Owen honored for innovated teaching

Jen Owen, associate professor of fisheries and wildlife and EEB core faculty member, has been award the Howard and Lili Camden Endowed Teacher/Scholar Award.

This award recognizes quality teaching in college. Recipients must have five or more years of teaching service in the college. And, the recipient demonstrates a teaching record that has helped students gain skills conducive to problem-solving and the use of common sense.

Owen’s innovating teaching methods, her significant numbers of students and mentorship are among the reasons for her receipt of this award. She is in continuous pursuit of instructional excellence and scholarly achievement, and is respected by CANR constituent groups through professional involvement.

Owen’s colleagues cite her encouragement of students to “think critically and ask questions, then she opens the door for them to answer those questions.” She works with students whose skills vary and includes them in undergraduate and graduate research.

And her students noted her ability to stand out in a time of need during the COVID-19 pandemic: “When our class switched to an online format in March 2020, Dr. Owen shifted her teaching style and expectations to better fit the needs and schedules of her students … this flexibility and compassion stood out to me as we all transitioned to learning and living in a new environment.”

Read more about this year's CANR teaching awards.