Kudos: Two faculty members receive 2018 First-Year Odyssey Teaching Awards
This year, UGA recognized Kevin Burke, an associate professor of language and literary education, and Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor, a professor of TESOL and world language education, for their success as innovative teachers in the First-Year Odyssey Seminar program.
Administered by the Office of the Vice President for Instruction, the First-Year Odyssey Teaching Award recognizes outstanding instructors who have demonstrated creativity or innovation in instruction, connection of seminar content to the instructor’s research, and incorporation of FYOS program goals into the seminar.
“The best part of the First-Year Odyssey program lies in reconnecting with the early undergraduate experience in the ways in which the students bring their intense curiosity, thoughtfulness, and generosity of spirit to the situation of the classroom,” said Burke. “I can’t help but learn how to be a better teacher and researcher in the midst of their thinking through issues related to gender, sexuality, and education.”