Smith Joins Ranks Of Distinguished Teacher-Scholars

Martha Nell Smith has been named one of five Distinguished Teacher-Scholars at the University of Maryland for 2010-2011. The other selectees are from physics, biology, business, and music.Senior Academic Vice President and University Provost Nariman...

Martha Nell Smith has been named one of five Distinguished Teacher-Scholars at the University of Maryland for 2010-2011. The other selectees are from physics, biology, business, and music.Senior Academic Vice President and University Provost Nariman Farvardin cited Smith’s innovative approaches to scholarship and teaching as “models of what a professor at a fine research university should be.”

Farvardin writes, “The Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Program honors members of our faculty who have demonstrated outstanding scholarly achievement along with equally outstanding accomplishments as teachers. This program recognizes faculty members who have led the way in scholarship and teaching and who have brought passion for learning to their colleagues and students.”

Since the inception of the Distinguished Scholar-Teacher program in 1978, nine professors from English been honored with the award: Martha Nell Smith (2010), Robert Levine (2007), Jackson Bryer (2004), Linda Kauffman (2000), David Wyatt (1998), Jane Donawerth (1995), Susan Lanser (1992), Susan Handelman (1989), and Samuel Schoenbaum (1987).

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