April 27, 2016
Graduate students honored for excellence in teaching
Graduate students were honored Tuesday (April 26) at the 18th Annual Celebration of Graduate Teaching Excellence, hosted by the Office of the Provost, Teaching Academy, Graduate School and Center for Instructional Excellence.
The Graduate School Excellence in Teaching Award is the highest honor Purdue gives to a graduate student. Selected students must show excellence in mentoring and teaching undergraduate and/or graduate students, and have proven leadership and accomplishments outside of the classroom in service and outreach as well as scholarly presentations and publications.
The 2016 recipients of the Graduate School Excellence in Teaching Award are Kelly-Ann Dixon Hamil, Statistics; Emre Gencer, Chemical Engineering; and Pamela Sari, Interdisciplinary Studies.
The event also recognized graduate students who earned Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching Awards, Graduate Instructional Development Certificates (GIDC), Graduate Teaching Certificates (GTC), and Advanced Graduate Teaching Certificates (AGTC).
* The recipients of the Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching Award are:
Ahmed Samy Abdelhamid, Computer Science
Harsh Wardhan Aggarwal, Industrial Engineering
Sun Young Ahn, Art and Design - Visual Communications Design
Timothy J. Anderson, Entomology
Aditya Babar, Chemistry
Jacob Brindley, Economics
Karen Byrd, Hospitality and Tourism Management
Heather W. Cann, Political Science
Nichole Chapel, Animal Science
Yi Chen, Mathematics
Libby Chernouski, English
Casey Day, Forestry and Natural Resources
Stacey Dearing, English
Kyle Denton, Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Hannah Dockrill, Curriculum and Instruction
Maayan Dvir, Psychological Sciences
Bryan Eason, Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Nicole Eikmeier, Mathematics
Susan Joy Ely, Technology Leadership and Innovation
Ronald Erdei, Computer and Information Technology
Rong Fu, Sociology
Joshua Galat, English
Aaron R. Gall, Biological Sciences
Eshan Ganju, Civil Engineering
Ron Tracy Garner, Health and Kinesiology
Ahmad Gheith, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Stefanie Griebel, Agronomy
Adam Hancock, Comparative Literature
Tyler Hayes, Chemistry
Andrew Hesselbrock, Physics and Astronomy
Katharine Horzmann, Health Sciences
Cassidy Jay, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
John C. Kennedy, History
Claire Kilmer, Chemical Engineering
Monika Lavan, Industrial and Physical Pharmacy
Jared Law-Penrose, Management
Yangfan Liu, Mechanical Engineering
Yangxuan Liu, Agricultural Economics
Elise A. Lofgren, Youth Development and Agricultural Education
David Lotz, Engineering Technology
Xin Ma, Chemistry
Saravana Kumar Kailasam Mani, Basic Medical Sciences
Richard Marion Marcus III, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Christina M. Marini, Human Development and Family Studies
Nicholas Marino, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Michelle McMullin, English
Flavio A. Coimbra Mendonca, Aviation and Transportation Technology
Avanish Mishra, Mechanical Engineering
Jaclyn Myers, Pharmacy Practice
Alina V. Nesen, Computer Science
Kelsie Niffenegger, Physics and Astronomy
Edward Price, Mathematics
Elijah Roth, Chemistry
Katie Grace Ruri, Nursing
Valerie Ryan, Food Science
Nina Serratore, Biochemistry
Sunhye Shin, Nutrition Science
Gayathri Shivkumar, Aeronautics and Astronautics
Devika Sirohi, Biological Sciences
Mario F. Sola, Comparative Pathobiology
Jessica Sturgess, Communication
Frank Suárez-Román, Botany and Plant Pathology
Emily G. Taylor, Animal Science
Waterloo Tsutsui, Aeronautics and Astronautics
Benjamin Vondersaar, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Madisson Whitman, Anthropology
Malithi Wickramathilaka, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
* Graduate students who earned the Graduate Instructional Development Certificate are:
Aakanksha Angra, Biological Sciences
Julian R. Archer, First Year Engineering
Jaemun Byun, Hospitality and Tourism Management
Nichole Chapel, Animal Sciences
Zachary Gold, Human Development and Family Studies
Yu-Han Hung, Nutrition Science
Elin Jacobs, Agronomy
Cagla Kantarcigil, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Simran Kaur, Food Science
Min Jung Kim, Hospitality and Tourism Management
Megan LaFollette, Animal Sciences
Elena Tomaselli Muensterman, Pharmacy Practice
Sunhye Shin, Nutrition Science
Megan Taylor, Agronomy
Hao Wang, Aeronautics and Astronautics
* Those who earned the Graduate Teacher Certificate are:
Ola Abdelhadi, Health and Kinesiology
Jolivette J. Anderson-Douoning, Communication and American Studies
Aakanksha Angra, Biological Sciences
Bede Atarah, Languages and Cultures (French)
Ali Behnood, Civil Engineering
Anne V. Brown, Agronomy
Mridula Damodaran, Physics and Astronomy
Belayneh Desta, Civil Engineering
Amartya Dutta, Physics
Amr Ebaid, Computer Science
Ronald Erdei, Computer and Information Technology
Felix Kwesi Fandoh, Languages and Cultures
Rong Fu, Sociology
Stefanie Griebel, Agronomy
Tiffany Brooke Karalis, Curriculum and Instruction
Lydia Larbi, Languages and Cultures
Wenfeng Li, Linguistics
Lori M. Lundell, Sociology
Qianwen Luo, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Jennifer Mansfield, Nutrition Science
Mary Marshall, Human Development and Family Studies
Joseph M. Martin, Agronomy
Ashton Mouton, Communication
Fanhao Nie, Sociology
Brittany Faye Peterson, Entomology
Andrea J. Ray, Food Science; Biological Sciences
Aditi Rayarikar, Languages and Cultures (German)
Shaina Riciputi, Health and Kinesiology
Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Engineering Education
Megan Taylor, Agronomy
Cameron S. Wade, Chemistry
* Graduate students who earned the Advanced Graduate Teacher Certificate are:
Harsh Wardhan Aggarwal, Industrial Engineering
Nusta Carranza Ko, Political Science
Douglas Pruim, Communication
Rashmi Kalicharan Shrestha, Chemistry
J.E. Sigler, Communication