Lycoming Teaching Effectiveness Committee and Award Recipients

Chriss E. McDonald working with students in the laboratory

1999 Constance Cupp Plankenhorn Senior Teaching Award recipient Chriss E. McDonald working with students in the laboratory

Dr. Susan Ross

Dr. Susan Ross (R), 2002 Junior Faculty Award winner, is a member of the Sociology Department and Women's Study Program. She (right) is shown with a student (left) as they prepare materials for the Lycoming College production of "Vagina Monologues."

Teaching Effectiveness Committee Members for 2010 - 2011

  • Sue Beery*, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Director of the Faculty Mentor Program
  • Alison Gregory*, Snowden Library representative
  • Thomas A. Griffiths*, Provost and Dean of the College
  • Barb Horn*, Secretary
  • Darby Lewes, Professor of English
  • Charles H. Mahler*, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, and Assistant Dean for Teaching Effectiveness
  • Chris Reed, Instructor of Mathematics
  • Howard Tran, Assistant Professor of Art
  • Shanna Wheeler*, Director of the Writing Center
  • Fredric M. Wild, Jr., Assistant Professor of Communication
  • Student Members: Kristalynn Anderson, Danielle Foye

*ex officio members

Do you have a question or suggestion for the Teaching Effectiveness Committee? If so, please e-mail Charles Mahler

Lycoming College Teaching Award Recipients

Two Teaching awards are presented to faculty yearly: the Constance Cupp Plankenhorn Senior Faculty Award, and the Junior Faculty Award. Recipients traditionally give a presentation on their teaching methods as one of the Spring semester Teaching Effectiveness events.

Year of Award The Constance Cupp Plankenhorn Senior Faculty Award Junior Faculty Award
1989 - - - Dr. Kathleen Pagana
1990 Dr. Robert Angstadt Dr. Bernard Balleweg
1991 Dr. Michael Roskin Dr. Barbara Buedel
1992 Dr. John F. Piper, Jr. Dr. Fredric Wild, Jr.
1993 Dr. Robert Larson Dr. G. W. Hawkes
1994 Dr. Gary Boerckel Dr. Margaret Gray-Vickrey
1995 Dr. Richard Erickson Dr. Robert Van Voorst
1996 Dr. Edward Gabriel Dr. Darby Lewes
1997 Dr. Fred Thayer Dr. Sascha Feinstein
1998 Dr. David J. Rife Dr. David S. Witwer
1999 Dr. Chriss E. McDonald Dr. Sandra L. Kingery
2000 Dr. John M. Whelan Dr. Holly D. Bendorf
2001 Dr. David A. Franz Dr. Christopher Hakala
2002 Dr. Howard Berthold Dr. Susan Ross
2003 Dr. Merhdad Madresehee Dr. Kathleen Chamberlain
2004 Dr. Phillip Sprunger Prof. Christopher Woodruff
2005 Dr. Rachael Hungerford Dr. Eileen Peluso
2006 Prof. Lynn Estomin Dr. Betty McCall
2007 Dr. Gene Sprechini Dr. Alka Gandhi
2008 Dr. Sascha Feinstein Dr. Jeremy Ramsey
2009 Dr. Dick Morris Dr. Todd Preston
2010 Dr. Gary Hafer Dr. Cullen Chandler