Teaching Award Recipients
![A headshot of Wesley Tucker.](/media/images/nutrition/Wesley-Tucker-300px.jpg)
Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences
Teaching Award Recipient: 2024
Dr. Tucker has a strong emphasis on critical thinking and applied learning through topically relevant social learning experiences.
![headshot of Laura Green](/media/images/communication-sciences/Green-300px.jpg)
Department of Communication Sciences and Oral Health
Teaching Award Recipient: 2023
Dr. Green has creative and engaging approaches to teaching from honors undergraduate to doctoral students.
![headshot of Amy Teague](/media/images/communication-sciences/Teague_Amy.jpg)
Dental Hygiene, Department of Communication Sciences and Oral Health
Teaching Award Recipient: 2022
Ms. Teague was a passionate, present and fair educator with high expectations for her students. She created active learning environments which motivated students to be their very best.
![headshot of Kelli Brizzolara](/media/images/physical-therapy/17-04-10-Kelli-Brizzolara-1.jpg)
Kelli Brizzolara, PT, PhD, OCS
School of Physical Therapy
Teaching Award Recipient: 2021
Dr. Brizzolara believed in student centered learning and transparency in her teaching methods with her students. She crafted lectures to micro lectures for activities which facilitated critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills.
![headshot of Kevin Becker](/media/images/health-promotion-kinesiology/BeckerKevin_300px.jpg)
Kevin Becker, PhD
Motor Behavior and Sports Psychology, School of Health Promotion and Kinesiology
Teaching Award Recipient: 2019
Dr. Becker engaged students through different types of learning opportunities and technology. He was thorough, humble and guided students by using technology, keeping current in teaching practices.
![headshot of Toni Roddey](/media/images/physical-therapy/Toni-Roddey-300.jpg)
Toni Roddey, PT, PhD, OCS, FAOOMPT
School of Physical Therapy
Teaching Award Recipient: 2018
Dr. Roddey created opportunities for hands-on, physical experiences to learning encouraged through engaging their bodies, brains and emotions, preparing students well for their clinical rotations.
![headshot of Carolyn Moore](/media/images/nutrition/Carolyn-Moore2-300px.jpg)
Carolyn Moore, PhD, RDN, LD
Department of Nutrition Food Sciences
Teaching Award Recipient: 2017
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Anne Selcer, M.A, M.S, PhD
Health Care Administration
Teaching Award Recipient: 2016
![headshot of Dolores Kearney](/media/images/nutrition/Kearney-300px.jpg)
Dolores Kearney, MPH, RDN, LD
Department of Nutrition & Food Sciences
Teaching Award Recipient: 2015
Mrs. Kearney allowed her students to see mistakes as opportunities of learning. Knowing she wouldn’t be there to help her students, she guided them to answers by asking ‘why,’ to promote lifelong learning and curiosity. Mrs. Kearney built a foundation of skills that allowed her students to think critically and help themselves in their career.
![headshot of June Levitt](/media/images/communication-sciences/Levitt-300px.jpg)
Speech-Language Pathology, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Teaching Award Recipient: 2014
Dr. Levitt engaged student with a unique teaching style that incorporates humor and organized concepts. It allowed her undergraduate and graduate students to have an enjoyable, memorable experience and to apply the concepts learned in class for their profession.
![headshot of Toni Roddey](/media/images/physical-therapy/Toni-Roddey-300.jpg)
Toni Roddey, PT, PhD, OCS, FAOOMPT
School of Physical Therapy
Teaching Award Recipient: 2013
![headshot of Lisa Silliman-French, PhD](/media/images/health-sciences/Silliman-French-web.jpg)
Lisa Silliman-French, PhD
Kinesiology, Department of Kinesiology
Teaching Award Recipient: 2010
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