{"id":23594,"date":"2024-05-16T10:16:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T14:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=23594"},"modified":"2024-05-29T09:24:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T13:24:59","slug":"inaugural-bingham-endowed-chairs-for-teaching-excellence-at-transylvania-university-selected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2024\/05\/inaugural-bingham-endowed-chairs-for-teaching-excellence-at-transylvania-university-selected\/","title":{"rendered":"Inaugural Bingham Endowed Chairs for Teaching Excellence at Transylvania University selected"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2024 Bingham Endowed Chairs for Teaching Excellence at Transylvania University\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dkrTnmxq7CU?feature=oembed&rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Three longtime Transylvania faculty members have been named as the inaugural <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/bingham\/bingham-endowed-chairs\/\">Bingham Endowed Chairs for Teaching Excellence<\/a> at the university. Professors Paul Duffin, Qian Gao and Frank Russell were selected following a rigorous application process by an independent selection committee of excellent teachers from Holy Cross, Pomona, Bowdoin, Colby, Middlebury and Davidson colleges, as well as DePauw University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sixteen members of the Transylvania faculty applied in this first year of the new Bingham program, representing departments and programs from across the curriculum. Members of the selection committee were impressed by the evidence of outstanding teaching they discerned in the applications.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe quality of the 2023-24 candidates reflects something of which we have long been aware,\u201d said selection committee chair Jonathan Berkey, the James B. 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They are forward thinking, adapting their courses to best respond to the needs of students at the current moment and for the world they are likely to inhabit when they leave the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Bingham Endowed Chairs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/bingham\/bingham-endowed-chairs\/paul-duffin\/\">Paul Duffin<\/a> is an associate professor of biology and currently serves as the presiding faculty officer. He holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University and bachelor\u2019s degree from Grinnell College. His areas of specialization include molecular microbiology, bacteriology, bacterial pathogenesis and bacterial genetics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/bingham\/bingham-endowed-chairs\/qian-gao\/\">Qian Gao<\/a> is a professor of Chinese language and culture. She holds a Ph.D. and master\u2019s degree from the University of Oregon and a bachelor\u2019s degree from Northwest University. Her areas of research include modern and contemporary Chinese literature and film with a focus on history, memory and modernity; popular culture in contemporary China; cultural studies in the Chinese context; and Chinese language pedagogy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/bingham\/bingham-endowed-chairs\/frank-russell\/\">Frank Russell<\/a> is a professor of history and classics. He holds a Ph.D. and master\u2019s degree from UCLA and a bachelor\u2019s degree from Loyola Marymount University. His areas of research include ancient history, especially military and political intelligence, counter-insurgency and frontier studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Bingham Fund for Excellence in Teaching at Transylvania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 1987, the Bingham Fund for Excellence in Teaching at Transylvania has invested nearly $30 million to develop, identify, promote and reward excellent classroom teaching. 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