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iSchool instructors ranked as excellent

Fifty-four iSchool instructors were named in the University's List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Spring 2024. 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 Rachel Adler, Suzan Alteri, Barbara Alvarez, Anne Barnhart, Sara Benson, Stephanie Besser, Dawn Betts-Green, Maria Bonn, Nigel Bosch, Bobby Bothmann, Ian Brooks, David Charles, Sharon Comstock, Ryan Cordell, Lily Denehy, Linda Diekman, J. Stephen Downie, Karen Egan, Quinn Morgan Ferris, Jeanne Holba-Puacz, Xinhui Hu, Jimi Jones, Halil Kilicoglu, Matthew Kollmer, Kathryn La Barre, Lee Lindsey, Morgan Lundy, Thomas MacMullen, Kristen Mattson, Mark McCallon, Christy Moss, David Mussulman, Jarrett Newman, Judith Pintar, Bethany Radcliffe, Betsaida Reyes, Colin Rhinesmith, Adam Rusch, Dominic Saebeler, Melissa Salrin, JooYoung Seo, Yoo-Seong Song, Zachary Stier, Jennifer Hain Teper, Carol Tilley, Kevin Trainor, Matthew Turk, Ted Underwood, Travis Wagner, Dong Wang, John Weible, Martin Wolske, Melissa Wong, and Yang Zhang.

Alvarez, Comstock, Diekman, Ferris, Kollmer, La Barre, Mattson, Saebeler, Teper, Underwood, and Wong received the highest ranking of "outstanding."

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