2012 Teaching Initiative Award Winner

Rose Marshack, M.F.A.

M.F.A. in Narrative Media from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2006)
Assistant Professor of Arts Technology, School of Music

Teaching philosophy

Teach without ego; you are only a conduit between your content and your students.

Three most valuable approaches that I bring to my teaching practice

Teachers can give confidence, heal, inspire others to try harder, and become happier with themselves.

Teachers should understand their students so they can figure out how to help them learn.

Teachers should understand the stakeholders to correctly determine course content, time, resources, and assessments.

Teaching technique to recommend

Think about exactly how you are trying to transform your students and make sure your course leads to that goal.

Best compliment from a student

I made them want to learn again.

Most rewarding aspect of teaching

When students create something greater out of the lessons than I have shown them to transcend the teacher.

Most important teaching influence

My martial arts instructor, Master Namsoo Hyong. He taught me to make students want to learn what I will teach them before I show it to them.

My students would say

I am exceptionally enthusiastic about the material I deliver and very concerned about and empathetic to their individual progress.

the University Seal — “My motivation to become a college professor comes from wanting to entice and empower students to seek knowledge, think critically, be creative and generous, and to become productive and happy members of their community.”