2002/2003 Award Winners for Distinguished Teaching
Dr. Patricia Colley and Dr. Albert Hunter have been selected
to received the 2002-3 SCS Distinguished Teaching Award. These
distinguished members of the SCS faculty stimulated intellectual
curiosity and growth, motivated students and used effective
and inspiring teaching techniques.
Dr. Patricia Colley 
Patricia (Patti) Colley started teaching at SCS in 1986 as
a graduate student. After completing her BA in Psychology
at Wittenberg University, she earned a PhD in Neurosciences
from Northwestern in 1989. Patti has continued to teach for
both SCS and the psychology department of the Weinberg College
of Arts and Sciences while pursuing her research interests
in the electrophysiology and biochemistry of memory in both
the academic and biotech arenas. Currently, she is teaching
full-time at SCS and the Harrington College of Design, offering
classes in biology, neurobiology and psychology.
Dr. Albert Hunter
Professor; Ph.D. University of Chicago 1970, B.A. Cornell
University 1964. Areas of interest include urban sociology,
community, ethnicity, culture and literature, and methods.
Hunter has taught at SCS (formerly University College) for
27 years. Hunter has published numerous books and articles,
including Symbolic Communities and Multimethod Research. His
broad methodological interests are reflected in his books.
He also studies problems in the rhetoric of science and has
published a book titled, The Rhetoric of Social Research:
Understood and Believed. He has served as Editor of the Local
Community Fact Book and Urban Affairs Quarterly and Chair
of the Community Section of the American Sociological Association.
He was also the Director of the Urban Studies and Chicago
Field Studies programs at NU. Currently, Hunter is affiliated
with the Institute for Policy Research. He is continuing his
research on symbolic ecology in a series of case studies,
including a restudy of Zorbaugh's The Gold Coast and the Slum,
a study of the elite suburb of Kenilworth, a study of neighborhood
response to gangs, and a study of local ethnic institutions.
He is also comparing poetic and social scientific conceptions
of truth, and the emergence of the concept of civil society
in the 18th century Scottish Enlightenment.
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