UCI honors some of its outstanding instructors at the 2017 Celebration of Teaching.
Founded in 1992, to date over 300 professors, lecturers, and TAs have been recognized by their colleagues and students for exemplary teaching.
2018 Celebration of Teaching
Thursday, April 29, 2018
4:30-7:00 pm, University Student Center, Pacific Ballroom.
Recipients of the Competitive Awards:
Professor of the Year;
- Grant MacGregor, School of Biological Sciences
Lecturer of the Year;
- Max Chao, Paul Merage School of Business
Teaching Assistant Professional Development Award;
- Daniel Siakel, Humanities
Instructional Technology Innovation Award;
- Miryha Runnerstrom, Public Health
Most Promising Future Faculty
- Erika Lucas, Chemistry
- Rachel June Smith, Biomedical Engineering
- Zachary Thammavongsy, Chemistry
Recipients of the Dean’s Honoree Awards:
- Claire Trevor School of the Arts – Dennis Castellano
- School of Biological Sciences – Lee Bardwell
- Paul Merage School of Business – David Yang
- School of Education – Rachel Baker
- Henry Samueli School of Engineering – QV Dang
- School of Humanities – Zina Giannopoulou
- Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science – Crista Lopes
- Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing – Candace Burton
- Program in Pharmaceutical Science – Sam Schriner
- School of Physical Sciences – Susan King
- School of Social Ecology – Terry Dalton
- School of Social Sciences – Davin Phoenix
- Program in Public Health – Suellen Hopfer
There are two categories of awards presented, the first of which is the Campuswide Awards. Recipients are selected by members of the Academic Senate Council on Student Experience and members of the groups providing the monetary awards. Selections are based on campuswide nominations from peers, colleagues, and students.
The second category of awards are for those selected by their Deans as Deans’ Honorees for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, and the 2015-2016 Pedagogical Fellows selected by the Division of Teaching Excellence & Innovation.
2017 Awardees
Recipients of the Competitive Awards:
Professor of the Year;
- Renee Link, Chemistry
Lecturers of the Year;
- Maryse Mijalski, European Languages & Studies
- Ray Klefstad, Computer Science
Teaching Assistant Professional Development Award;
- Angela Jenks, Anthropology
Instructional Technology Innovation Award;
- Brad Hughes, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Most Promising Future Faculty
- Christopher Stillwell, Education
- Leticia Garcia, Drama
- Leah Zani, Anthropology
Recipients of the Dean’s Honoree Awards:
- Claire Trevor School of the Arts – Lonnie Alcaraz
- School of Biological Sciences – Brandon Gaut
- Paul Merage School of Business – Zheng Sun
- School of Education – Rossella Santagata
- Henry Samueli School of Engineering – David Reinkensmeyer
- School of Humanities – Emily Baum
- Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science – Alexander Ihler
- Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing – Miriam Bender
- Program in Pharmaceutical Science – Sam Schriner
- School of Physical Sciences – James Bullock and Michael Cooper
- School of Social Ecology – Wendy Goldberg
- School of Social Sciences – Angela Jenks
2017 Pedagogical Fellows:
Jordan Balaban - School of Biological Sciences | Galia Bar-Sever - School of Social Sciences |
Alex Bower - School of Social Sciences | Taiji Chen - School of Physical Sciences |
Tera Dornfeld - School of Social Ecology | Diego Fernandez - School of Humanities |
Ethan Galebach - School of Social Sciences | Yasamine Ghorbanian - School of Biological Sciences |
Georgia Halkia - Program in Public Health | Tien Thuy Ho - School of Education |
Vanessa Kauffman - School of Social Sciences | Kameran Kolahi - School of Physical Sciences |
Henry Lem - School of Humanities | Amy Magnus - School of Social Ecology |
Michael Mahoney - School of Humanities | Adam Maley - School of Physical Sciences |
Mary Anne Mendoza - School of Social Sciences | Kaitlyn Alvarez Noli - School of Social Ecology |
Ali Olomi - School of Humanities | Miranda Pfeiffer - Claire Trevor School of the Arts |
Nicole Shortt - School of Social Sciences | Aubrey Slaughter - Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences |
Zachary Thammavongsy - School of Physical Sciences | Yilin Wang - School of Physical Sciences |
Michael Wood - School of Physical Sciences |