By Kathy Quirk
UWM Report
October 13, 2021
More than two dozen UWM faculty and staff members were recognized for their outstanding service to UWM during the annual Fall Awards presentation on Oct. 13. The ceremony was held in the UWM Student Union Ballroom and was livestreamed. The event can be viewed online.
UWM Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Awards
Lisa Hager, associate professor of English & gender, sexuality, & women’s studies, UWM at Waukesha
Lisa Hager leverages her feminist teaching approach to connect with students holistically to address learning needs and challenges. She incorporates often overlooked, but representative texts across her courses to include minority authors and perspectives, allowing students to see themselves in the work and appreciate the complexities of different positionalities (differences in social position and power) across race, class, sex, sexuality and other intersections. She also uses online tools, such as Hypothesis (an online group annotating software) to encourage students to learn while creating a supportive classroom community.
“She was particularly helpful for students and other instructors in the transition to online teaching during the pandemic by cultivating resources for students in academic and mental health and offering resources she has developed for other instructors to use,” colleague Jill Rinzel, associate professor of psychology/education wrote in her nomination letter.