2025 TA Excellence Award Winners
Valerie Klein, Associate Clinical Professor and Program Director for Teacher Education Programs in the School of Education, Faculty Fellow for the Teaching and Learning Center, and Chair of the Review Committee (left) presenting a Teaching Assistant Excellence Award to Mike Alvaro, a PhD student in environmental engineering (right), the Graduate Student Excellence Awards Ceremony & Reception May 30, 2024.
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.
Office of Graduate Studies Award Winners
Tara Doherty
MSN Program in Nursing Education
College of Nursing and Health Professions
Ali Ghadimzadeh Alamdari
PhD Program in Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Sobhan Honarvar
PhD Program in Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Yuki Lam
PhD Program in Chemistry
College of Arts and Sciences
Noah Lamb
PhD Program in Physics
College of Arts and Sciences
Andrew Lockhart
PhD Program in Neuroscience
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies
College of Medicine
Ian Olivant
MS Program in Physics
College of Arts and Sciences
Kimberly Smith
MS Program in Interior Architecture and Design
Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Summer C. Tompkins
MS Program in Epidemiology
Dornsife School of Public Health
Jiaqi Xiang
PhD Program in Biomedical Science
School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems
Nominees
Yash Athreya
MS Program in Materials Science and Engineering
College of Engineering
Vibha Belle
MS Program in Interior Architecture
Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Krista Beucler
MFA Program in Creative Writing
College of Arts and Sciences
Nathan Branson
PhD Program in Physics
College of Arts and Sciences
Kendall Butler
PhD Program in Physics
College of Arts and Sciences
Essien Oku Essien
PhD Program in Communication, Culture and Media
College of Arts and Sciences
Elle Fried
MSN Program in Nursing Education
College of Nursing and Health Professions
William Griffith
PhD Program in Physics
College of Arts and Sciences
Caroline Hayes
MS Program in Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
Gavin Hearne
PhD Program in Electrical Engineering
College of Engineering
Jesse Isadore
MFA Program in Creative Writing
College of Arts and Sciences
Autumn Kelly
MS Program in Materials Science and Engineering
College of Engineering
Stephen Kupchella
PhD Program in Biological Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
Daphne Liu
PhD Program in Biostatistics
Dornsife School of Public Health
Francesca Mucciaccio
PhD Program in Epidemiology
Dornsife School of Public Health
Vahid Rad
PhD Program in Chemical Engineering
College of Engineering
Ive-Anwuli Ralph-Uyalor
PhD Program in Biological Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
Osmaan Shahid
MD Program in Medicine
College of Medicine
Ross Sonnenblick
PhD Program in Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
Mehrangiz Taheri
PhD Program in Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Emily Taub
MS Program in Physics
College of Arts and Science
Matthew Verlardi
PhD Program in Physics
College of Arts and Sciences
Klein Zeyuan Wang
PhD Program in Physics
College of Arts and Sciences
Fangqian Wu
PhD Program in Economics
LeBow College of Business