Dr. Brock’s Sociology/Peace Studies 2150W course addresses the criteria of “innovative” in the ways she engages students with writing in varied forms as part of their learning.  Dr. Brock’s dedication to teaching and learning is clear in her commitment to collaborate with units across campus – including CWP.  She approaches her teaching with always learning and mentoring her undergraduate and graduate students who work alongside her in the course.  In the letter of nomination, Dr. Joan Hermsen focused on Caroline’s Amish Communities course as it includes interdisciplinary content and reaches students from a variety of majors.  As Dr. Hermsen wrote: “Caroline emphasizes higher order thinking and writing rather than specific sociological content.”  Students are involved in multiple revisions.  One student noted: “At first I thought this revision was unnecessary, but just requiring me to revise my paper over helped me realize the benefits of revision and overall improved my writing tremendously.  For every paper I write now, I rigorously revise to produce the best possible paper, and that is a direct result of taking Dr. Brock’s class.”