Holy Cross Announces 2010 Distinguished Teaching Award and Swords Medalists

WORCESTER, Mass. – Judith Chubb, professor of political science and a member of the College of the Holy Cross faculty since 1978, received the 2010 Distinguished Teaching Award at the College’s annual Fall Faculty Convocation and Awards Ceremony.

The Holy Cross Distinguished Teaching Award recognizes and honors the teaching excellence of the College’s faculty.  After careful review of nominations from individuals and groups on campus, a committee of students, faculty, alumni and administrators selects the honoree. Recipients demonstrate the College’s commitment to teaching and personalized instruction by making ideas come alive for students both in and out of the classroom. The Distinguished Teacher is invited to give the principal address during the Faculty Convocation and is awarded a $1,000 honorarium.

Chubb received her B.A. from Bucknell University, her M.A. in international relations from John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and her Ph.D. in political science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  She chaired the political science department at Holy Cross from 1986-96 and has served on numerous major committees.  A respected scholar in the field of comparative politics, she is regarded for her scholarship in Italian politics.  Chubb is the author of two books on post-World War II Italy, The Mafia and Politics: the Italian State under Siege (Cornell University Press, 1989) and Patronage, Power, and Poverty in Southern Italy: A Tale of Two Cities (Cambridge University Press, 1982), and has written numerous journal articles and reviews.

Chubb is the recipient of several fellowships and research grants for her scholarship. In 2006 she was named the W. Arthur Garrity Sr. Professor in Human Nature, Ethics and Society for her research and teaching at the College.  This rotating professorship was established in 2002 to honor the legacy of W. Arthur Garrity ’05.  Garrity saw the Holy Cross education as the search for truth, transcending material existence, and providing students with the tools to enable them to perform ethically in their future professions.

Chubb resides in Bolton, Mass.

Also awarded at Fall Convocation was the Rev. Raymond J. Swords, S.J., Faculty Medal, which honors those members of the faculty who have served the College for 25 years or more. This year’s recipients were Carol Lieberman, professor of music; John Cull, professor of modern languages and literature; Steven Vineberg, professor of theater; and Kim McElaney, former director of the chaplains’ office, who was awarded the medal posthumously.