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Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

Davis Award Winner

Erin Cozens, headshot

Erin Cozens
Manoa

Erin Cozens is a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at UH Manoa. She has been a teaching assistant since fall 2007.

In that capacity Cozens has served as an assistant to faculty and has also taught her own courses in world history. Her faculty supervisors praise her very highly stating that she teaches with “unadulterated joy.”

Cozens works diligently at being a good teacher and shows that she values each and every student in her classes. Students describe her as humble, approachable, knowledgeable, detailed and passionate.

The Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching recognizes dedication and demonstrated excellence as teachers of undergraduate students. It was established as a memorial to the late Frances Davis, who taught mathematics at Leeward Community College and UH Manoa for 19 years.

Select a recipient for more about that individual or view winners from 2002-2006.

2011

Linda Furuto, headshot
Linda Furuto
West O‘ahu
Tomoko Iwai, headshot
Tomoko Iwai
Manoa
Susan Jaworowski, headshot
Susan Jaworowski
Kapi‘olani

2009

Abegail Kopf, headshot
Abegail Kopf
Kapi‘olani
Lisa Parr, headshot
Lisa Parr
Hilo
Taupouri Tangaro, headshot
Taupouri Tangaro
Hawai‘i
Stefanie Wilson, headshot
Stefanie Wilson
West O‘ahu

2008

Todd Belt, headshot
Todd Belt
Hilo
Kimo Chun, headshot
Kimo Chun
Kaua‘i

2007

Davin Kubota, headshot
Davin Kubota
Kapi‘olani
Yida Wang, headshot
Yida Wang
Manoa

Past winners from 2002-2006.