 Pamela G. Ralston
Excellence in Teaching Award
Department: Comparative
Literature and American Ethnic
Studies; seven years at UW.
Courses Taught: Comparative American Ethnic Literature, Survey
of African American Literature, Reading Literature, Computer-Integrated
Expository Writing, Writing About Social Issues, Writing About Literature,
Composition and Rhetoric.
Achievements: Her extremely detailed and organized syllabi give
students a precise view of what they will learn and how they will go about
it. Her student evaluation scores are so high, they are the kind typically
earned by faculty teaching graduate courses, not by TAs teaching introductory
classes.
Quote: "Students will always love Pamela ... because she
is warm yet demanding, insisting on their taking responsibility for learning,
and willing to help in whatever way she can to assist them."--American
Ethnic Studies Professor Johnnella E. Butler
Biography: B.A., English, women's studies and Scandinavian studies,
University of Oregon, 1991; M.A., comparative literature, University of
Washington, 1993; graduate women's studies teaching certificate, University
of Washington, 1993; Ph.D. student, comparative literature and critical
theory, University of Washington. |
