature |
1992 | Thomas Pochapsky | Chemistry |
1991 | Marc Brettler | Near Eastern and Judaic Studies |
1990 | Philip Harper | English and American Literature |
1989 | William Flesch | English and American Literature |
1988 | Helena Michie | English and American Literature |
1987 | Andreas Teuber | Philosophy |
1986 | Joseph Cunningham | Psychology |
1985 | James Merod | English and American Literature |
1984 | Martha Morrison | Classical Studies |
1983 | Jeffrey Abramson | Politics |
1982 | Malcolm Watson | Psychology |