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Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

Davis Award Winner

Donna Matsumoto, headshot

Donna Matsumoto
Leeward

Donna Matsumoto is an assistant professor of English at Leeward Community College. Matsumoto teaches each student according to their specific needs and has been successful at making writing relevant to their lives.

She co-founded the Mid-Semester Classroom Assessment Program and the Teaching Squares Program that provide students and colleagues in other disciplines useful feedback in order to increase their performance levels. In 2005, her writing expository course was recognized as a WebCT Exemplary Course Project.

A colleague wrote, "Students learn more than how to write in Donna’s classes; they learn how to take responsibility for their own actions."

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.