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2008 Recipients
Three faculty members were awarded the 2008 Kathleen Compton Sherrerd ’54 and John J. F. Sherrerd Prizes for Distinguished Teaching. They are: Randall Bartlett, professor of economics; John Brady, the Mary Elizabeth Moses Professor of Geology; and Patricia DiBartolo, professor of psychology.
Randall
Bartlett
Bartlett joined the college's Department of Economics in 1979 following teaching positions at Williams
College, the University of Washington, and at Stanford University, where he received a master's
degree and doctorate. He teaches courses exploring a range of economical issues, including micro
and macroeconomics, public finance, urban economics, and race and policy. His publications include
articles on urban economy and teaching, as well as the books Economic Power: An Inquiry in
Human Relations and Markets and The Crisis of America's Cities. Bartlett was awarded
the All College Distinguished Teaching Award for senior faculty at Smith in 1993, and received
the college's Distinguished Professor Award, given each year during Commencement exercises, in
2003.
John
Brady
Brady has taught geology at Smith since he arrived in 1975 following graduate work at Harvard University.
His research interests range from the evolution of metamorphic rocks in Montana and Greece to atomic
diffusion measurements -- "cooking rocks"-- in the experimental petrology lab. He tries
to develop hands-on, inquiry-based activities for his courses that will help students learn complex
concepts. These activities have led him to be a co-organizer of National Science Foundation-funded
workshops about teaching mineralogy and petrology. Brady's favorite place to teach is outside.
Outcrops across western Massachusetts provide the classroom and content for his first year seminar,
Geology in the Field.
Patricia
DiBartolo
DiBartolo graduated from Smith in 1989 and returned as a faculty member six years later after receiving
a doctorate in clinical psychology from the State University of New York-Albany. DiBartolo teaches
clinical psychology, advanced research methods, and child and adolescent anxiety disorders. Her
research specialties include social anxiety and the phenomenology and clinical correlates of perfectionism.
She has published more than 30 articles and chapters on these topics, co-edited the volume From
Social Anxiety to Social Phobia: Multiple Perspectives, and co-authored a therapist guide
titled Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Social Phobia in Adolescents: Stand Up, Speak Out. DiBartolo
is also a member of the working group charged with developing the college's strategic initiative
to promote a culture of research, inquiry and discovery, and serves on Faculty Council.
