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Outstanding teachers in liberal arts and sciences honored in PSU awards ceremony
Outstanding Teacher Awards in Portland State's College of Arts and Sciences were received by more than 25 faculty members Friday in an end-of-the-year ceremony and reception on campus.
The awards were started 13 years ago by Scott Burns, chair of the Geology Department, and students nominate and select the winners for each department every year. This year's winners are:
- Ken Ames, anthrology
- Lynn Santelmann, applied linguistics
- Michael Murphey, biology
- Carl Wamser, chemsitry
- Leslie Rill, communications
- Amanda Byron, conflict resolution
- Andreluis Oliveira, economics
- Debra Gwartney, English (writing)
- Christine Rose, English (literature)
- Yangdong Pan, environmental sciences and management
- Margaret Elliott, foreign language
- Hunter Shobe, goegraphy
- Ken Cruikshank, geology
- John Ott, history
- Allison Brown, intensive English language program
- Leopoldo Rodriguez, international studies
- Steven Bleiler, math
- Cornel Pewewardy, Native American studies
- Tom Seppalainen, philosophy
- Erik Sanchez, physics
- Dennis Swiercinsky, psychology
- Daniel Sullivan, sociology
- Bill Griesar, speech and hearing sciences
- Subash Kocher, statistics
- Priya Kandaswany, women's studies
