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Dr. Bhuvana Narasimhan was selected as a recipient of this year's "The Best Should Teach" Gold Award at ���ӽ紫ý.

The Best Should Teach Initiative strives to acknowledge excellence in teaching and academic leadership. The initiative is managed by the Center for Teaching & Learning in coordination with the School of Education, and the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. Lindley and Marguerite Stiles established the initiative in 1996 to promulgate the message that “The Best Should Teach.”

Dr. Bhuvana Narasimhan joins an elite group of dedicated scholars who demonstrate exceptional teaching and academic leadership, exemplifying award founders Lindley and Marguerite Stiles’ message, “The Best Should Teach.” Dr. Bhuvana Narasimhan is a Professor in the Department of Linguistics and the Director of the , and Fellow of the Institute of Cognitive Science.

��A student nominated Dr. Naraimhan with the following words:

As a mentor for my Honor's Thesis, Bhuvana was with me every step of the way -- through the long IRB process, editing my UROP grant proposal, giving her insights on study design, helping me to analyze my data and polish my final thesis, and giving me access to peers and time to run through my presentation before the actual defense. While there were points in the process in which I fell behind, Bhuvana always granted me grace and patience that I am eternally grateful for. Meanwhile, her guidance was consistent and kind, but still allowed me to feel like I had agency within the process.

Overall, my CU experience would have been dramatically worse without Bhuvana's mentorship. She has taught me the power of critical thinking, iteration, collaboration, and patience -- and has done it all with a box of cookies and words of encouragement in hand. I truly cannot over emphasize how much more equipped I feel to handle the world as a direct result of working with Bhuvana, and I cannot thank her enough.

The Department of Linguistics congratulates Dr. Narasimhan in receipt of this student nominated and faculty committee selected award!

About "The Best Should Teach"

The Best Should Teach Initiative celebrates excellence in teaching at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. It supports the preparation of college and university faculty, as well as public school teachers, in their disciplinary fields. Best Should Teach Gold and Silver Awards are presented at the event each year.��The Best Should Teach��event and awards are co-funded by the Ira and Ineva Baldwin Fund in the CU Foundation and Brian Good's private Best Should Teach Fund, with additional support from the Center for Teaching & Learning, the School of Education, and the College of Arts and Sciences.