iSchool instructors ranked as excellent for Summer 2020

Fifteen iSchool instructors were named in the University's List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Summer 2020. 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 Barbara Alvarez, Anne Barnhart, Sara Benson, Linda Diekman, Karen Egan, Jeanne Holba-Puacz, Jimi Jones, Karla Lucht, Caroline Nappo, Judith Pintar, Kate Quealy-Gainer, Melissa Salrin, Yoo-Seong Song, Kevin Trainor, and Melissa Wong.

Alvarez, Barnhart, and Song received the highest ranking of "outstanding."

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