Alpha Sigma Nu Students Name 2024 Teacher of the Year

Assistant Professor of Philosophy Christopher Fremaux, Ph.D., has earned the University of Scranton’s 2024 Gannon Award for Teaching, just four years after arriving on campus.

Dr. Fremaux was selected to receive the outstanding teacher of the year award by the University’s chapter of Alpha Sigma Nu, the national honor society for students in Jesuit colleges and universities.

He is the 55^th faculty member recognized with the award, the oldest teaching award at the University, which is named in honor of Edward Gannon, S.J. Rev. Gannon also taught philosophy.

Since joining the faculty in 2020, Dr. Fremaux has worked to educate his students across numerous philosophical disciplines. In 2022, he was one of just 11 faculty members chosen to receive one of the University’s faculty development summer grants. Fremaux’s grant was awarded to him to research “Crusisu’s Guide to Living Rationally: A Translation Report.”

Before joining the University, Dr. Fremaux served as a graduate assistant and graduate teaching assistant at Stony Brook University. Prior to that, he was a visiting research fellow at Universität Trier in Germany and an adjunct instructor at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas.

The 2024 honoree earned his bachelor’s degree in philosophy and theology from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas, a master’s degree in philosophy from Boston College and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the State University of New York, Stony Brook.

The Gannon Award for Teaching was established in 1969 to recognize outstanding efforts in educating students.

The Scranton chapter of Alpha Sigma Nu was founded in 1943 and is the oldest honor society at the University. Juniors, seniors and graduate students at the University who have distinguished themselves in scholarship, loyalty and service are eligible for membership.