The Sheedy Excellence in Teaching Award is presented annually to an outstanding teacher in the College of Arts & Letters.

The Sheedy Award — founded in 1970 in honor of Rev. Charles E. Sheedy, C.S.C., who served as dean of the College from 1952 to 1968 — acknowledges a faculty member who has sustained excellence in research and instruction over a wide range of courses. This individual motivates and enriches students using innovative and creative teaching methods, and influences teaching and learning within the department, College, and University.

2023 Award Recipient
Eric Sims is the Michael P. Grace II Collegiate Chair and current chair of the Department of Economics. A member of the Notre Dame faculty since 2009, he is a macroeconomist whose research focuses on business cycles and monetary and fiscal policies. Sims teaches classes in macroeconomics and monetary policy at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and is a past recipient of the Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C. Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. He has also co-authored an online textbook for use in intermediate macroeconomics courses.

Sims received the Sheedy Award for Excellence in Teaching at a ceremony on Wednesday, Dec. 6, in the new Raclin Murphy Museum of Art.

“Eric Sims has a special gift of transmitting his love for the subject to his students and stimulating a thirst for knowledge and inquiry among his students. His commitment to teaching goes beyond delivering lectures and developing skills but is driven by the strong desire to make a difference in students’ lives.”
— Christiane Baumeister, the Lambert Family Professor of Economics

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