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Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching

Teaching Medal Award Winner

Cynthia Franklin, headshot

Cynthia Franklin
Manoa

A professor of English, Cynthia Franklin’s approaches to literature foster students’ ability to think for themselves.

She designs her courses with a focus on contemporary issues, asking that students analyze structures, practices and approaches to knowledge.

Franklin builds a classroom community in ways that de-center the teacher’s authority. She encourages students to try out and develop ideas through meeting with them one-on-one.

The Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching is awarded by the Board of Regents as tribute to faculty members who exhibit an extraordinary level of subject mastery and scholarship, teaching effectiveness and creativity and personal values that benefit students. The board also awards the Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Research.

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2007

Maria Fabro, headshot
Maria Fabro
Kaua‘i
Kathleen French, headshot
Kathleen French
Windward
Colette Higgins, headshot
Colette Higgins
Kapi‘olani
Kathy Hill, headshot
Kathy Hill
Leeward
Donnalyn Kalei, headshot
Donnalyn Kalei
Hawai‘i
Femar Lee, headshot
Femar Lee
Honolulu
Jill Omori, headshot
Jill Omori
Manoa