We are delighted to announce that Amy Shuman has received the prestigious 2016 Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching. This is the university’s most prestigious teaching award, and recognizes a maximum of ten faculty members for their teaching excellence each year. Recipients are inducted into the Academy of Teaching. Amy was nominated by a group of her current and former graduate students. A committee of students, previous recipients, and alumni choose the recipients.

Amy Shuman is a Professor in the English department specializing in folklore, narrative, and critical theory. She is author of books and articles on conversational narrative, literacy, political asylum, disability, food customs, feminist theory and critical theory. Shuman is a Guggenheim Fellow, the recipient of the 2007 College of Humanities Exemplary Faculty Award, the 2014 Distinguished Service Award, and the 2015 Distinguished Scholar Award. She currently serves as Director of Disability Studies and Director of the Diversity and Identity Studies Collective.