Congratulations to Dr. Larry Salomon for his 2021 Excellence in Teaching (Lecturer) Award

The awards, given annually since 2007, highlight exceptional faculty accomplishments. Dr. Salomon will receive a $4,000 stipend for the Excellence in Teaching awards.

Excellence in Teaching (Lecturer)

Dr. Larry Salomon. Dr. Salomon has been a Lecturer in the Department of Race and Resistance Studies since 1994. In his more than 25 years at SF State, Dr. Salomon has taught literally thousands of students in 11 different courses with average SETE scores in the 1.0 - 1.5 range each semester. In her nomination, Dr. Falu Bakrania said that Dr. Salomon, “… is compassionate towards all of his students. He has a skill in the classroom that is hard to put into words. He knows how to meet students where they are…and build community. [Dr. Salomon] is an expert at using humor to make his students feel at ease, to deliver lessons about controversial [topics], to get his students to understand different parts of an issue, and to make them feel cared for…he brings course material to life…” Dr. Salomon has also lended his expertise to other parts of the University community. According to Dr. Savita Malik, “[Dr. Salomon] is perhaps the most phenomenal teacher I have had the opportunity to work with as one of the founding faculty of the Metro College Success Program…He is a transformative leader, unafraid to challenge student thinking and incredibly generous with his time for both students and his colleagues. He has mentored every one of the new Metro faculty who teach critical thinking, supporting their content knowledge, curriculum development and pedagogical practice.”