The Core Curriculum is committed to excellent teaching, based on the recognition that the power of the Core to transform our students into critical and empowered citizens depends fundamentally on their personal experience in the classroom. Our graduate student Preceptors are among the most dedicated and gifted teachers in the Core. We are recognizing these outstanding young teachers, as a way of encouraging them in their commitment to teaching, and of acknowledging the centrality of their contribution to the Core.
Each year an award for excellence in teaching is presented at the end-of-year faculty reception that honors graduate student instructors in Contemporary Civilization, Literature Humanities, Art Humanities, and Music Humanities.
Past Awardees
2022-2023
- Caroline Smith — Art Humanities
- Zehra Mehdi — Contemporary Civilization
- Thomas Preston — Literature Humanities
- Gareth Cordery — Music Humanities
2021-2022
- Alex Zivkovic — Art Humanities
- David Ragazzoni — Contemporary Civilization
- Catherine Bloomer — Literature Humanities
- Anya Wilkening — Music Humanities
2020-2021
- Rachel Lee Hutcheson — Art Humanities
- Conor Cullen — Contemporary Civilization
- Timothy Lundy — Literature Humanities
- Umberto Mazzei — Literature Humanities
- Gabrielle Elaine Ferrari — Music Humanities
2019-2020
- Susannah Blair — Art Humanities
- Zachary Levine — Contemporary Civilization
- Zachary Domach — Literature Humanities
- Sean Colonna — Music Humanities
- Sonja Wermager — Music Humanities
2018-2019
- Monica Kathleen Bulger — Art Humanities
- Lars Thimo Immanuel Heisenberg — Contemporary Civilization
- Nassime Chida — Literature Humanities
- Ashkan Behzadi — Music Humanities
2017-2018
- Tiffany Floyd — Art Humanities
- Nicole Gervasio — Literature Humanities
- Daniel Ralston — Art Humanities
- Jason Resnikoff — Contemporary Civilization
- Thomas Smith — Music Humanities
2016-2017
- Nicole Gervasio — Literature Humanities
- Russell O'Rourke — Music Humanities
- Jason Resnikoff — Contemporary Civilization
- Joseph Woldman — Art Humanities
2015-2016
- Margot Bernstein — Art Humanities
- Nicole Callahan — Contemporary Civilization
- Paula Harper — Music Humanities
- Sahar Ishtiaque Ullah — Literature Humanities
2014-2015
- Carrie Cushman — Art Humanities
- Jennifer Rhodes — Literature Humanities
- Yohann Ripert — Contemporary Civilization
- Lucie Vágnerová — Music Humanities
2013-2014
- Michael Fowler — Art Humanities
- Aaron Johnson — Music Humanities
- Greta Matzner-Gore — Literature Humanities
- Owen Miller — Contemporary Civilization
2012-2013
- Nicholas Chong — Music Humanities
- Stefanie Dwyer — Contemporary Civilization
- Nicholas Frobes-Cross — Art Humanities
- Arthur Salvo — Literature Humanities
2011-2012
- Eliza Butler — Art Humanities
- James Chappel — Contemporary Civilization
- Anjuli Raza Kolb — Literature Humanities
- Ashley Nail — Music Humanities
2010-2011
- Jessamyn Conrad — Literature Humanities
- SeungJung Kim — Art Humanities
- Martha Newland — Music Humanities
- Irene Sanpietro — Contemporary Civilization
2009-2010
- Marijeta Bozovic — Literature Humanities
- Michael Brent — Contemporary Civilization
- Jessamyn Conrad — Art Humanities
- Brahim Kerkour — Music Humanities