The School's Teaching Award Selection Committee has announced the recipients of the first annual James A. and Ruth Levitan Awards for Excellence in Teaching. Congratulations to:
Faculty
Chris Capozzola (History)
Sally Haslanger (Linguistics and Philosophy)
Stefan Helmreich (Anthropology)
Lecturers
Laura Harrington (Music and Theater Arts)
Martin Marks (Music and Theater Arts)
Douglas Morgenstern (Foreign Languages and Literatures)
Teaching Assistant
Brandon Lehr (Economics)
These awards, which are based upon nominations from students themselves, honor faculty, TAs, and lecturers who have demonstrated outstanding ability in teaching MIT undergraduates and graduate students and in helping them succeed academically. Faculty and lecturers each receive $2,000 in research funding; graduate student TAs receive $1,000.
Serving on the Teaching Award Selection Committee were Associate Dean Kai von Fintel, and Professors Peter Child (Music and Theater Arts), Rae Langton (Linguistics and Philosophy), Ruth Perry (Literature), and Roger Petersen (Political Science).
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