Awards of Distinction

Ben Good is a senior lecturer in App State's Department of English and oversees the Directed Self-Placement component of the university's writing program. Good, who has been named Most Helpful Faculty four times since he started teaching at App State, has been teaching courses in rhetoric and composition at the university since 2016.

One of Good's nominators said, "I have had the privilege to work with Ben as a colleague for several years now and can honestly say that few are as innovative, compassionate and adept at understanding what students need as Ben Good. He is the living embodiment of our program's vision and represents the collective pedagogy we all work so hard to achieve. Ben has become the best example of what educators are capable of here at App State."

Good holds bachelor's and master's degrees in English from Sewanee: The University of the South and the University of Houston, respectively. He has also completed work toward a doctorate in rhetoric and composition at the University of Houston.