Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching
Teaching Medal Award Winner
Reece Jones
Manoa
Reece Jones is an associate professor and Graduate Chair in the Department of Geography, College of Social Sciences, at UH Manoa
He teaches courses that “traverse human geography through the economic, political, national, cultural, environmental and contemporary.”
Jones received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
His students say he brings enormous enthusiasm to his teaching and demonstrates deep respect for his students. One student said Jones’ teaching style created “the most dramatic change in perspective and understanding of the world by any individual course.”
The Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching is awarded by the Board of Regents as tribute to faculty members who exhibit an extraordinary level of subject mastery and scholarship, teaching effectiveness and creativity and personal values that benefit students. The board also awards the Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Research.
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