2014-2015 Critical Thinking Teacher

of the Year AwardsEastern Kentucky University

Grand Reading Room-Library April 30, 2015

Critical Thinking Teacher of the Year Awards

Critical Thinking Teachers of the Year are nominated by

EKU students. This year 475 students nominated

instructors who have made an impact on the students’

learning and lives. A total of 277 instructors were

nominated.

Instructors are nominated because of their efforts to help

students think critically and creatively about their

educational, professional, and/or personal lives.

We congratulate all of the nominees and thank them for

their dedication to EKU students.

Eastern Kentucky University is committed to graduating informed critical and creative thinkers who communicate effectively.

2014-2015 WINNERS

Faridah Awang   Management, Marke ng & Interna onal Business 

April Ballard  

Laura Barthel  

Teena Blackburn  

Martin Brock  

Lindsay Calderon  

Michael Collier

Jon C. Endonino

Benjamin Freed

Malcolm P. Frisbie

Gill Hunter

Frank Kubala

Fred May

Kristina Petrey

Matthew Pianalto

Beth Polin

Mike Roberson

Karen Rudick

Bill Staddon

University Programs 

Management, Marke ng & Interna onal Business 

Philosophy & Religion 

Chemistry 

Biological Sciences 

Safety, Security & Emergency Management 

Anthropology, Sociology & Social Work

Anthropology, Sociology & Social Work

Biological Sciences

English & Theater

College of Justice & Safety

Safety, Security & Emergency Management

Nursing: Associate Degree

Philosophy & Religion

Management, Marke ng & Interna onal Business

Management, Marke ng & Interna onal Business

Communica on

Biological Sciences

Matthew P. Winslow Psychology

College of Arts & Sciences Adams, Patrick  

Adams, Stephanie  Appleton, Thomas  

Baker, Mary Balman, Robert Benne , Helen 

Blacksberg, Leslie  Blackburn,  Teena  Blank, Kenneth  Bowes, John  

Braccia, Amy  Brock, Audry  Brock, Mar n  

Bundy, Myra Beth  Calderon, Lindsay  Calie, Patrick  

Campbell, Anthony  Chang, Kuang‐Nan  

Cizmar, Anne  Clement, Catherine  

Clouse, Jane  Coen, Michael (Patrick)  

Conley, Gregory  Core, Deborah  

Corne ,  Ma hew  Cortés‐Castañeda, Manuel  

Davidson, Cynthia  Davis, Antoine e  Davis, Barbara  Davis, Dennis  

Dieckmann, Melissa  Dooley,  William  

Elias, Dave  Ellio , Charles  Endonino, Jon C.  Frantz,  Lindsey  Freed, Benjamin  

Frisbie, Malcolm P.  Gaffney, Jon  

Garre , Andrew  

Gibson, Jason  Goodrich, Joel  Goodwin,  Ka e  Gore, Jonathan  Gossage, Anne  

Grayson,  Courtney  Grayson,  Donnie  Grossl,  Sandra  Harber, Jessica  Harley, John  

Harrel, Sherry  Hartch, Todd  Harter, John  Higdon,   

Adam Hisel, John  Howell, Ma hew  Houston, Bob  Huch, Ron  Hunter, Gill  

Jackson, Glenn  

2014-2015 Nominees for Critical Thinking Teacher of The Year Awards

Jones,  Clint  Jones, Kirk  

Kalkan, Kerem  Karolich, Bob  Kasiak, Neil  

Kerber, Rebecca  King, Jessica  

Kohl, Jacqueline  Kopacz, Paula  

Koslow, Jennifer  Kristofik, Paula  Lamar, Mary  Lawson, Adam  Leigh, Phyllis  Liddell, Kelly  

Mar nez, George  May, Jerome  

McQueen, Keven  McSpirit, Stephanie  

Middleton, Lisa  Milde, Robert  

Minor‐Lindsay, Mary  Mitchell, Robert  Mohallatee, Dave  Mohanty, Meena

Monsebroten,  Dale  Moore, Melinda  

Ndinguri, Margaret  Neugebauer, Jeffrey  Neumann, Chris  

Nimtz, Renee  Nnoromele, Salome  Osbaldiston, Richard  

Paolucci, Paul  Pa on, James  

Pianalto, Ma hew  Pierce, Marcia  Powell, Isaac  

Rahimzadeh, Kevin  Rainey, Glenn  

Redmond, Shane  Rich, Charlo e  

Rich, (Christopher) Michael  Ritchison, Gary  Roman,  Fairleigh  Ruppel, Fred  

Siahkoohi, Kimberly  Scarambone, Bernardo  Sheppard, Amanda  

Staddon, Bill  

Smith, Dionne  Spock, Jennifer  Stanfill, Jessica  

Stearn, Catherine  Stenulson, David  Stepanyan, Tracy  Stevens,  Jeff  

Vernon Stubblefield,  Sumithran, Stephen  

Swain, Randall  

College of Arts & Sciences (continued)

2014-2015 Nominees

College of Arts & Sciences (continued) Sweely, Gay  

Szubinska, Barbara  Treadway,  Jodi  Vance, Diane  

Varakin, Donald (Alex)  Varela‐Ibarra, Jose  Walters, Michael    

Warman, Christopher  Watson, Kelly  

Webb, Craig   Weise, Robert Wies, Jennifer Wilson, Steffen 

Winslow, Ma hew P. Wi , Sandie 

Wong, Ka‐Wing Yow, Donald Zonio, Henry 

College of Business & Technology Adams, Thomas  Arias, Sco  

Awang, Faridah Barthel, Laura Chandra, Vigs 

Christensen, Burke Dailey, David Daniels, Mark 

College of Business & Technology (continued)

Dust, Sco  Easterling, James (Kirby) 

Endsley, Abra Engle, Allen Fenton, Ed Field, Dennis Fitch, John 

Fore, Michael Fredrickson, Ed Gleason, Jim 

Hitchcock, Paul Holbrook, Marybeth 

Johnson, Louis Kilgore, Jeff Mar n, Joe Polin, Beth 

Richardson, Ray Rincker, Laurie Roberson, Mike Robles, Marcel Rudick, Karen 

Southgate, Kenneth Travis, Denver 

Velez de Cea, Abraham Viole e, Jayne Waters, Richard Werking, Kathy 

Xiao, Qian Xu, Bangteng Zhang, Zhe 

Zhuang, Weiling 

2014-2015 Nominees

College of Education Ball, Sharon Biggin, Robert 

Bozeman, Linda Kolb Christensen, Jennifer 

Day, Richard Eastman, Victoria Forde, Timothy Hodge, Connie 

Kennedy, Michael Kolloff, Mary Ann 

Mason, Nicola Moore, Jan Parrish, Clara Par n, Mike Ross, Linda 

Shepperson, Tara Skepple, Rose Sommer, Carol 

Thompson, Sherwood 

College of Health Sciences Adams‐Blair, Heather 

Adams‐Johnson, Melanie Bradley, Michael Campbell, Phil Cassidy, Karma Cormier, Joel 

Edwards, Catherine Farro, Anna 

Frederick, Helyne Fuchs, Eric 

College of Health Sciences (continued) Green , Chris e Hart, Beverly Larkin, James Loan, Theresa 

McKinney, Molly Marion, Jason 

Mills‐Schwartz, Laurel Petrey, Kris na Pressley, Sheila Probus, Kimberly 

Ricke s, Donna Rowe, Vicki 

Sabin, Ma hew Salmans, Raglena Sharp, Freda Slusher, Ida Ware, Mixon Waters, Elaine Wilson, Mary 

College of Justice & Safety Bagge , Ryan Barnard, Mark Bigger, Patrick Brisman, Avi 

Collier, Michael Collins, Pam 

Collins, Victoria Datson, Ron 

Dewhurst, Chris na Elrod, Preston 

2014-2015 Nominees

College of Justice & Safety (Con nued)

Felden, Jonathan  Ferrell, Greg Foster, Chad 

Garrison, Carole Gorbe , Gregory 

Grant, Paul Gray, Kishonna 

Kappeler, Stephen Hanks, Corey 

Hunter, Sandy Kraska, Peter Kubala, Frank Land, Michael Lewis, Dus n 

Ma hews, Betsy May, Fred 

Neal, Earl‐Ray Po er, Gary Ri er, Tanya 

Rose, Tara Schept, Judah 

Schneid, Thomas Schramm, Rebecca 

Shaw, Randy Smith, Walter Thurman, Tom Tinsley, Andrew 

Wall, Tyler 

University Programs: (Sturgill) Anderson, Sierrah   

Ballard, April Baney, Michael Bell, Bri any 

Carpenter, Russell Cole, Ashley Day, Lisa 

Moore, Stephanie O eno, Iddah 

Richmond‐Mason, Robin 

Roberts, Jaime Schmidt, Donna Zhang, Jing 

2014-2015 Nominees

INTELLECTUAL STANDARDS

ELEMENTS OF THOUGHT

INTELLECTUAL TRAITS

Completeness Significance Relevance Accuracy Precision 

Fairness Breadth Clarity Depth Logic Apply to

Points of View Assump ons Implica ons  Informa on 

Inferences Ques ons Concepts Purposes 

To develop

Intellectual Perseverance Intellectual Autonomy Confidence in Reason Intellectual Courage 

Intellectual Empathy Intellectual Integrity Intellectual Humility Fairmindedness

Paul & Elder Model of CRITICAL THINKING

College of Arts & Sciences Myra Beth Bundy Teena Blackburn

Pat Calie Amy Braccia Martin Brock Jerry Cook

Jon Endonino Stephen Houston Robert Karolich

Erik Liddell Rosanne Lorden Robert Mitchell Chris Neumann

Wini Utari Jennifer Wies

Matthew Winslow

College of Business & Technology Burke Christensen

Allen Engle Deborah Givens Marie Mitchell

Qian Xiao

PREVIOUS WINNERS 2010-2014

College of Education Charles Hughes

Mary Ann Kolloff

College of Health Sciences Heather Adams‐Blair

Connie Lamb Marsha Roberts Peggy Wittman

College of Justice & Safety Ryan Baggett

Michael Collier Terry Cox

Scotty Dunlap Carole Garrison Christy Hardin Sandy Hunter

Fred May

NOVA Stephen Haggerty

University Programs April Ballard John Hearn

PREVIOUS WINNERS 2010-2014

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