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2024 TA Excellence Award Winners

Photo of Zhuo Wang, a 2023 TA Excellence Award winner

Anne Converse Willkomm, Associate Dean of the Graduate College (right) presenting a Teaching Assistant Excellence Award to Zhou Wang, a PhD student in electrical engineering (left) at Graduate Student Day on June 1, 2023.

Teaching Assistant Excellence Awards are presented to graduate and professional students (master's and/or doctoral level) who serve as Teaching Assistants or Teaching Fellows (TAs/TFs) and who exhibit exemplary commitment to student learning through reflective teaching practices, creative and innovative teaching methods, academic support, leadership and a commitment to their own professional growth and development as an educator.

Graduate College Award Winners

Mike Alvaro

PhD Program in Environmental Engineering

College of Engineering

 

Jessica Evins

MSN Program in Nursing Education

College of Nursing and Health Professions

Lisa Frueh

PhD Program in Environmental and Occupational Health

Dornsife School of Public Health

Carl Furner

PhD Program in Materials Science and Engineering

College of Engineering

Farnaz Ghashami

PhD Program in Business Administration

LeBow College of Business

Blaize Giangiulio

PhD Program in Economics

LeBow College of Business

Smruti Gote

Master's Program in Cybersecurity

College of Engineering

Jihyeon Kwon

PhD Program in Biostatistics

Dornsife School of Public Health

Ananya Vijayendra

Master's Program in Interior Architecture

Westphal College of Media Arts and Design

 

Jessica Webster

PhD Program in Epidemiology

Dornsife School of Public Health

Continuing Excellence in Teaching Assistance Award

Emily Griffith

PhD Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Earth Systems

College of Arts and Sciences

Nominees

Sultan Aitzhan

PhD Program in Mathematics

College of Arts and Sciences

 

Christian Cabuslay

PhD Program in Biological Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences

 

Monet Harbison

PhD Program in Education

School of Education

 

Jiachen (Ed) Liu

PhD Program in Environmental Engineering

College of Engineering

 

Rachit Pandey

PhD Program in Physics

College of Arts and Sciences

 

Jasper Perry Anderson

PhD Program in Microbiology and Immunology

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies

College of Medicine

 

Lara Rende

MS Program in Digital Media

Westphal College of Media Arts and Design

 

Heather Santos

PhD Program in Epidemiology

Dornsife School of Public Health

 

Osmaan Shahid

MD Program in Medicine

College of Medicine