Whitney Curtis
(From left) Richard J. Smith, PhD, dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and the Ralph E. Morrow Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology, visits with Arts & Sciences PhD students Rajbir Purewal in history, Katherine A. Fama in English, and Patrick J. Brugh in Germanic languages and literatures, after he presented them and 11 other teaching assistants with the Arts & Sciences’ Graduate Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence during an April 25 ceremony in the Danforth University Center. The award recognizes exemplary performance by graduate teaching assistants in the instruction of Arts & Sciences undergraduates. Departments nominate outstanding teaching assistants for the annual award, which includes a $1,500 cash prize and certificate. To see the names of the other recipients of the 2010-11 teaching award, visit graduateschool.wustl.edu/Dean%27s%20Award.