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Senior Class Honors Dr. Rachel Constance as Outstanding Educator
April 8, 2019
The Walsh senior class honored Associate Professor of History Dr. Rachel Constance as the 2019 Joseph Ezzie Outstanding Educator of the Year during the University's Honors Convocation Ceremony on Sunday, April 7.
Dr. Rachel Constance joined the Walsh University community in 2012. As a historian, her research specialties include the global history of medicine, epidemics and medical knowledge networks in the British Empire. Other research interests include imperialism, political history and the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Outside of the classroom, Dr. Constance is actively involved on campus and has served as a mentor to students across…
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