iSchool faculty ranked as excellent for Fall 2018

Eighteen iSchool instructors were named in the University's List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Fall 2018. 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 Nigel Bosch, Betty Bush, J. Stephen Downie, Paul Healey, Jeanne Holba-Puacz, Emily Knox, Kathryn La Barre, E.E. Lawrence, Bonnie Mak, Benjamin Mead-Harvey, Linda Smith, Jennifer Hain Teper, Carol Tilley, Michael Twidale, John Weible, Elizabeth Wickes, and Melissa Wong. Bush, Holba Puacz, Mead-Harvey, Tilley, Weible, and Wong received the highest ranking of "outstanding."

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