School of Information Sciences

GSLIS faculty ranked as excellent

Fifteen GSLIS instructors were named to the University’s List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Fall 2015. The rankings are released every semester, and results are based on the Instructor and Course Evaluation System (ICES) questionnaire forms maintained by Measurement and Evaluation in the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning. Only those instructors who gave out ICES forms during the semester and who released their data for publication are included in the list.

Faculty and instructors appearing on the list include Alistair Black, Bobby Bothmann, Robert Burger, Betty Bush, Jana Diesner, Damian Duffy, Jeanne Holba Puacz, Kate McDowell, Julia Petrella, Melissa Salrin, Linda C. Smith, Michael Twidale, DeAnza Williams, Martin Wolske, and Melissa Wong. Holba Puacz, Petrella, Williams, and Wong received the highest ranking of “outstanding.”

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