{"id":14720,"date":"2010-05-14T14:13:30","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T18:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=14720"},"modified":"2011-05-31T12:43:02","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T16:43:02","slug":"four-clas-faculty-recognized-for-teaching-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2010\/05\/four-clas-faculty-recognized-for-teaching-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Four CLAS Faculty Recognized for Teaching Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four professors have been selected as winners of the 2010 CLAS Excellence in Teaching Awards.<\/p>\n

CLAS awards are given annually. Teaching is recognized in even-numbered years and excellence in research in the odd-numbered years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure the entire CLAS faculty is proud of these four stellar teachers, and I know that their students will remember them long after they graduate from UConn,\u201d says Dean Jeremy Teitelbaum.<\/p>\n

The faculty selected for the awards were recognized at the CLAS Commencement ceremonies on May 9. They are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Humanities: Margaret Breen, associate professor of English. <\/strong>For her, \u201cteaching is a vocation: an ethical posture, a way of being and acting in the world. It is a calling to serve, to transmit knowledge, and to facilitate learning,\u201d she says. Breen has taught at Avery Point and Storrs in women\u2019s studies as well as English. Her teaching has been the envy of her colleagues. One newly minted Ph.D. and former student says she takes Breen as the model for her teaching style, as she begins her professional career in the classroom.<\/p>\n

Life Sciences: Rachel O\u2019Neill, associate professor of molecular and cell biology. <\/strong>O\u2019Neill is a popular instructor who has hosted 12 honors students, two University Scholars, and a total of 23 undergraduates in her lab. One colleague says O\u2019Neill\u2019s evaluations are particularly strong for large science classes, as well as for smaller courses with more direct contact with students.<\/p>\n

Physical Sciences: Nicholas Leadbeater, assistant professor of chemistry. <\/strong>Leadbeater<\/strong> is known for his \u201centhusiasm and humor.\u201d One student remarked that his style is dynamic and informed, making his course in inorganic chemistry her \u201cfavorite class at UConn.\u201d Another student details how empathetic and attentive Leadbeater is to his students, encouraging them not only to remember data but to fully understand it, using humor in the process.<\/p>\n

Social Sciences: Kim Price-Glynn, assistant professor of sociology. <\/strong>Price-Glynn <\/strong>began teaching at the Stamford campus in 2004, and moved to the West Hartford campus last year to work with the urban and community studies and sociology programs. Believing that \u201can enthusiastic and compassionate learning environment encourages students to overcome challenges and be inspired to think critically about our social world,\u201d Price-Glynn has emerged as a widely popular instructor. Students regularly rate her as \u201camazing,\u201d \u201cengaging,\u201d and \u201cpassionate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"<p>Margaret<\/a>
Margaret Breen, associate professor of English. Photo supplied by Margaret Breen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"<p>Rachel<\/a>
Rachel O'Neill, associate professor of molecular and cell biology. Photo by Frank Dahlmeyer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"<p>Assistant<\/a>
Nicholas Leadbeater, assistant professor of chemistry. Photo by Daniel Buttrey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"<p>Kim<\/a>
Kim Price-Glynn, assistant professor of sociology. Photo provided by Kim Price-Glynn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has recognized four teachers who inspire their students and are admired by their colleagues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[40],"class_list":["post-14720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-07 04:41:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14720"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37579,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14720\/revisions\/37579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14720"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=14720"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=14720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}