The Committee on Teaching has selected five recipients of the Distinguished Teaching Award for 2002: Tyrone B. Hayes, Associate Professor, Integrative Biology; Usha R. Jain, Senior Lecturer, South and Southeast Asian Studies; Jeffrey Knapp, Associate Professor, English; Leslie Kurke, Professor, Classics and Comparative Literature; and Stephen C. Welter, Professor, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.

The award, given annually by the Committee on Teaching of the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate since 1959, recognizes excellence in teaching at the University of California, Berkeley. The recipients of the Distinguished Teaching Award will be honored at a ceremony on Tuesday, April 30, at 5 pm in Zellerbach Playhouse. The ceremony features remarks by Chancellor Robert Berdahl and Alumni Association President Nadesan Permaul. The public is invited to the ceremony and the reception that follows in the Toll Room of the Alumni House.

2002 Recipients

Tyrone Hayes
Integrative Biology

Usha R. Jain
South and Southeast Asian Studies

Jeffrey Knapp
English

Leslie Kurke
Classics and Comparative Literature

Stephen C. Welter
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management