iSchool faculty ranked as excellent

Sixteen iSchool instructors were named in the University's List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Fall 2019. 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, Bobby Bothmann, Inkyung Choi, Karen Egan, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Jeanne Holba-Puacz, Jimi Jones, Kathryn La Barre, Karla Lucht, Rachel M. Magee, Melissa Ocepek, Yoo-Seong Song, Jennifer Hain Teper, Ted Underwood, Elizabeth Wickes, and Melissa Wong. Holba-Puacz, Wickes, and Wong received the highest ranking of "outstanding."

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