School of Arts and Sciences

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 March 1 of each year.

2024 Recipient | Carolyn Abbott, Assistant Professor of Mathematics

 

Nominator Comments

• "Carolyn is one of the best instructors I have ever had. She has a clear passion for the topic; but above that, she is clearly driven by the need to see her students succeed."
• "Professor Abbott makes math, one of the most complicated and abstract topics, into something so logical and so intuitive that her students can't help but understand it. She guided us each step of the way until we were smart enough to use the logic ourselves."

Past Recipients