San Diego State University
Department of Psychology
Paul Gilbert Receives the 2008 SDSU Senate's Excellence in Teaching Award
Dr. Paul Gilbert was honored in 2008 by receiving the SDSU Senate's Excellence in Teaching Award. This award recognizes one distinguished faculty member each year who excells in their contributions to the betterment of students, their academic discipline, and their campus community. Criteria for the award include superlative teaching, creative scholarship, and professional achievment. Candidates for the award are recommended by students, colleagues, and campus administrators.
Dr. Gilbert earned his Ph.D. in Psychology (Cognition and Neural Science) from the University of Utah in 2002. He
completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine in 2005. Dr. Gilbert joined the full-time faculty in the Department of Psychology at SDSU in the fall of 2005, and in only three years has been recognized numerous times for his excellence and dedication as an educator and a researcher:
- Senate Excellence in Teaching Award, San Diego State University, 2008
- Psi Chi Undergraduate Teaching Award, San Diego State University, 2008
- Named one of America's 50 highest rated professors (#31) by “ratemyprofessors.com”, 2007
- Quest for the Best Award, San Diego State University, 2007
- Outstanding Faculty Award from Mortar Board, San Diego State University, 2007
- Psi Chi Undergraduate Teaching Award, San Diego State University, 2006
- Certificate of Impact for dedication and commitment to the SDSU community, San Diego State University, 2006
- Undergraduate Teaching Award, Department of Psychology San Diego State University, 2005
- Outstanding Faculty Award from Mortar Board, San Diego State University, 2005
Dr. Gilbert's research focuses on how memory processes supported by the temporal and frontal lobes are affected by age and neurodegenerative disease. He is particularly interested in memory impairments associated with healthy aging, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, and Parkinson's disease.
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