Recipient of a 2019 University of Minnesota Alumni
Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional
Education
ABOUT THE AWARD
Each year, the Alumni Association is proud to join the Office of the
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost in supporting the
Distinguished Teaching Awards, which recognize the outstanding work of U
of M educators. Recipients of the awards are inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Teachers.
The Award for Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education
recognizes graduate and professional teachers for excellence in
instruction; involvement of students in research and/or artistic
activities, scholarship, and professional development; development of
instructional programs; and advising and mentoring of students.
Ann Hill Duin received this award at the Distinguished Teaching Awards ceremony on April 24, 2019.
ABOUT ANN HILL DUIN
- Professor, Writing Studies
- College of Liberal Arts
- University of Minnesota Twin Cities
An enthusiastic advocate of new technologies, Ann Hill Duin has transformed the curriculum in Scientific and Technical Communication—and the lives of graduate students.
“What I experienced was someone who I believe feels that teaching and guiding students is not just her job, but is likely her calling and purpose,” says a former advisee.
She chaired the committee that developed her department’s M.A. and Ph.D. programs in Rhetoric and Scientific and Technical Communication and has served as director of graduate studies for these and other programs, including, currently, the M.S. and certificate programs in Scientific and Technical Communication.
Duin developed the University’s first online graduate-level course and, with
graduate students, established the Wearables Research Collaboratory to study emerging technologies and their rhetorical and social implications. In her International Professional Communication course, grad students lead global, multicultural virtual teams—an invaluable career advantage.
A popular professor, she regularly publishes peer-reviewed research with graduate students, and has formally advised 50 to degree completion. Duin is also co-founder and co-director of an advisory board that lends external expertise and experiential opportunities for graduate students.
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s a mentor, “She combines remarkable experience in teaching, research, and academic administration with a compassionate, engaged approach,” notes a doctoral student.
IN HER WORDS
“I am a scholar of collaboration and shared leadership, working to deploy technologies in ways that work to transform student lives and organizations.”
Send a note of congratulations to ahduin@umn.edu.
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