McKee Receives Teaching Award

The recipient of the 2001 Cora Lee Graham Award for Outstanding Teaching of Freshmen Students is Kathryn McKee, McMullan assistant professor of Southern Studies and assistant professor of English. McKee teaches Southern Studies 101 and 102 on a regular basis, and her work in these two courses has been recognized as extraordinary by both her students and fellow faculty members. Indeed, here is a sentence from a letter nominating McKee for the award: “She is approachable, she cares about students as individuals and writers, and she always learns their names.”  

   In 1984, Cora Lee Graham of Union City, Tennessee, established an endowment and directed that the proceeds from her gift be used “to help retain your better professors who teach the freshman classes” in the College of Liberal Arts. McKee will receive a monetary award of $1,000 and a plaque to be displayed in her office. In addition, her name will be added to the permanent Cora Lee Graham Award plaque on display in the Dean’s office in Ventress Hall.

Michael Dean

Photograph:  Kathryn Mckee by UM Imaging Services