Pie-A-Prof
What is Pie-A-Prof?
Several years ago, an innovative graduate student from the Psychology Department suspected that an undergraduate student’s greatest wish might be to see their professors pied in the face … and that they might be willing to pay good money for such an honour, too. And so, every year, graduate students continue the tradition in collaboration with the Psychology Department’s Turkey Challenge – an annual fundraiser initiated by CBC Radio in support of the Edmonton Food Bank.
The Rules
There are two categories of classes:
- Classes greater than 100 students
- Classes less than 100 students
Classes will only be competing against classes within their category.
Each class gets their own donation jar. Contribute during in-class visits, or come by the Psychology General Office. Whichever class has the most donations by the end of the term gets to pie their prof! To eliminate the confound of class size, donations are calculated per capita for each class.
Example: $1000 donations / 100 students = $10 GDP
Some Past Winners
- 2017 – Lauren Guillette & Mike Sharp
- 2016 – Matthew Churchward & Jay Brinker
- 2015 – David Rast and Lisa Smithson
- 2014 – Michele Moscicki, Clayton Dickson, and Lisa Smithson
- 2013 – Wendy Hoglund and Michele Moscicki
- 2012 – Jennifer Passey and Clayton Dickson
- 2011 – Jennifer Passey
- 2010 – Connie Varnhagen
- 2009 – Jennifer Passey
- 2008 – Trudy Kwong
- 2007 – Chris Sturdy
Donation Totals for Classes with Less than 100 Students
| Class | Instructor | Size | Rank | First Count | Second Count | Total | Per Capita |
| 381 A1 | Lauren Guillette | 47 | 1 | 170 | – | 170 | 3.61 |
| 356 A1 | James Farley | 13 | 2 | 33.75 | – | 33.75 | 2.59 |
| 212 A1 | Jennifer Passey | 77 | 3 | 188.5 | – | 188.5 | 2.44 |
| 342 A1 | Jennifer Passey | 66 | 4 | 122.6 | – | 122.6 | 1.85 |
| 300A C1 | Elena Nicoladis & Jeremy Kaplan | 32 | 5 | 55.45 | – | 55.45 | 1.73 |
| 473 A1 | Matthew Churchward | 22 | 6 | 37 | – | 37 | 1.68 |
| 423/622 A1 | Jeffrey Bisanz | 14 | 7 | 23.2 | – | 23.2 | 1.65 |
| 344 A1 | Kimberly Noels | 32 | 8 | 51.7 | – | 51.7 | 1.65 |
| 239 X01 | Andrew Haag | 91 | 9 | 127.9 | – | 127.9 | 1.4 |
| 372 A1 | Pete Hurd | 29 | 10 | 31.7 | – | 31.7 | 1.09 |
| 341 A1 | Masuda Takahiko | 61 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 333 A1 | Jaylene Brinker | 94 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 403 A3 | Claire Scavuzzo | 49 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 375 A1 | Kyle Mathewson/ Clay D. | 30 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 258 X01 | Benjamin Dyson | 97 | – | – | – | – | – |
Donation Totals for Classes with More than 100 Students
| Class | Instructor | Size | Rank | First Count | Second Count | Total | Per Capita |
| 104 A1 | Mike Sharp | 175 | 1 | 256.25 | – | 256.25 | 1.46 |
| 241 A1 | Kyle Nash | 172 | 2 | 178.7 | – | 178.7 | 1.03 |
| 105 A1 | Jennifer Passey | 388 | 3 | 327.75 | – | 327.75 | 0.96 |
| 104 A2 | Kathryn Chaffee | 387 | 4 | 222.9 | – | 222.9 | 0.57 |
| 275 A1 | Clay Dickson & Kyle Mathewson | 224 | 5 | 105.85 | – | 105.85 | 0.47 |
| 223 A1 | Elena Nicoladis | 275 | 6 | 96.9 | – | 96.9 | 0.35 |
| 104 A5 | Gail Moroschan | 392 | 7 | 125.2 | – | 125.2 | 0.31 |
| 258 A1 | Weimin Mou | 283 | 8 | 85.5 | – | 85.5 | 0.3 |
| 239 A1 | Jaylene Brinker | 275 | 9 | 61.75 | – | 61.75 | 0.22 |
| 335 A1 | Jaylene Brinker | 103 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 377 A1 | Claire Scavuzzo | 119 | – | – | – | – | – |