Engaging Students and Creating Community Dr. Jaime Diaz
University of Washington, Seattle Campus A member of the
Carnegie Foundation Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning, Dr. Jaime Diaz is a Neuroscientist and Professor in
the UW Department of Psychology. He teaches two courses
regularly: Drugs and Behavior, and The Neurobasis of Behavior.
Diaz has maintained a long-standing commitment to improve
student learning through new teaching techniques and technology.
He articulated this commitment in his 1995 Yearly Activity
Report: “Raising the quality of university teaching has become a
major priority for me. Specifically, I have become an active
advocate for raising the quality of teaching at UW and
especially for the intelligent use of computers in our teaching.
I am convinced that the advances in computer technology,
especially in the area of telecommunications, will virtually
change the 'infrastructure' of the University and profoundly
change the nature of higher education.” Challenge – Engagin