{"id":904,"date":"2024-01-08T15:34:49","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T15:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/?p=904"},"modified":"2026-03-30T16:29:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:29:04","slug":"isaac-west-awarded-the-jeffrey-nordhaus-award-for-excellence-in-undergraduate-teaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/2024\/01\/08\/isaac-west-awarded-the-jeffrey-nordhaus-award-for-excellence-in-undergraduate-teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Isaac West awarded the Jeffrey Nordhaus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/bio\/isaac-west\/\">Isaac West<\/a> was recently awarded the <a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/faculty\/awards.php\">Jeffrey Nordhaus Award<\/a> for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.<\/p>\n<p>The Jeffrey Nordhaus Award was established in 1982 by a gift from Katherine Stumb Nordhaus and George Nordhaus in memory of their son, Jeffrey, who was a victim of an airplane crash in 1979. George Nordhaus, Jeffrey\u2019s father, is a 1955 Vanderbilt University graduate.<\/p>\n<p>The awards recognize Arts and Science faculty who have excelled in teaching undergraduates. Nominations are reviewed and ranked by student members of Phi Beta Kappa, after which the dean selects a winner. Each winner receives award money and an engraved Mississippi Julep pewter cup.<\/p>\n<p>In 2004 the Jeffrey Nordhaus Award was expanded by the Nordhaus family to recognize excellence in teaching within each of the three main areas of Arts and Science&#8211;the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Professor West is currently the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Department of Communication. He teaches a number of courses for the department, including Law, Media, &amp; Society, Rhetoric and Civic Life, The Rhetorical Tradition, and Communication, Culture, &amp; Critique.<\/p>\n<p>Congrats to Dr. West!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Isaac West was recently awarded the Jeffrey Nordhaus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. The Jeffrey Nordhaus Award was established in 1982 by a gift from Katherine Stumb Nordhaus and George Nordhaus in memory of their son, Jeffrey, who was a victim of an airplane crash in 1979. George Nordhaus, Jeffrey\u2019s father, is a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13,3,4],"tags":[7,5],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/01\/08153441\/West_Thumbnail.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=904"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":912,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions\/912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}