Professor Christia Mercer receives the Mark Van Doren Teaching Award

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce that Christia Mercer, the Gustave M. Berne Professor of Philosophy, is the recipient of the 51st Annual Mark Van Doren Teaching Award. The Award was established in 1962 in celebration of Mark Van Doren, GSAS ‘21, a renowned scholar of the art of writing literature. As a faculty member of Columbia’s English Department, Mark Van Doren adhered to a personal standard that is now the award’s requirement: humanity, devotion to truth, and inspiring leadership.