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Release date: May 15, 2006 Emory University Faculty Members Receive Awards for Outstanding Teaching, Research, Leadership
Frances Smith Foster, Charles Howard Candler Professor of English and Women's Studies, received the University Scholar/Teacher Award. The recipient is chosen by Emory faculty on behalf of the United Methodist Church Board of Higher Education and Ministry. Foster is a resident of Decatur (30030). Foster currently is chair of Emory's English department and is the former director of the Emory Institute of Women's Studies. Her specialties include African-American family life and American and African-American literature. Recent publications include "Written by Herself: Literary Production by African American Women, 1726-1892" and "Minnie's Sacrifice, Sowing and Reaping, Trial and Triumph: Three Rediscovered Novels by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper." Foster is an editor of the "Oxford Companion to African American Literature," the "Norton Anthology of African American Literature" and "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: A Norton Critical Edition." Her current research interests and recent courses revolve around the various roles of religion in literary production and consumption, the impact of slavery in American identity, 19th century American women's writings and print culture. Frank Alexander, professor and interim dean of the Emory Law School, received the Thomas Jefferson Award, which is presented to a faculty member or administrative officer in recognition of significant service to the university through personal activities, influence and leadership. Alexander is a resident of Atlanta (30327). Alexander has been a member of the Emory Law School faculty since 1982, when he founded the Law and Religion Program. He continues to serve as co-director, and also is the director of the Project on Affordable Housing and Community Development. In recent years his work has focused on affordable housing, urban redevelopment, and state and local government law. He served as a fellow of The Carter Center of Emory University from 1993-96, and as a commissioner of the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless from 1994-98. Alexander teaches property, real estate sales and finance, state and local government law, law and theology, and federal housing policies and homelessness. He has received the Student Bar Association Outstanding Professor Award (2004), the Ben F. Johnson Award for Excellence in Teaching (1998), the Emory Williams Award for Distinguished Teaching in Professional Education (1991), Black Law Student Association Award for Professor of the Year (1999-2000), and the Student Bar Association Award as the Professor Who Best Exemplifies the Ideals of the Legal Profession on eight occasions. David F. Bright, professor of classics and comparative literature, received the George P. Cuttino Award for Excellence in Mentoring, established in 1997 by trustee John T. Glover. Bright is a resident of Atlanta (30345). Seven Emory professors received the Emory Williams Award for Distinguished Teaching. The university's most prestigious awards for teaching were established in 1972 by alumnus Emory Williams. The three awards in the arts and sciences are selected by a committee of Emory College faculty. Goizueta Business School, Oxford College and Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing each present an award for excellence in undergraduate teaching, and one other award rotates among the professional schools. The 2006 recipients of the Emory Williams Award are: • Peter Bing, associate professor of classics. Bing is a resident of Atlanta (30306). • Eric Brussel, associate professor of math and computer science. Brussel is a resident of Atlanta (30307). • Frank Pajares, associate professor of educational studies. Pajares is a resident of Atlanta (30322). • Lucas Carpenter, Charles Howard Candler Professor of English, Oxford College. Carpenter is a resident of Conyers (30013). • Henry Moon, assistant professor of organization and management, Goizueta Business School. Moon is a resident of Duluth (30097). • Corrine Abraham, instructor in the Department of Adult and Elder Health Nursing, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. Abraham is a resident of Marietta (30066). • Howard E. Abrams, professor of law, Emory Law School. Abrams is a resident of Atlanta (30345). ### Emory University is known for its demanding academics, outstanding undergraduate college of arts and sciences, highly ranked professional schools and state-of-the-art research facilities. For nearly two decades Emory has been named one of the country's top 25 national universities by U.S. News & World Report. In addition to its nine schools, the university encompasses The Carter Center, Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Healthcare, the state's largest and most comprehensive health care system. Subscribe to News@Emory RSS feeds for automatic updates of the latest news at Emory. |
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