2010 Extraordinary Graduate Student Teaching
Terri Beth Miller
Terri Beth Miller is a doctoral student in English, who teaches first-year composition courses. She has created her own theme-based Composition II course entitled “Writing the Self,” which explores acts of self-narrative during moments of crisis, from illness narratives to Holocaust literature to postcolonial political fiction. Miller has developed innovative online teaching methods, such as virtual conferences with students and rigorous online class discussions. During formal observations of her online discussions, experienced faculty members noted a greater number of students interacting and an overall sense of intellectual excitement among students. Her accomplishments are equally apparent in the traditional classroom setting: One evaluator called her course the best English 101 class he had ever seen.
Carmel Price 
Carmel Price is a doctoral student in sociology. Over the course of her four years as a graduate teaching associate, she has taught courses in Social Justice and Social Change, Gender in Society, and Introduction to Sociology. Her enthusiasm for teaching pushes students’ imagination beyond the textbook and encourages them to get involved in their own education. Prices also remains involved with her students even after the formal class time is over: With students from her fall 2009 Sociology 110 class, she is launching the UNICEF Tap Project in Knoxville to raise funds to help poverty-stricken areas access clean water.
Extraordinary Graduate Student Teaching honors are awarded to outstanding graduate student teachers. Graduate student teachers do a superb job in the classroom while honing their skills to become the next generation of college and university faculty.