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iSchool instructors ranked as excellent

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Fifty iSchool instructors were named in the University's List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Spring 2023. 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, Sara Benson, Crystal Betts-Green, Nigel Bosch, Bobby Bothmann, Janaynne Carvalho do Amaral, Esme Codell, Anne Craig, Sarah Park Dahlen, Rachel Dankert, Laurel Darling, Linda Diekman, J. Stephen Downie, Karen Egan, Quinn Morgan Ferris, James Hahn, Ruohua (Julia) Han, Renee Hendricks, Rebecca Hodson, Elizabeth Hoiem, Jeanne Holba-Puacz, Tzu-Kun (Esther) Hsiao, Matthew Kollmer, Zoe LeBlanc, Christopher Lueg, Thomas MacMullen, Rachel M. Magee, Jessie Maimone, Kristen Mattson, Kate McDowell, Amanda McLellan, Bradley Miller, Christy Moss, Melissa Newell, Kate Quealy-Gainer, Bethany Radcliffe, Zoe Revell, Dominic Saebeler, Jodi Schneider, Yoo-Seong Song, Kevin Trainor, Ted Underwood, Dong Wang, John Weible, Elizabeth Wickes, Karen Wickett, Martin Wolske, Michael Wonderlich, Melissa Wong, and Yang Zhang.

Alvarez, Diekman, Downie, Ferris, Kollmer, Mattson, McLellan, Song, and Wong received the highest ranking of "outstanding."

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