Harrison Yang of SUNY Oswego’s curriculum and instruction department recently earned the rank of SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, a top honor in the statewide system. OSWEGO – Excellence inside and beyond the classroom earned Harrison Yang of SUNY Oswego’s curriculum and instruction department the rank of SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, a top honor in the statewide system. Yang “is considered a world-class authority on learning and teaching,” SUNY Oswego President Deborah F. Stanley wrote as part of nomination materials that praised Yang’s professional accomplishments, interpersonal abilities and positive style of encouragement. “Dr. Yang’s mastery of teaching and learning has elevated the standards of his colleagues around the world as well as the students he is preparing to become teachers,” Stanley noted. “He is an extraordinarily effective teacher and scholar and a highly sought after expert on learning and teaching.”