Dear
Members of the Campus Community,
It is with great pleasure that we announce that Karl Fields has been
named Washington Professor of the Year by the Council for the Advancement and
Support of Education and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching. Karl will receive the award at a luncheon today in Washington,
D.C., followed by an evening congressional reception.
A faculty member in politics and government and director of the Asian
Studies Program, Karl was nominated by colleagues, students, and alumni working
in locations around the globe (including two intrepid Pac Rim alumni writing on
his behalf from the outer slopes of the Himalayas!).
Karl’s outstanding teaching is the result of thorough preparation, honest reflection, and perceptive evolution over more than twenty years. A teacher-scholar of East Asian political economy, Karl is widely recognized as inspiring in his mastery of content and pedagogy, infectiously curious in learning and sharing knowledge, and selfless in his support of his students. The joy he takes in teaching radiates in his classrooms, whether here on campus or in his work abroad.
Karl’s outstanding teaching is the result of thorough preparation, honest reflection, and perceptive evolution over more than twenty years. A teacher-scholar of East Asian political economy, Karl is widely recognized as inspiring in his mastery of content and pedagogy, infectiously curious in learning and sharing knowledge, and selfless in his support of his students. The joy he takes in teaching radiates in his classrooms, whether here on campus or in his work abroad.
The U.S. Professors of the Year program is the only national program to
recognize excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring. Since the
program’s inception in 1985, Puget Sound faculty members have received more
Washington Professor of the Year honors than any other faculty. Karl
joins an outstanding group of other Puget Sound colleagues so honored,
including Mike Veseth (2010), Jim Evans (2008), Nancy Bristow (2007), Suzanne
Barnett (2002), Mott Greene (1996) and Bob Albertson (1985).
Puget Sound was recently honored as a “College That Changes Lives.”
Nowhere is this more evident than in the deep commitment to teaching
embodied by our faculty. Please join us in congratulating Karl on this
significant and well-deserved honor. Additional information about Karl and the
award can be found on the news section of our website.
Ron Thomas
President
Kris Bartanen
Academic Vice President and Dean of the University
