Baylor profs honored for excellence in teaching and mentoring

If you were to look inside the classrooms at Baylor, you’d quickly see some of the nation’s best professors teaching and mentoring future Baylor alums.

Already this fall, two Baylor professors have been recognized for excellence in working with students in their disciplines. Dr. Wade Rowatt, professor of psychology and neuroscience, and Dr. Andrea Dixon, associate professor of marketing, each received awards for their work with Baylor students from the top organizations in their fields.

Rowatt (pictured above) was awarded a national mentoring award by the American Psychological Association, recognizing his contribution to the psychology of religion through mentoring individuals who have become active in the field. Since joining the Baylor faculty in 1997, Rowatt’s focus on the study of behavioral and relationship traits like humility, prejudice and deception has inspired numerous students to go into the field and advance the study of psychology.

Dixon (pictured at right) received the 2014 Excellence in Teaching Award from the American Marketing Association, recognizing her contributions for knowledge creation and her excellence in sales teaching. This top honor is not her first award; she’s been honored for her teaching by Baylor, the Sales Education Foundation, the Academy of Marketing Science, and numerous other organizations. A professor in Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business since 2009, Dixon also serves as executive director for both the Center for Professional Selling and the Keller Center for Research.

Drs. Rowatt and Dixon are just the two latest examples of Baylor professors who are leaders in their field nationally, and who teach students every day to go out and follow in their footsteps.

Sic ’em, Dr. Rowatt and Dr. Dixon!