Texas A&M Honors 6 Faculty For Transformational Learning

Texas A&M University recently honored six faculty members for their teaching excellence during the third annual Aggies Celebrate Teaching – Recognizing Transformational Teaching and Learning ceremony.

Transformational teaching is defined as “teaching that encourages students to question assumptions and challenge beliefs such that they emerge from the experience with a changed perspective influencing interactions and contributions to a modern world,” according to Debra Fowler, director of the Center for Teaching Excellence.

Recognized for their outstanding teaching abilities that impact students’ lives were:

• Anna Wolfe, College of Liberal Arts, nominated by Emily Tarbet, senior communication major
• Edgar Sanchez-Sinencio, College of Engineering, nominated by Alfredo Costilla Reyes, graduate student in electrical engineering
• Brian Balta, College of Geosciences, nominated by Michael Martinez, senior geology major
• Philippe Hercot, Mays Business School, nominated by Peyton Lenaburg, senior applied mathematical sciences major
• Kristen Thyng, College of Geosciences, nominated by Joshua Farrar, graduate student in anthropology
• Jessica Labonté, Texas A&M-Galveston, nominated by Jordan Walker, postbaccalaureate marine biology major

Also honored was Jaekwan K. Park, a graduate student in health and kinesiology who has been accepted into the Texas A&M doctoral program.