Caffey earns Student Recognition Award
for Teaching Excellence in fall 2010 term

For top-notch teaching during the fall 2010 semester, Stephen Caffey, assistant professor of architecture at Texas A&M, earned a Student Recognition Award for Teaching Excellence from the Texas A&M University System.

Caffey, who taught Survey of Art II and History of Modern Art, was one of the top 25 percent of faculty in the Texas A&M System who participated; he and more than 250 award recipients from the system’s 11 universities each received checks for $2,500.

The award is based on student responses from a 16-question faculty evaluation form.

Texas A&M University System Chancellor Michael D. McKinney initiated the Teaching Excellence Awards in 2008 to honor and financially reward the system’s top teachers as selected by students. All faculty members who teach at least a three-hour course are eligible.

“This program allows students to recognize the many outstanding teachers that we have across the A&M System,” said McKinney. “While we are proud to extend our financial appreciation to these faculty members, these awards are about giving credit to those who give their best each day for their students, and ultimately to the state of Texas.”

Caffey, who joined the Texas A&M faculty in 2008, earned a Ph.D. in Art History in 2008, a Master of Art History degree in 2001 and Bachelor of American Studies degree in 1992, all at the University of Texas at Austin.

His research interests include empire and identity, visual and spatial literacies, neuroscience of aesthetic perception and the aesthetics of sustainability.

Contact:   Phillip Rollfing, prollfing@archone.tamu.edu or 979.458.0442.