Penn TA Prize
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Who is the best Grad Student Teacher you ever had?
Recognizing excellence in teaching by graduate students across the University, the Penn Prize seeks nominations specifically from undergraduate and graduate students. This is your opportunity to acknowledge graduate students who, through their dedication to teaching, have had a profound impact on your education at Penn. Ten awards will be made.
Nomination: Why is your nominee the best TA or graduate student instructor of record you ever had? Effective nominations will speak specifically about what the TA/instructor did to help you learn. Please describe your TA/instructor's teaching practices and explain the impact they had. Such details will help the awards committee to evaluate how different graduate student instructors facilitate student learning. To this end, your nomination should have a minimum of 50 words.
Submit your nomination at: https://forms.gle/1nU1iC7PdfddbXWM7
Nominations will be open until 11:59pm on 2/10/2023.
Questions may be directed to Ian Petrie (petrie@upenn.edu).
Front (l. to r.) Lucy Andersen, Vice Provost Karen Detlefsen, Derek Yang, Ann Ho, Arianna James
Back (l. to r.) Ritesh Isuri, Adiwid (Boom) Devahastin Na Ayudhya, Oualid Merzouga,
Puneeth Guruprasad
- Lucy Anderson, Nursing
- Adiwid “Boom” Devahastin Na Ayudhyia, Data Science
- Kai Feng, Demography (not in picture)
- Latrice Ferguson, Education (not in picture)
- Puneeth Guruprasad, Bioengineering
- Ann Ho, English
- Ritesh Isuri, Chemistry
- Arianna James, English
- Oualid Merzouga, Mathematics
- Derek Yang, Chemistry
- Erin Anderson (Bioengineering, SEAS)
- Katie Copley (Neuroscience, PSOM)
- Nicholas Dias (Political Science, SAS, & Annenberg)
- Lilia Escobedo (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, SEAS)
- Olivia Hu (Sociology, SAS)
- Katey Mari (Anthropology, SAS)
- Ethan Plaue (English, SAS)
- Bruno Saconi (Nursing)
- Yosef Washington (Philosophy, SAS)
- Stephanie Wesson (Philosophy, SAS)
- Tsai Hsuan (Angel) Chung (International Educational Development, Graduate School of Education)
- Marisa Egan (Cellular and Molecular Biology, Biomedical Graduate Studies, Perelman School of Medicine)
- Janay Garrett (Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Development, Graduate School of Education)
- Jesse Hamilton (Philosophy, SAS)
- Taylor Heath (Sociology, SAS)
- Darin Johnson (Communication, Annenberg)
- Autumn Melby (Anthropology, SAS)
- Breanna Moore (History, SAS)
- Paradorn (Joe) Rummaneethorn (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, SEAS)
- Elena van Stee (Sociology, SAS)
- Alex Chianese (Nursing)
- Caroline Hodge (Anthropology)
- Razan Idris (History)
- Timothy Kundro (Management)
- Zachary Loeb (History & Sociology of Science)
- Muira McCammon (Communication)
- Victoria Muir (Bioengineering)
- Taylor Odle (Education)
- Gino Pauselli (Political Science)
- Hadass Silver (Political Science)

- Mohsen Azadi (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics)
- Sumitra Badrinathan (Political Science)
- Xiaoxia (Summer) Dong (City & Regional Planning)
- Abigail Dym (Education)
- Meghan Garrity (Political Science)
- Gregory Koutnik (Political Science)
- Shih-Kai Lin (Architecture)
- Chris Mustazza (English)
- Alison Russell (Social Welfare)
- Mac Schumer (Chemistry)
- Juan Pablo Ardila (History, School of Arts and Sciences)
- Suneal Bedi (Legal Studies, & Business Ethics The Wharton Schooll)
- Mark Bookman (East Asian Languages & Cultures, School of Arts and Sciences)
- Evelyne Brie (Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences)
- Lauren Brumley (Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences)
- Tabea Cornel (History & Sociology of Science, School of Arts and Sciences)
- Tajah Ebram (English, School of Arts and Sciences)
- Julia Kahn (Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine)
- Haley Pilgrim (Sociology, School of Arts and Sciences)
- Alexis Rider (History & Sociology of Science, School of Arts and Sciences)
- Nicholas Bell (Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences)
- Chelsea Chamberlain (History, School of Arts and Sciences)
- Jaclynn Elkind (Nursing, School of Nursing)
- Ethan Mallick Hossain (Economics, School of Arts and Sciences)
- Thomas Noah (Philosophy, School of Arts and Sciences)
- Lloyd Talley (Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Development, Graduate School of Education)
- Jillian Vaum (History of Art, School of Arts and Sciences)
- Allyson Volinsky (Communications, Annenberg School for Communication)
- Nicole Welk-Joerger (History of Sociology and Science, School of Arts and Sciences)
- Daniel Wu (Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences)
- Richard Eisenberg (Computer and Information Sciences, School of Engineering & Applied Science)
- Ambar La Forgia (Health Care Management and Economics, Wharton School)
- Andrea Lloyd (Romance Languages, School of Arts and Sciences)
- Marcus Michelen (Mathematics, School of Arts and Sciences)
- Paul Mitchell (Anthropology, School of Arts and Sciences)
- Stan Najmr (Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences)
- Kaitlin Kylie Pomerantz (Fine Arts, School of Design)
- Lindsey Reuben (Romance Languages, School of Arts and Sciences)
- Rachel Stonecipher (Communication, Annenberg School for Communication)
- Sarah Wolf (Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences)
- Beeta Baghoolizadeh (History)
- Andrew Barnard (Political Science)
- Thomas Brinkerhoff (History)
- Nese Devenot (Comparative Literature)
- Kevin Gotkin (Communication)
- Daniel McCarthy (Statistics)
- Lydia Rosenberg (Fine Arts)
- Kyle Smith (Chemistry)
- Timothy Sowicz (Nursing)
- Basima Tewfik (Management)
- Justin Bernstein (Philosophy)
- Marina Isgro (History of Art)
- Adam Mally (Computer Graphics and Game Technology)
- Salar Mohandesi (History)
- Prakirti Nangia (Political Science)
- Michael Noss (Chemistry)
- J. Maxwell Rogoski (Medicine and History and Sociology of Science)
- Ursula Williams (Chemistry)
- Andy Wu (Applied Economics)
- Gartaa Yieleh-Chireh (Mathematics)
- Justin Bleich (Statistics)
- Nina Cohen (History)
- Torin Greenwood (Mathematics)
- Paul Gurniak (Electrical and Systems Engineering)
- Bruno Melillo (Chemistry)
- Evan Perkoski (Political Science)
- Megan Potteiger (Chemistry)
- Jessie Regunberg (History)
- Juliet Sperling (Art History)
- Zenan Wu (Economics)
- Eram Alam (History and Sociology of Science)
- Justin Berg (Management)
- Lindsey Fiorelli (Philosophy)
- Yong-cheol Lee (Linguistics)
- David Lonoff (Mathematics)
- Suryun Rhee (Economics)
- Nicholas Schneider (Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics)
- Brent Yorgey (Computer and Information Science)
- Yiwei (Christina) Zhang (Applied Economics)
- Yitao Zhang (Chemistry)
- Wiebke Deimling (Philosophy)
- Dragos Deliu (Mathematics)
- Mark Fegley (Chemistry)
- Katherine Gregory (Law)
- James Hoyt (History)
- Hyunseung Kang (Statistics)
- Ryan Manion (Math)
- Alex Roederer (CIS)
- Thea Riofrancos (Political Science)
- Ana Schwartz (English)
- Ruth Erickson (History of Art)
- Benjamin Gojman (Computer and Information Science)
- Jacob Goldberg (Chemistry)
- Joseph Kider (Computer and Information Science)
- Erika Kitzmiller (History & Education)
- Noam Osband (Anthropology)
- Emil Pitkin (Statistics)
- Miranda Routh (History of Art)
- Christopher Taylor (English)
- Eric Trager (Political Science)
- Roshan Abraham (Classical Studies)
- Roy Anati (Computer and Information Sciences)
- Philip Ernst (Statistics)
- Greg Hall (Philosophy & Law)
- Fern Lin (Marketing)
- Goran Lynch (Electrical and Systems Engineering)
- Laura Napolitano (Sociology)
- Jon Pogach (Economics)
- Nathaniel Prottas (History of Art)
- Shalini Roy (Economics)
- Charles Sharpe (History)
- Hannah Voorhees (Anthropology)
- Seth Bernard (Ancient History)
- Merlin Chowkwanyun (History)
- Christopher MacDermaid (Chemistry)
- Michael Packard (Law)
- Kaija Schilde (Political Science)
- Gil Shapira (Economics)
- Jonathan P. Singer (Materials Science and Engineering)
- Pesia Soloveichik (Chemistry)
- Stephan Stohler (Political Science)
- Nicole Turner (History)
- Todd Wolfson (Anthropology and Education)
- Matthew Wright (Mathematics)
- Asher Auel (Mathematics)
- Gregory Cooper (Law)
- Daniella Fera (Chemistry)
- Roberto Salguero Gomez (Biology)
- Dan Harris-McCoy (Classics)
- Ricardo Howell (History)
- Rory Kramer (Sociology)
- Agnieszka Marczyk (History)
- Efstratios Minakakis (Music)
- Constantine Nakassis (Anthropology)
- Kerry Wallach (German)
- Faye Allard (Sociology)
- Rebecca Arvary (Chemistry)
- Erin Buckley (Physics and Astronomy)
- Christa Cesario (Anthropology)
- Kristin Doughty (Anthropology)
- A. Rahman Ford (Political Science)
- Kevin Galloway (Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics)
- Andrew Knight (Management)
- Emily Ogden (English)
- John Roper (History)
- Nona Carter (East Asian Languages and Civilizations)
- D’Maris Coffman (History)
- Joanna Cohen (History)
- Jamie Eggers (Management)
- William Ewing (Chemistry)
- Liang Huang (Computer and Information Science)
- Lee Malkiel (History)
- Claudio Lucarelli (Economics)
- Mark Navin (Philosophy)
- Nicholas Pagano (Chemistry)
- Jason Rheins (Philosophy)
- Michael Yatauro (Mathematics)
- Marissa Greenberg (English)
- Clemmie Harris (History)
- Azra Hromadzic (Anthropology)
- Sung Shin Kim (East Asian Languages & Civilization)
- Michael Liskow (Law)
- Sarah Manekin (History)
- Jorge Moreno (Physics and Astronomy)
- Gauri Nair (Biology)
- Marjorie Pak (Linguistics)
- Jennifer Scricco (Chemistry)
- Dan Cain (Mathematics)
- David Faris (Political Science)
- Alexine Fleck (English)
- Noah Lim (Marketing)
- Christopher Makler (Economics)
- Melody Mark (Ancient History)
- Suchitra Mattai (Fine Arts)
- Stephennie Mulder (History of Art)
- Mike Smith (Biology)
- Shane Yu (Management)
- Ari Blatt (Romance Languages)
- Shari Hertzberg (Neuroscience)
- Michael Higley (Neuroscience)
- Danielle Kellogg (Ancient History)
- Peter Menacker (English)
- Ian Petrie (History)
- Chris Ritter (History)
- Fran Ryan (History)
- William Semus (Mathematics)
- Thomas Sullivan (Philosophy)
- Paulina Alberto (History)
- Sanjay Chugh (Economics)
- Timothy Duncan (Chemistry)
- Thomas English (Chemical Engineering)
- Amy Garrett (History)
- Fariha Khan (South Asia Regional Studies)
- Sam Nguyen (Mathematics)
- John Oberdiek (Philosophy)
- Erik Simpson (English)
- Jonah Steinberg (Anthropology)
- Aaron Bloomfield (Computer and Information Science)
- Christopher Burrows (Mathematics)
- Jeffrey Casello (Systems Engineering)
- Gregory Flaxman, (Comparative Literature)
- Tamar Kaplan (History)
- Eric Kondratieff (Ancient History)
- Jason Parsley (Mathematics)
- Stacey Philbrick (Political Science)
- Edward Weinstein (Pharmacological Sciences)
- Gordon Wong (Chemical Engineering)