2021 Emerson Excellence in Teaching Awards
2021-10-29 • The Record
Assistant professor Shreyas R Krishan.
Seven faculty members across four undergraduate schools at Washington University in St. Louis have been honored with 2021 Emerson Electric Co. “Excellence in Teaching” awards. They are:
Shreyas R Krishnan
Assistant professor in illustration, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Jami Ake
Senior lecturer and assistant dean, Arts & Sciences
Andrew C. Butler
Chair and associate professor of education and associate professor of psychological and brain sciences, Arts & Sciences
Jian Cai
Senior lecturer in finance, Olin Business School
Seema Mukhi Dahlheimer
Senior lecturer and assistant director of the Engineering Communication Center, McKelvey School of Engineering
Megan Daschbach Eckhardt
Teaching professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences
Sandra Matteucci
Senior lecturer in technical writing, McKelvey School of Engineering
Each year, honorees are chosen by the deans of their schools and by the university’s Center for Teaching and Learning. Awards recognize teachers across the St. Louis metropolitan area, from kindergarten through college level, for their example of educational excellence in their fields.
About Shreyas R Krishnan
Shreyas R Krishnan is an illustrator-designer from Chennai, India, with an eye for the everyday and an affinity for the drawn image. She makes non-fiction comics, zines, and documentary drawings exploring memory and identity. She is interested in the intersections between visual culture and gender, as well as personal stories and the idea of belonging. Through drawing and writing, she tries to understand how, why, and what we remember.