Spotlights
Brooks College 2022 Faculty Awards Winners
February 03, 2022
Congratulations to all the 2022 Faculty Award Recipients! The 2022 Faculty Awards Convocation will be held in a virtual format on Tuesday, February 8 at 12:00 p.m. We'd like to honor these Brooks College faculty members who have been recognized for their excellence in teaching:
Internationalization Award
Steeve Buckridge, Ph.D.
Professor of History and Area and Global Studies
Joined Grand Valley State University in 1998
Since he began in 1998, Steeve Buckridge has been a leader in advancing internationalization at Grand Valley. He has been involved in developing and leading two faculty-led programs, served as the inaugural director of area and global studies, has been instrumental in initiating multiple international partnerships, led the Faculty/Staff Partnership Delegation to Jamaica, and has hosted many international colleagues over the years. Buckridge has conducted research in Africa and the Caribbean that has led to the creation of new courses, visiting scholar opportunities, and a recent Fulbright Scholar award. His leadership on events such as Remembering the Crossings lecture series has had a significant impact on students, GVSU colleagues, and the wider community.
Burch, Jacobs, and Moore Diversity Teaching Excellence A ward
Andrea Riley-Mukavetz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of IRIS
Joined Grand Valley State University in 2017
Andrea Riley-Mukavetz lives the mission of creating equitable and antiracist educational opportunities for students. Likewise, her scholarship aims to both teach and disrupt the historic oppression of marginalized groups in academia. Embracing indigenous pedagogy, Riley-Muskavetz leads our campus, including students and faculty, to a reflective and honest re-education of history, indigenous ways of knowing, and guides learners to knowledge, skills, and values which embrace diverse practices. Among her many accomplishments is the planned Sustainable Agricultural Indigenous Space Project. This signature teaching lodge creation will serve as a teaching place, and it will increase indigenous visibility at GVSU.
Pew Teaching Excellence Award
Santos Ramos, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of IRIS
Joined
Grand Valley State University in 2018
In more than three years at GVSU, Santos Ramos taught an impressive and challenging range of courses and modalities across the Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies. The breadth and depth of his consistently effective teaching has earned deep respect from his faculty colleagues, because of skillful adaptation of technology and talent for facilitating student-centered learning in a variety of settings and courses. In the words of a student, “I often times didn’t want the conversation to end. Ramos always supported his students whenever they needed assistance.” In his own words, “Stimulating intellectual curiosity in students helps them more thoroughly engage in their own education.”