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# Created Name Photo file name Year Title Award Type Tenure Type Faculty Type Biography Operations
4 Thu, 12/10/2020 - 21:45 Brian Trager brian-trager.jpg AY 2013-2014 NTID Teaching/Tutoring Award for Tenured Faculty Teaching/Tutoring Tenured Faculty

Brian submitted an impressive personal statement, outstanding SRS evaluations and a wonderful letter of support provided by his chairperson. While the other candidate was also very qualified, the personal connection that Brian makes with so many students was the deciding factor for us.
3 Thu, 12/10/2020 - 21:27 Dr. Raja S. Kushalnagar raja-kushalnagar.jpg AY 2012-2013 NTID Scholarship Award for Pre-tenure Faculty Scholarship Pre-Tenure Faculty

Student Involvement:

  • Involved 11 students in his research up to this point- serves as an excellent model involving students in scholarly activities.
  • Patiently instructs his research students.
  • Students have been involved in three different research projects overall.
  • He has students present at conferences.

Student Impact:

  • The focus of his research efforts revolves around visual learners that directly impact our students.
  • Students gain greater awareness of their own accessibility challenges in the classroom through their research experiences.
  • Enables students to be immersed in research.
  • He serves as a mentor to students through the natural interaction in the research environment.
  • Provides training in research methods as his investment in student’s future.
  • Implements solutions based on research findings, such as using real-time replay for missed information after finding there is missed information through visual learning from his eye-tracking research.

Dissemination:

  • Consistent dissemination activities, papers at a variety of conferences including the ACM Special Interest Group for Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), ACM Special Interest Group for  Information Technology Education (SIGITE), and other conferences in accessible technology (RESENA and ASSETS).
  • Presentations at international and national level conferences.

Overall Rank/Summary:  Average Rank of 5, Outstanding

  • Collaborates with other faculty to pursue his research efforts.
  • PhD in Computer Science
  • Obtained grants, including as a PI for the NSF Grant on Collaborative Captioning totaling $80,146.00
  • “He is deeply engaged in research and involves other faculty and NTID students with the many research opportunities he has pursued.  He has been a great asset in explaining research methodologies and supporting students and other faculty members.” -Letter of Support from David Lawrence
2 Thu, 12/10/2020 - 20:44 Carla Deibel carla-deibel.jpg AY 2012-2013 NTID Teaching/Tutoring Award for Non-tenure-track Faculty Teaching/Tutoring Non-Tenure Faculty

One of the comments that was often written in her letters of support from her chairperson and her colleagues was that she was a "leader", even though she is a lecturer among her tenured and tenure track colleagues. Her workload as a lecturer not only includes an incredibly large number of tutoring hours with a wide variety of science students, but she is also the coordinator for the B.S. Support Team in the COS. No other coordinator role is held by a lecturer. In her letter from Dr. Sandra Connelly, a professor in the COS, she was described as one of the "greatest tutors/teachers at RIT!"

She not only successfully supports the students in professor Connelly's classes, but she is also working as part of a RCFTL project with Sandi and Matt Lynn, where her years of expertise make her an invaluable member of the project. Her letters from students not only praise her skill in tutoring, but also her in-depth knowledge of the medical career paths that science students dream about.  Her career advising shows a deep understanding of the fields that her students are interested in pursuing.  She gives them honest advice and encourages them to work hard to achieve their goals. Her SRS results are extremely strong, ranging from 4.6 to 5.0.
1 Thu, 12/10/2020 - 20:01 Annemarie Ross annemarie-ross.jpg AY 2012-2013 NTID Teaching/Tutoring Award for Pre-tenure Faculty Teaching/Tutoring Pre-Tenure Faculty

Her personal statement was inspiring to all of us as she identified her teaching approach to that of Anne Sullivan, the teacher behind Helen Keller's successes and she truly is motivated to make a difference in the lives of her science students. One comment from her Chairperson stood out when he described her as a "treasure". Students and colleagues alike respect and appreciate her endless hours of dedication to her students and her passion for science.

She left her industry position at IBM to "give back to the deaf community," and her efforts at NTID have truly reflected that commitment. Her letters of support (from faculty and students) were impressive, especially the one from her colleague Todd Pagano. He clearly holds Annemarie in the highest regard, stating that "everything she does so clearly warrants recognition by the institute". She challenges her students with high (but fair) expectations and often leads by example, inspiring students to share her passion and believe that they can achieve that same success. Extremely strong SRS results ranging from 4.7 to 5.0.