Dr. Thomas Dow, a 1989 graduate of Wabash College, has received a 2019 Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty Recognition from the American Association of Community Colleges. This national award recognizes individuals who make a difference in the classroom by demonstrating passion, showing a willingness to support students inside and outside of the classroom, participating in college committees and going above and beyond what is required to ensure student success.
Dr. Dow was named the 2018 Illinois Community
College Trustees Association Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Award winner and was
the Illinois nominee for the Association of Community College Trustees Regional
award. In addition, in 2018, he received a League Excellence Award from the
League for Innovation in the Community College and was named Professor of the
Year at Moraine Valley Community College.
He
received his Master’s degree in English from Loyola University Chicago in 1996
and earned a Ph.D. in English from Loyola University Chicago in 2006. He is a
professor of English and Department Chair of Communications, Literature and
Languages at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois.