Max Dosser Named 2022 Egolf Memorial Teaching Award Winner

Max Dosser received the 2022 Donald B. Egolf Memorial Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Honoring long-time Communication faculty member Dr. Donald B. Egolf, the award recognizes a graduate student in the Department who demonstrates excellence in classroom teaching and course design, as well as a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in teaching and learning.

Dr. David Miguel Molina, the chair of the Egolf Award Committee stated, “As a teacher passionate about undergraduate instruction, Max fosters a positive learning environment grounded in transparent expectations, intellectual rigor, and an overall climate of kindness and mutual respect. He has demonstrated resilience in teaching during COVID 19 and is a worthy recipient of Egolf Teaching Award for his student-center vision of classroom instruction, his dedication to undergraduate teaching, and his self-reflective posture towards positionality and power in higher education.”

Dr. Egolf, was a Pitt Associate Professor of Communication and former chair of the University of Pittsburgh’s Communication Department. He received his PhD from the University of Pittsburgh and was the author of several books, the latest of which was published in the summer of 2012 and titled Human Communication and the Brain. The Egolf Memorial Teaching Award was established in 2017 and its recipients must be nominated by a faculty member and a former student for their dedication and commitment to education.