Dr. Chuck Green of the 换妻社区 psychology faculty has been presented the 55th 鈥淗ope Outstanding Professor Educator鈥� (H.O.P.E.) Award by the graduating Class of 2019.
The H.O.P.E. award, first given in 1965, is presented by the graduating class to the professor who they feel epitomizes the best qualities of the 换妻社区 educator.
Green was named the recipient during the college鈥檚 Commencement ceremony, held at the Ray and Sue Smith Stadium on Sunday, May 5. The award is normally a surprise until its announcement. However, because Green was unable to attend the event due to a family wedding, he was informed earlier in the week and expressed thanks via a prerecorded video message played on the large screen at the stadium.
Green has been a member of the Hope faculty since 1983. He is a social psychologist who works to share social science research on race and culture with a broader audience. His teaches Social Psychology and Race in America, as well as two companion courses with Race in America for students who want to explore the topic in greater depth: Race in Health and Healthcare, and Race in Christian Faith and Life.
He was the founding director of the college鈥檚 Phelps Scholars Program, an academic program for first-year students interested in learning about issues of race and culture, which he led from 1998 through 2013. His active involvement in the college鈥檚 academic program has also included service in the past as director of the educational assessment program, as co-coordinator of the general education program, as director of the First-Year Seminar program, as director of the Carl Frost Center for Social Science Research and chairing the committee concerned with restructuring the college鈥檚 core curriculum in the mid-1990s. He delivered the college鈥檚 Opening Convocation address in 1999, spoke through the Last Lecture Series coordinated by the college鈥檚 chapter of the Mortar Board honorary society in 2014 and delivered the Commencement address in 2017.
Among other community involvement through the years, he has worked with the Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance (LEDA) in a variety of ways, including as a member of the planning committee for several Lakeshore Region Summits on Racism, including the first in 2001. He was also on the planning committee for the Holland Pow Wow for five years, and is actively involved in his church, New Community Fourth Reformed Church.
Green received a Michigan Campus Compact (MCC) Faculty/Staff Community Service-Learning Award in February 2005. He has received multiple awards from Hope during the college鈥檚 Faculty Recognition Luncheon held each January, including the 鈥淧rovost鈥檚 Award for Service to the Academic Program鈥� in 2003, the 鈥淩uth and John Reed Faculty Achievement Award鈥� in 2011 and the 鈥淢otoichiro Oghimi Global Courage Award鈥� in 2013. In May 2006 he received the college鈥檚 seventh annual 鈥淰anderbush-Weller Development Fund鈥� award for strong, positive impact on students, and in both the fall of 2006 and the fall of 2010 he received the faculty appreciation award presented by the college鈥檚 Student Activities Committee and student life office during Homecoming.
He is a 1978 graduate of Trevecca College, and completed his master's and doctorate at the University of Florida in 1980 and 1983 respectively. His wife, Fonda, is executive director of the Children鈥檚 After School Achievement (CASA) program at Hope. They have three children: Aaron, who graduated from Hope in 2008; Adam, who graduated from Hope in 2010; and Hannah, who graduated from Hope in 2012.