Ronald Walter Greene

Portrait of Ronald Walter Greene
Communication Studies
College of Liberal Arts
Twin Cities

Award Year
2026
University Award
Distinguished Teachers Graduate and Professional

Since arriving at the University of Minnesota in 2001, Dr. Greene has been the doctoral advisor (or co-advisor), chaired and graduated 26 different students, and sat on the dissertation committees of nearly 60 more. As chair, he led a strategic change in the graduate program to cultivate and use financial resources to improve the economic support of graduate students during the summer. He also developed a professional development program to equitably assign teaching resources to graduate students.