“The reason I came to Harvard [from private research] was because I was interested in teaching,” said Shieber, who also serves as a member of the Committee on Undergraduate Education.

Shieber said he particularly enjoys teaching the high caliber students who enroll at Harvard.

“You can’t find a better place to teach undergraduates than Harvard,” Shieber said.

Fellow computer science professor and Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ‘68 said Shieber’s devotion to teaching is quite evident in his lectures.

“[Shieber] is an amazingly well-organized perfectionist,” Lewis wrote in an e-mail. “His lectures are extremely well planned and his courses are thoughtfully put together. At the same time he laces all his presentations with understated humor which keeps them lively and interesting.”

Students in the classes of the new Harvard College Professors said they greatly benefited from the innovations these professors bring to the classroom.

“[Damrosch] had a wonderful camaraderie with the students,” said Claire J. Eager ‘03, who took a first-year seminar with Damrosch on the literature of William Blake last year. “I got the feeling that he loved teaching undergraduates.”