JILA Fellow Heather Lewandowski joins ranks of President鈥檚 Teaching Scholars
From left, Michael Lightner, vice president for academic affairs; Cerian Gibbes; Heather Lewandowski; President Todd Saliman; Anna Kosloski; Maria Elena Buszek; and Raphael Sassower. Gibbes, Lewandowski, Kosloski and Buszek are the newest President鈥檚 Teaching Scholars; Sassower chairs the program鈥檚 council.
JILA Fellow Heather Lewandowski has been honored in the 2022听听President鈥檚 Teaching Scholars Program (PTSP), which recognizes CU faculty who skillfully integrate teaching and research at an exceptional level. Lewandowski听earned her bachelor鈥檚 in physics from Michigan Tech in 1997 and her Ph.D. in physics from the University of Colorado in 2002. She was then an NRC Postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder. As a JILA Fellow, Lewandowski and her laboratory focus on both听cold molecular physics and physics education research.听Her physics education research program studies ways to increase students' proficiency in scientific practices such as using models and quantitative reasoning in experimental physics. Thanks to her outstanding work, she is now receiving this prestigious award.
The title of President鈥檚 Teaching Scholar recognizes excellence in and commitment to learning and teaching, as well as active, substantial contributions to scholarly work. President Saliman solicits annual nominations of faculty across the four campuses for the designation, which is a lifetime appointment.听鈥淧resident鈥檚 Teaching Scholars inspire our students and enrich CU with their remarkable contributions,鈥 Saliman said. 鈥淓ach 2022 designee represents the excellence and dedication this program exemplifies. It was an honor to welcome these exceptional individuals today and thank them for their outstanding service.鈥
Members join an active society of scholars and teachers who collaborate with and learn from faculty colleagues and faculty peers in departments, schools, and colleges across the four campuses.