Faculty spotlight: Andrew Wender

September 05, 2025

Congratulations to Teaching Professor, Andrew Wender, who has been selected as the recipient of the 2024-25 Teaching Excellence Award in the Faculty of Social Sciences!

The citation reads: “Your teaching career is distinguished by both its breadth and its depth, spanning Political Science, History, and Religious Studies, and engaging students in some of the most complex and challenging topics of our time. Students and colleagues alike remark on your ability to approach these subjects with both courage and compassion, fostering a classroom climate of respect, intellectual curiosity, and integrity. You are known not only for your energy and passion in the lecture hall but also for your remarkable capacity to connect personally with students, even in very large classes. Through your scholarship, leadership, and tireless dedication to teaching, you exemplify what it means to inspire excellence in others.”