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2016 PennDesign Teaching Awards |
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May 31, 2016, Volume 62, No. 36 |
These awards were presented by Dean Marilyn Jordan Taylor at the School of Design Awards Ceremony on May 15 on Meyerson Plaza.
G. Holmes Perkins Distinguished Teaching Award for Standing Faculty
This award is given annually based on input from graduate students at PennDesign, in recognition of distinguished teaching and innovation in the classroom, seminar or studio. This year’s recipient, Amy Hillier, a professor in the department of city planning, teaches courses relating to geographic information systems, the built environment, public health and community development. She explores issues of geographic disparities and access to services and resources in disadvantaged communities, such as redlining and housing discrimination, affordable housing and public health access. One student said, “Amy is a truly inspirational lecturer. She cares passionately about everything she teaches but she also cares passionately about her students. She challenges us to think outside our own experiences and to consider the lives and situations of others.”
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G. Holmes Perkins Distinguished Teaching Award for Associated Faculty
This award is given annually based on the input from the graduate students in recognition of distinguished teaching and innovation in the classroom, seminar or studio. This year’s recipient, Cindy Sanders, an adjunct professor in the department of landscape architecture, is chief executive officer/partner at OLIN and a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Her prominent projects include the Carnegie Hall Rooftop in New York City and the Delaware River Waterfront Master Plan in Philadelphia. A student said, “It’s easy to have many instructors, hard to get one mentor. Cindy took on this path with her revolutionary new course Transformational Leadership, and generously shared her personal experiences to guide us to find our own voices deep within.”
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G. Holmes Perkins Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award
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This award is given based on the input of undergraduate students to recognize distinguished teaching and innovation in the classroom, seminar or studio. It rotates each year between the architecture and fine arts undergraduate departments. This year’s recipient, Joshua Freese, a lecturer in the department of architecture, is an architectural designer. He teaches design studios and seminars in graduate and undergraduate architecture and has also taught in the landscape architecture department. He recently established Studio JF and has previously collaborated with offices like HWKN and !Melk. His teaching and design work explore the range of aesthetic effects and computational techniques of geometric tiling and tessellation systems and their application in architecture and design. One student said, “Josh was the most caring and dedicated professor I’ve had at Penn. He has a special talent for bringing out the best in his students, and helping them to become the types of designers they wish to be.”
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