Davis Award Winner

Joanne Birch
Mānoa

Joanne Birch is a graduate teaching assistant and doctoral candidate in botany at UH Mānoa. Birch is highly motivated to serve as a role model in her teaching. She enjoys expanding students’ understanding of diversity in the scientific community, enforcing the idea that hard work, determination and self-confidence are what make a successful scientist.

Birch’s ability as a teacher was recognized by invitations to participate in three teaching workshops offered by the Center for Teaching Excellence and the Mānoa Graduate Division. She has been described as a “bright, conscientious educator with a keen sense of professionalism and desire to help others in understanding botanical principles and laboratory techniques.”