Diane Gillespie, Professor, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
Recipient of the 2010 Distinguished Teaching Award
The University of Washington Bothell is pleased to announce Dr. Diane Gillespie as recipient of its 2010 Distinguished Teaching Award.
Of her award Dr. Gillespie says, "It means a lot. If you are a person who is conscionable about teaching and it is a true calling to you - a real, true calling - to be recognized for what you love to do…there's just nothing like it."
Dr. Gillespie joined the UW Bothell faculty in 1998 as a Professor in the Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences program. During this time she has taught courses as diverse as Community Psychology, Qualitative Research Methods and Interactive Learning: Theory and Practice.
Also notable has been her work in engaging faculty and students in unique learning opportunities such as "Critical Moments," a diversity case study project that she helped to implement on fourteen campuses throughout Washington in conjunction with the Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education.
In addition to her teaching and mentorship, Dr. Gillespie is an avid researcher. She spent a recent sabbatical in Senegal, West Africa, at Tostan, a nonprofit organization which practices community-led development. Working with Tostan, she examined how the introduction of democracy and human rights sparked the still growing grassroots social movements to end female genital cutting and early or forced child marriage in West Africa. This led to the publication of a major research paper and several pieces of public scholarship about the organization.
The Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA)
Selection Process
The Distinguished Teaching Award selection committee, appointed by the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, is chaired by a previous DTA recipient and includes representatives from each of the six academic programs. After reviewing the nomination letters, the committee invites some or all nominees to submit a complete dossier of supporting materials. Based on consideration of these dossiers, a formal recommendation is made. Each year, DTA recipients are honored at the Faculty Recognition Reception.
Criteria for Selection
With so many excellent UWB faculty teaching across all programs, criteria have been developed to help identify exceptionally meritorious teaching. Such teaching:
- Exceeds the highest standards
- Serves as a model of inspired and challenging teaching
- Has led students to academic and personal success
- Stimulates and supports active and continuous learning
- Inspires and cultivates excellence in the achievements of all students
- Exemplifies openness to a broad range of ethical and intellectual inquiry
These criteria are met in a variety of ways by different members of the teaching faculty. Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Development of innovative teaching methods
- Applying effective and timely ways of assessing student learning to improve instruction as well as learning
- Incorporating current scholarship into course content
- Integration of multiple disciplines into one's teaching
- Challenging and expanding traditional ways of knowing
- Deepening multicultural understanding
- Being an accessible and effective mentor outside the classroom
- Finding ways of enriching clinical experiences
- Offering independent studies and internships that consistently stimulate, inspire, and move beyond conventional expectations
- Demonstrating leadership in curriculum development within the teacher's own course offerings and at the program and cross-program levels
Previous Recipients
2010 Diane Gillespie, IAS
2009 Peter Littig, IAS
2008 Gowri Shankar, Business
2007 David Goldstein, IAS
2006 Ron Krabill, IAS
2005 Carole Kubota, Education
2004 Alan Wood, Liberal Studies
2003 Suzanne Sikma, Nursing
2002 Carol Zander, Computing and Software Systems
2001 Andrea Kovalesky, Nursing
2000 Bruce Kochis, IAS
1999 Kevin Laverty, Business Administration
1998 Carol Leppa, Nursing
1997 Cherry A. McGee Banks, Education
1996 JoLynn Edwards, Liberal Studies and Michael Goldberg, Liberal Studies
1995 Constantin Behler, Liberal Studies
Rose Distinguished Academic Service Award
The Rose Distinguished Academic Service Award was given in 2006 and 2007 to UW Bothell tenured or tenure-track faculty members. It recognized sustained outstanding academic service that made a demonstrable difference; it defined academic service broadly to encompass service to the campus, university, region, and profession or discipline.
Recipients
2007 Carol Leppa, Nursing
2006 Bruce Burgett, IAS
Worthington Distinguished Faculty Scholarship Award
The Worthington Distinguished Faculty Scholarship Award was given in 2006 and 2007 to UW Bothell tenured or tenure-track faculty members for extraordinary accomplishment in research, scholarship, or creative works. The award recognized sustained scholarly productivity that had a significant impact on the discipline or profession and/or the region primarily served by UW Bothell.
Recipients
2007 Suzanne Sikma, Nursing
2006 William Seaburg, IAS