Faculty Honors
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Honors
The College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences (CLASS) announces the winners of the 2013 Ross M. Lence Awards for Teaching Excellence.
The college gives out teaching excellence awards in three categories:
Humanities, Social Sciences, and Performing and Visual Arts. The awards
are named to honor the memory of one of the University of Houston’s most
inspiring teachers, Ross M. Lence, a professor of political science
from 1971 – 2006.
The Ross M. Lence Award in the Humanities goes to Jeffrey Church, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science. He is a respected specialist on the history of political thought and described by nominator Sue Collins as the “model of a scholar educator”. Read more
The Ross M. Lence Award in the Social Sciences goes to Ryan Kennedy, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science. He is an award-winning researcher, whose work on oil and governance is truly global, Dr. Ryan Kennedy teaches a quantitative methods course that students love. Read more
The Ross M. Lence Award in Performing and Visual Arts goes to Rebecca Valls, Assistant Professor of Dance in the School of Theatre & Dance. Prof. Valls is a rare case, as a colleague put it, she is an "extraordinary technique teacher” who also teaches Dance History and Pedagogy courses. Read more
CLASS congratulates the winners on a job well done!