John Tynan — Mathematics

Every class that Dr. John Tynan teaches starts the same way: with a joke.

Every class that Dr. John Tynan teaches starts the same way: with a joke.

One minute Dr. Ann Bragg may be teaching astrophysics and the next she could be helping someone tie their shoe as they enter the Anderson Hancock Planetarium. That's how versatile she really is.

Dr. Janet Bland prides herself on changing and evolving her class, even if she has taught it for years. She says every good teacher is reconsidering the nature of his or her class content. “If you’re asking students to progress in their creativity and skills, you must be willing to do the same.”