Congratulations Marshall Award Recipients

Posted: June 11, 2024

Professors Nahir Otaño Gracia and Caleb Richardson receive the Marshall Award for Course Development and Curriculum Enhancement.

Nahir I. Otaño Gracia, Assistant Professor of English, is shifting the focus of World Literature I (ENGL 2650) by prioritizing non-European texts and narratives. Her curricular changes include analyzing world literature through a restorative justice model that concentrates on community building and creating an accessible and anti-racist classroom.

Caleb Richardson, Associate Professor of History, will be enhancing the curriculum for Western Civilization Since 1648 (HIST 1160). Dr. Richardson will incorporate “Reacting to the Past” pedagogy, which is an active learning approach that involves complex role-immersion games in which students are assigned the roles of actual historical figures living through a turning point or moment of crisis.

About the Marshall Award

The Marshall Award for Course Development and Curriculum Enhancement, which honors Diane L. Marshall’s career-long commitment to improving the classroom experience of UNM students, recognizes the course development and revision work necessary for UNM to offer a modern curriculum that foregrounds student success. Recipients of a Marshall Award have recently developed a new course or have significantly revised an existing course and receive a summer stipend for their work.