Anthony Gill
Distinguished Teaching Award
Department: Assistant Professor of Political
Science; five years at UW.
Courses Taught: Political Science as Social Science; Introduction
to Political Economy; Research Design and Data Analysis; Quantitative Data
Analysis; Comparative Politics; Rational Choice in Comparative Politics;
Latin American Politics; Religion & Politics; Religion & Politics
in Latin America; International Political Economy of Latin America
Achievements: Introduced computer technology directly into his
lectures with PowerPoint demonstrations and has held weekly "Kaffee
Klatches" at By George. He also chaired the department's undergraduate
program committee, which resulted in an accelerated program for TA training,
service learning, computer lab usage and classroom technology enhancement.
He acts as a mentor to other junior faculty and is director of the department's
Honors Program.
Quote: "Tony Gill demonstrates that there are no boundaries
between scholarship, classroom teaching and the many extracurricular contributions
that provide students with the personal touch and the experiential learning
opportunities that make a great research university a great place to learn."--Political
Science Professor W. Lance Bennett
Biography: B.A., political science, Marquette, 1987; M.A., political
science, UCLA, 1989; Ph.D., political science, UCLA, 1994. |