2007 - Dr. Christine Cornell

Department of English
BA (Wilfrid Laurier), MA (Waterloo), PhD (Dalhousie)

Dr. Christine Cornell is known for her extraordinary commitment to her ÆÞÓÑÆÆ½â°æ and effective classroom and communication skills. She began teaching at ÆÞÓÑÆÆ½â°æin 1997 and has published several manuscripts and conference papers on effective teaching. In the classroom she uses innovative teaching methods such as mock-trials, in-class magazines, play commentaries, scene performances, talk-show interviews and creative writing assignments as she engages ÆÞÓÑÆÆ½â°æ and begins them on a path of continuous learning.

In her time at St. Thomas, she has also co-founded the St. Thomas Early English Drama Society and co-directed its first three productions. She was also instrumental in establishing the Great Ideas Programme and is the founder and co-ordinator of the successful Great Ideas Executive Seminar.