Newsletter
Volume 29 | 2006 | Number 3
Ludwig Wins Teaching Award
Each year, the University of North Carolina Board of Governors presents its Award for Excellence in Teaching, created in 1994 to encourage, identify, recognize, reward and support excellent teaching within the university. The award is presented annually to one faculty member from each UNC institution.
Faculty members at Appalachian State University who excel in teaching, especially at the undergraduate level, were honored, including Timothy Ludwig. “There comes a point during most every class period that the energy you provide to your students is delivered back to you,” he said. “My career at Appalachian is built on this interaction. In short, my teaching philosophy is to let my students invigorate me, motivate me to innovate, and challenge me to challenge them.”
Tim Ludwig (LR 1986) is a full professor at Appalachian State University where he is a University Deans Distinguished Graduate Faculty in the nationally recognized Industrial/Organizational Psychology-Human Resources Management Masters program. Dr. Ludwig earned his M.A. at Wake Forrest University and Ph.D. at Virginia Tech. He is currently serving as the President of the Organizational Behavior Management Network (www.obmnetwork.com). Dr. Ludwig is an associate editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management (JOBM) and his research has been cited in numerous textbooks. Currently, Dr. Ludwig’s research is investigating the integration of human performance technology with behavior analytic principles to improve employee quality, productivity, and safety in industry. Dr. Ludwig has been a faculty member at Appalachian State for 12 years teaching General Psychology and I/O Psychology senior-level and graduate courses.