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2013 Dean’s Awards Recognize Excellence in Mentoring and Teaching

A reception recognizing the 10th annual Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Mentoring and Teaching recipients was held during Graduate Student Appreciation Week on Thursday, April 4, 2013. These awards continue to be extremely competitive, with strong recommendations for candidates coming from all sectors of the university, including faculty, graduate students, undergraduates, and postdocs, as well as from alumni. This year’s recipients continue the tradition of representing, as one recommendation states, “the best that Duke has to offer.” To read more about these outstanding faculty and graduate students, click on the links to view their profiles.

2013 Mentoring Awards Recipients

Faculty:

Cameron R. “Dale” Bass, Associate Research Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Laura F. Edwards, Professor of History

Frank A. Sloan, J. Alexander McMahon Professor of Health Policy and Management and Professor of Economics

Robyn Wiegman, Professor of Literature and Women’s Studies

Students:

Marisabel Guevara, Ph.D. student, Computer Science (Faculty Advisor, Benjamin C. Lee)

Zakiya Whatley, Ph.D. student, Genetics & Genomics (Faculty Advisor, Kenneth Kreuzer)

2013 Teaching Award Recipients (Students Only)

Kristine Callan, Ph.D. Candidate, Physics (faculty Advisor, Dan Gauthier)

Anna Gibson, Ph.D. Candidate, English (faculty Advisors, Nancy Armstrong and Kathy Psomiades)