2019 Prize for Excellence in Philosophy Teaching
The APA/AAPT/TPC Prize for Excellence in Philosophy Teaching is awarded to two recipients this year: Sandra Dwyer (Georgia State University) and Clair Katz (Texas A&M University).
Congratulations to both Dr. Dwyer and Dr. Katz!
Sandra Dwyer is a faculty member of the Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics, as well as of the Institute for Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Dwyer coordinates graduate student teachers for the department of philosophy, is co-author with George Rainbolt of Critical Thinking: The Art of Argument (Wadsworth/Cengage, 2012; 2d edition, 2014), and author of Thinking Ethically in Business (Humanities Insights ebook, 2009).
- More about Dr. Dwyer: https://cas.gsu.edu/profile/sandra-dwyer/
Claire Katz is the Associate Dean of Faculties, the Murray and Celeste Fasken Chair in Distinguished Teaching in the Liberal Arts, and a Professor of Philosophy at Texas A&M University. She regularly teaches courses in Gender and Religion and Feminist theory and she has written extensively on feminist theory, philosophy of religion, philosophy of education, and Emmanuel Levinas’s ethical project.
- More about Dr. Katz: https://philosophy.tamu.edu/people/claire-katz/
The Prize for Excellence in Philosophy Teaching, sponsored by the American Philosophical Association (APA), the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT), and the Teaching Philosophy Association (TPA), recognizes a philosophy teacher who has had a profound impact on the student learning of philosophy in undergraduate and/or pre-college settings.
Information about the Prize for Excellence in Teaching Philosophy.
