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Date: June 2, 1998
Graduate Students Honored For Teaching Excellence
Princeton, N.J. -- The 1998 Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni awards for excellence in graduate student teaching were presented to Erin Binney Girdler of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Roberto Ramon Lint-Sagarena of Religion, Mathias Risse of Philosophy and Eric Trudel of Romance Languages and Literatures.
Erin Binney Girdler has taught in the interdisciplinary Origins of the Human Condition, which she helped organize, and served as graduate student representative to the Council on Science and Technology. She has a master’s degree from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
Roberto Ramon Lint-Sagarena came to Princeton with two bachelor’s degrees -- art history and philosphy -- from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Cited by students for "achieving a dynamic atmosphere, dynamically led," he has precepted in Religion and Latin America, as well as other courses in his department, and in Anthropology.
In his teaching, Mathias Risse "went far beyond what was required of him and contributed significantly to the lecturer’s own pedagogical education," said the lecturer. From Germany, Risse earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics and philosophy at the University of Bielefeld and his master’s in mathematics at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Eric Trudel is described by students as "a superbly energetic, personal and clear teacher." In addition to teaching, he helped found a French theater group for undergraduates. A graduate of Corcordia University in Montreal with a degree in communications, he earned his master’s in French literature at McGill University.