Promotion of Excellence in Teaching and Learning Awards The PETL Committee reviews nominations for outstanding teachers in the college. Faculty submit nominations to the committee, with supporting documents from colleagues and students, and then the committee reviews the submissions and votes on the winners.
Academy of Teaching and Outstanding Teachers
Judith Blumsack Communication Disorders
Lewis “bud” Barker Psychology
Judith Blumsack is an associate communication disorders professor. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and her doctorate from Florida State University. Blumsack’s interests include rehabilitative audiology and educational audiology. She is a member of the American Academy of Audiology Foundation Board of Trustees and is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Alabama Academy of Audiology. Blumsack and her husband, Steve, have two daughters, Lisa and Michelle.
Lewis Barker currently serves as a professor of psychology. He received his bachelor’s from Occidental College, and his master’s and doctorate from Florida State University. He retired after 28 years of teaching at Baylor University as professor of psychology and neuroscience. His research program in animal learning, comparative psychology, and neuroscience during that time resulted in numerous publications, book chapters, edited books, and textbooks. He came to Auburn University in 2000 and served as departmental chair of psychology. He coordinated the Human Odyssey program for three years and has taught courses in learning, behavioral neuroscience, sports psychology, Human Odyssey, and numerous sections of Introduction to Psychology.While at Auburn, he has directed five doctoral students while conducting research and writing in the area of Experimental Psychology.