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Teacher
of the Year
eter Feaver definitely makes an impression on his
students. One, in nominating him for the Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate
Teaching Award, wrote, “He constantly pushes his students to
dig deeper and engage with the material on a practical level.”
His classes are described as “the most demanding courses that
I have taken at Duke.” Another said he “demands perfection
from his students, never accepting anything but the best-quality work,
analysis, and writing.” And, he is “incredibly approachable,”
while taking “that extra step to help a student excel.”
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| Feaver: students' choice
for exceptional teaching |
| photo:Jim Wallace |
Feaver, associate professor of political
science, was chosen from a field of fifty-four student nominations
representing forty-three different Duke faculty members. The annual
award, sponsored by the Duke Alumni Association, is administered by
a student committee, which presents its selection to the DAA board’s
Awards and Recognition Committee for approval. The award is presented
at Founders’ Day.
Feaver earned his bachelor’s degree in international
relations at Lehigh University. While pursuing his master’s in
political science at Harvard University and his Ph.D., from 1985 to
1990, he was a teaching fellow and an assistant senior tutor in one
of its undergraduate houses. In 1987, he was awarded a Harvard Certificate
of Distinction in Teaching.
During his time at Harvard,
he was a fellow in the Avoiding Nuclear War Project at the Kennedy
School of Government, a Harvard MacArthur fellow, and then a John
A. Olin pre- and postdoctoral fellow at the Center for International
Affairs. In 1990-91, he was a Mershon postdoctoral fellow at the Mershon
Center at Ohio State University.
He is the author of Guarding the Guardian: Civilian Control
of Nuclear Weapons and has written articles that have appeared in
The Los Angeles Times and The Christian Science Monitor. His other
writings include a book chapter on American nuclear doctrine in A
Primer for the Nuclear Age, and chapters on the spread of nuclear
weapons and nuclear energy in Target Earth. He has served as an adviser
to the National Security Council and other agencies on nuclear-arms
issues.
The teaching award includes a $5,000 stipend and $1,000
for a Duke library to purchase books recommended by the recipient.
Feaver selected books for the government documents section. |
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