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Graduate School Presents 39 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards

Tuesday, April 16, 2024, By Diane Stirling

Teaching assistants are essential to the educational enterprise at 黑料不打烊. To recognize their critical role and their valuable contributions to undergraduate and graduate education, the annually presents Outstanding Teaching Assistant awards. The honor cites demonstrated excellence in instructional capacities.听

鈥淲e appreciate and understand the high value our teaching assistants bring to individual students, class sessions, teaching and learning outcomes and graduate scholarship and success across the University,鈥 says , dean of the Graduate School. 鈥淥ur faculty and staff sincerely appreciate their contributions.鈥听

Candidates for Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards are nominated by their departments. To be considered for the award, they must present a comprehensive teaching portfolio describing their work.

This year, 39 graduate students were recognized with the honor. They are:听听听

  • Jeffrey Adams, English听
  • Shreyas Aralumallige Chandregowda, civil and environmental engineering听
  • Erika Arias, political science听
  • Ana Juliana Borja, cultural foundations of education听听
  • Ava Breitbeck, physics听
  • Brandon Charles, public administration and international affairs听
  • Chun Chu, chemistry听
  • Nelson Donkor, biomedical and chemical engineering听
  • Neiva Fortes, economics听
  • Siddharth Gavirneni, earth and environmental sciences听
  • Taylor Harman, anthropology听
  • Kellan Head, philosophy听
  • Jianqing Jia, mathematics听
  • Molly Joyce, art and music histories听
  • Joumana Kalouch, languages, literatures and linguistics听
  • Darzhan Kazbekova, social science听
  • Leanne Kelley, biology听
  • Christy Khoury, information science and technology听
  • Daniel Kimmel, religion听
  • Venkata Sai Teja Kotikalapudi, mechanical and aerospace engineering听
  • Marie Kramer, mathematics听
  • Qingyang Liu, human development and family science听
  • Abigail Long, writing studies, rhetoric and composition听听
  • Ehsan Mohaghegh Dowlatabadi, economics听
  • Katherine Mott, sociology听
  • Sean Nalty, philosophy听
  • Ocean Noah, English听
  • Sadie Novak, chemistry听
  • John Christoper Rodriguez, writing studies, rhetoric and composition听
  • Jos茅 Romero Reyna, languages, literatures and linguistics听
  • Sourav Roy, physics听
  • Chelsea Sato, mathematics听
  • Morgan Shaw, English听
  • Rachel Shepherd, biology 听
  • Xinyue Tao, communication and rhetorical studies听
  • Kirin Taylor, political science听
  • Dominic Wilkins, geography and the environment听
  • Biyuan Yang, electrical engineering and computer science听
  • Chongmin Yang, sociology听