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iSchool faculty ranked as excellent for Fall 2017

Twenty iSchool instructors were named in the University's List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Fall 2017. 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 Bobby Bothmann, Nicole A. Cooke, Peter Darch, Jana Diesner, Damian Duffy, Jeff Ginger, Jeanne Holba-Puacz, Jimi Jones, Emily Knox, Kathryn La Barre, E.E. Lawrence, Jessica LeCrone, Rachel M. Magee, Kate McDowell, Melissa Salrin, Yoo-Seong Song, Michael Twidale, John Weible, Elizabeth Wickes, and Melissa Wong.

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