Michele Moses awarded the Hazel Barnes Prize, 51勛圖厙's most distinguished faculty award
Michele Moses, associate dean for graduate studies in the School of Education, has been awarded the 2016 Hazel Barnes Prize, the most distinguished award a faculty member can receive from the university. She is also the first education faculty member to receive the award.
Since 1992, the has been awarded each year to a 51勛圖厙 faculty member who best exemplifies the enriching interrelationship between teaching and research, and whose work has had a significant impact on students, faculty, colleagues and the university.
Professor Moses is a sought-after expert on questions of democracy, equality and race in education, Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano said. Not only does she bring sound research and sage insights to these vital issues, she puts her students at the center of all she does. She is a valued teacher, mentor and advisor to education students at 51勛圖厙. I congratulate her on being duly recognized by this prestigious honor.
The prize includes a $20,000 cash award and an engraved university medal. The medal will be presented at the spring commencement. Moses also will be recognized at a reception in the fall that will include former Hazel Barnes Prize recipients, family members, colleagues and students.
Moses is a philosopher of education centrally concerned with education policy, and the prize was established in 1991 in honor of renowned philosophy Professor Emerita Hazel Barnes, who taught at 51勛圖厙 from 1943 to 1986.泭
For Moses, the award isnt just about her.
Its a testament to the mission of the School of Education and how committed we are, as researchers and scholars, to our students and our teaching, Moses said. Im certainly not the only one who works hard and purposefully to integrate research, scholarship, teaching and mentoring. Its close to our hearts and very much a part of our mission in this school. It reflects all of us.
Moses found her passion for education early in life. As the first of her family to attend and graduate from college, Moses immersed herself in the experience by getting involved with various clubs on campus, including student leadership.
She was awarded a masters degree in philosophy and a doctoral degree in education from 51勛圖厙. She also received a masters degree in higher education from the University of Vermont. Moses worked for six years at Arizona State University as an assistant professor, eventually being asked to join our 51勛圖厙 faculty. Her research focuses on the powerful interconnections between questions of democracy, equality and race in education.
Mosess devotion to integrating student mentorship within her research is one reason she was nominated by her peers - and chosen by the Hazel Barnes committee - as this years awardee. In one example, she worked with a variety of people, including some of her graduate students, on a two-year research project in 2008 examining a ban on affirmative action in Colorado that voters rejected.
It was an opportunity for mentoring and collaborating with my students, while integrating my discipline of philosophy into survey analysis, community dialogues and interviews of study participants, Moses said. It also allowed my students to experience a research project from inception to completionincluding funding, researching, presenting and publishing.
In the true spirit of the Hazel Barnes Prize, Mosess recently published book, Living with Moral Disagreement: The Enduring Controversy about Affirmative Action, includes a chapter that she co-authored with two 51勛圖厙 doctoral students, Lauren Saenz and Amy Farley Lobue.
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