Providence, RI--Dr. Robert B. Hackey, professor of health policy and management and acting program director, has been chosen as the recipient of the 2007-08 Joseph R. Accinno Faculty Teaching Award at Providence College.

The announcement was made by Dr. Laurie L. Grupp, associate professor of education and chair of the Teaching Award Selection Committee, during the College's recent Spring Faculty and Staff Meeting.

Established in 2002, the Joseph R. Accinno Faculty Teaching Award is presented annually to a tenured faculty member who exhibits excellence in teaching, a passion and enthusiasm for learning, and genuine concern for students' academic and personal growth.

The award is named for the late brother of John J. Accinno, C.P.A. '46, who is a member of PC's Providence President's Council.

Hackey joined the College faculty in 1999. He teaches courses ranging from the introductory to advanced, addressing such major topics as health care reform in America, social theory, and health policy.

Outside the classroom, Hackey has served on several College committees, including the Committee for the Enhancement of Learning, the Committee on Academic Rank and Tenure (CART), and the Instructional Technology Committee (ITeC).

In 2007, he was a visiting scholar at the prestigious A. Alfred Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions at Brown University.

He is the author of Rethinking Health Care Policy: The New Politics of State Regulation (Georgetown University Press, 1998) and the co-editor of The New Politics of State Health Policy (University Press of Kansas, 2001).

Hackey said his teaching philosophy is centered on challenging students and evaluating their performance rigorously, emphasizing connections between theoretical and real-world issues, and enhancing students' analytical and communicative skills.

"My aspirations for our students are high and they are matched by high expectations for their performance in the classroom," Hackey said.

Hackey will be formally acknowledged at the College's Academic Convocation in September. In addition, his name will be engraved on a plaque in Phillips Memorial Library, and he will receive a cash stipend.

"PC is a very special place to teach because it truly recognizes the importance of teaching, and the administration has created a climate that really encourages faculty to try new things and reflect on what they do in the classroom," he said.

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Learn more about the Joseph R. Accinno Faculty Teaching Award.