Graduate students honored for teaching excellence

Graduate students were honored Tuesday (April 25) at the 19th Annual Celebration of Graduate Teaching Excellence, hosted by the Office of the Provost, Purdue Teaching Academy, Purdue 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 2017 recipients of the Graduate School Excellence in Teaching Award are Hannah Dockrill, Curriculum Studies; Kourtney Goode, Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology; Stefanie Griebel, Agronomy; Waterloo Tsutsui, Aeronautics and Astronautics; and Madisson Whitman, Anthropology.

The event also recognized graduate students who earned the Class of 1922 Outstanding Innovation in Helping Students Learn Award, Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching Awards, Graduate Instructional Development Certificates (GIDC), Graduate Teaching Certificates (GTC), and Advanced Graduate Teaching Certificates (AGTC). 

 

* Recipient of the Class of 1922 Outstanding Innovation in Helping Students Learn Award

David Blasing, Physics and Astronomy

 

* The recipients of the Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching Award are: 

Colby Adolph, Chemistry

Lida Ahmadi, Mathematics

Yukun An, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Peter Anderson, Physics and Astronomy

Taylor Baker, English

Bianca Batti, English

Jacob Berl, Forestry and Natural Resources

Youyi Bi, Mechanical Engineering

Elizabeth Boyle, English

Jacklyn Buhrman, Economics

Margaret Busse, Environmental and Ecological Engineering

Sarah Caldwell, Anthropology

Eric Cameron, Health Sciences

Haorong Chen, Mechanical Engineering

Bryan Chong, Industrial Engineering

Mindi H. Cogdill, Psychological Sciences

Debasmit Das, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Sampa Das, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

Raquel De Souza, Statistics

Jake Desmond, Mathematics

Andrew Fairbanks, Nuclear Engineering

Felipe De Oliveira Fiuza, Languages and Cultures

Carrie Fulkerson, Veterinary Clinical Sciences

Amy Lynn Funk, Interdisciplinary Life Science

Sudarshan Ganesh, Chemical Engineering

Logan Ganzen, Biological Sciences

Eric Gerber, Statistics

Alyssa Gleichsner, Biological Sciences

R. Thomas Godwin, Management

Evan M. Hanau, Computer Science

Emily Haynes, Chemistry

Michael J. Heiden, Materials Engineering

Kacie Ho, Food Science

Brian P. Hoburg, Philosophy and Literature

Jaret Hodges, Educational Studies

Kurtis Homan, Technology Leadership and Innovation

Erh-Ting Hsu, Chemistry

Yu-Han (Amy) Hung, Nutrition Science

Russell Julian, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

Tiffany Karalis, Curriculum and Instruction

Mi Ran Kim, Basic Medical Sciences

Kami J. Knies, Youth Development and Agricultural Education

Megan LaFollette, Animal  Sciences

Stephen Roland Leitch, Hospitality and Tourism Management

Yu-Chung Lin, Civil Engineering

Aaron R. Lindstrom, Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Geoffrey Alan Lossie, Comparative Pathobiology

Darryl Masson, Physics and Astronomy

Cara McCauley, Botany and Plant Pathology

Flavio A. Mendonca, Aviation and Transportation Technology

Nicholas Miller, Mathematics

Moises Morales, Chemistry

Heather Murton, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Aimable Ngendahimana, Industrial and Physical Pharmacy

Maria Leonor Pacheco, Computer Science

Doug Pruim, Communication

Andrew Raridon, Sociology

Brandon Sells, Aeronautics and Astronautics

John Skubic, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Stacey Smythe, Comparative Literature

Anne C. Snider, History

Jingyu Song, Agricultural Economics

R. Maxwell Spears, Philosophy

Rexanna Tatlock, Nursing

Megan S. Taylor, Agronomy

Esther R. Teixeira, Languages and Cultures

Jacob Torres, Engineering Technology

Elizabeth Trybula, Ecological Science and Engineering (interdisciplinary)

Sariya Udayachalerm, Pharmacy Practice

Prashanth Bangalore Venkatesh, Aeronautics and Astronautics

Terrence Wang, English

Sara L. Wiest, Political Science

Tiffany J. Young, Biochemistry

Rana Abu Zhaya, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

 

* Graduate students who earned the Advanced Graduate Teacher Certificate are:

Richelle Fosu, Computer Graphics Technology

Kelly-Ann Dixon Hamil, Statistics

Pamela Sari, American Studies

 

* Those who earned the Graduate Teacher Certificate are: 

Ben Angelo, Accounting

Francy Helena Avila Arias, Agronomy - Ecological Sciences and Engineering  (interdisciplinary)

Charles Yicheng Chiu, Civil Engineering

Dahjung Chung, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jenna Conklin, Linguistics

Laura D'acunto, Forestry and Natural Resources

Casey C. Day, Forestry and Natural Resources

Maayan Dvir, Psychological Sciences

Mokhles ELsysy, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

Nadra Guizani, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mohamed Saber Abdelfattah Hassan, Computer Science

Elizabeth A. Hintz, Communication

Anda Hirceaga, Communication

Cassidy Jay, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

HyunGu Jeong, Civil Engineering

Seonah Jin, Materials Engineering

Abhilash Reddy Kalam, Physics and Astronomy

Ashley M. Kentner, Linguistics and English

Meghan Kathleen Loeser, Human Development and Family Studies

Timothy David Malinich, Forestry and Natural Resources

Riddhi Mehta, Physics and Astronomy

Joshua Minai, Agronomy

Garrett W. Pignotti, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Sunhye Shin, Nutrition Science

Michelle Kathleen Spehr, Nursing

Neva Štumberger, Communication

Rexanna Tatlock, Nursing

Brad Thada, Agronomy

Sunny Trivedi, Anthropology

Renee E. Vickman, Comparative Pathobiology

Colby Vorland, Nutrition Science

Temiloluwa Olugbotemi Wright, Communication

 

* Graduate students who earned the Graduate Instructional Development Certificate are:

Ben Angelo, Accounting

Margaret M. Busse, Civil Engineering and Environmental and Ecological Engineering

Rachel A. Chicchi, Civil Engineering

Hyun Jin Cho, College of Education

Juyeong Choi, Construction Engineering and Management

Dahjung Chung, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mokhles ELsysy, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

Cecilia Espinoza, Youth Development and Agricultural Education, and Horticulture

Elizabeth A. Hintz, Communication

Anda Hirceaga, Communication

Kacie Ho, Food Science

Seonah Jin, Materials Engineering

Jonathan Kershaw, Food Science

Katharine E. Miller, Communication

Ahmed Abdel-moneim Mohamed, Forestry and Natural Resources

Malithi Wickramathilaka, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Cody Blake Wilson, Communication

Temiloluwa Olugbotemi Wright, Communication

Annagul Yaryyeva, American Studies

Xuanzhu Zhou, Nutrition Science