Sociology Professor Karen Rosenblum receives 2015 David King Teaching Award

SOAN congratulates Sociology Professor Karen Rosenblum for being selected as the 2015 recipient for the David King Teaching Award given by the Center for Teaching Excellence. The award is given in recognition for the following:

  • Public scholarship and dissemination: their scholarship and creative activities have brought and/or continue to bring recognition and honor for Mason in various ways
  • Transformative impact: their work has had significant impact (e.g., on the institution, on academic units/departments, on students) and has enhanced the quality of the student experience
  • Capacity building: their efforts have built institutional capacity
  • Consistently productive longevity: consistent contributions over their Mason career
  • Dedication, commitment, contributing/giving back to the Mason community
  • Consistently and excellent classroom teaching: as measured by student evaluations, peer reviews, and/or mentoring colleagues
  • Program and curricular development
  • Innovative work
  • Creative mentorship: their career evidences support for student learning inside and outside the classroom

Over the course of Professor Rosenblum's career at Mason, she has played in inestimable role in innovative program building in her role as director for women and gender studies and as the first vice president of University Life.