Qualls Named NJ Prof of the Year

Barry Qualls, literature professor and vice president for undergraduate education, Rutgers, New Brunswick was recently named NJ Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).

“Dr. Qualls is the single best citizen of Rutgers University, and certainly a large part of that is his teaching,” said Rutgers President Richard L. McCormick. “Barry is known for his lively classroom style and his ability to engage students in Victorian novels and prose, works that students often initially resist because of a perception that they lack relevance to their own lives.” Read the full story here