To: The Wellesley Community
From: Office of the President
Re: The 2019 Pinanski Prize
Date: April 1, 2019
The Anna and Samuel Pinanski Teaching Prize is awarded annually to members of the Wellesley College faculty to honor excellent teaching across the curriculum. Faculty, staff, and students may submit nominations that offer specific, illustrative examples of excellent teaching. An individual may make multiple nominations for different faculty, and previous nominations may be resubmitted.
The faculty members who are awarded the Pinanski Prize will be announced at commencement. Citations describing the particular forte of each recipient will be read at commencement to serve as public symbols of the College’s regard for their high-quality teaching. Citations are written, in part, using language from the nominations.
In the past, the prizes were awarded with reference to the three academic areas of humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Recognizing that a number of faculty are appointed to interdisciplinary departments, reference to these three areas will no longer strictly guide committee recommendations.
The Pinanski Prize Committee, composed of past prize winners and three seniors selected by the College Government Student Organization Appointment Process, works with the chair of the committee to prepare prize recommendations for President Johnson. This year, faculty members on the committee are Jenny Johnson, associate professor of music, Paul MacDonald, associate professor of political science, and Wesley Watters, associate professor of astronomy. Student members are Maya Nandakumar, Esa Tilija, and Lucy Wanzer. Associate Dean of Students Carol Bate chairs the committee.
Nominations may be submitted electronically through MyWellesley beginning at 4 p.m. on Monday, April 1. After logging in to MyWellesley, select the Administrivia tab. The Pinanski Teaching Prize Nomination link is accessible under the “For Everyone” section. The nomination process closes at 4:30 p.m., Friday, April 19.
Former Pinanski Prize winners are ineligible candidates for a subsequent award. The list of current ineligible faculty includes:
Rachid Aadnani
Robin Akert
Mary Allen (E)
Christopher Arumainayagam
Connie Bauman (E)
Rebecca Bedell
Barb Beltz
Patricia Berman
Frank Bidart
Dan Brabander
Kathleen Brogan
Martin Brody (E)
Emily Buchholtz
William Cain
John Cameron
Stanley Chang
William Coleman (E)
Ann Congleton (E)
Mary Coyne (E)
Elena Creef
Lee Cuba
Beth DeSombre
Alex Diesl
Nicholas Doe
Don Elmore
Paul Fisher
Charles Fisk (E)
Nolan Flynn
Richard French
Charlene Galarneau (E)
Corinne Gartner
Nancy Genero (E)
Tracy Gleason
Stacie Goddard
Brenna Greer
Koichi Hagimoto
David Haines (E)
Bunny Harvey (E)
Michael Hearn (E)
Thomas Hodge
Nora Hussey (E)
Jenny Johnson
Joseph Joyce
Lidwien Kapteijns
Margaret Keane
Phil Kohl (E)
Nancy Kolodny (E)
Andrea Levitt (E)
David Lindauer
Kathryn Lynch
Paul MacDonald
Stephen Marini
Irene Mata
Phyllis McGibbon
Ifeanyi Menkiti (E)
Julia Miwa
Marianne Moore (E)
Robert Paarlberg (E)
Carlos Ramos
Joy Renjilian-Burgy
Michele Respaut (E)
Lisa Rodensky
Larry Rosenwald
Casey Rothschild
Margery Sabin (E)
Orit Shaer
Andrew Shennan
Alan Shuchat (E)
Randy Shull (E)
Andrew Schultz
Frederic Shultz (E)
Marilyn Sides
Glenn Stark
Raymond Starr
Yui Suzuki
Margaret Thompson (E)
Ann Trenk
Franklyn Turbak
Terry Tyler (E)
Ann Velenchik
Carla Verschoor
Maurizio Viano (E)
Wesley Watters
Akila Weerapana
Wini Wood
