Winners of 2021 Certificates of Distinction and Excellence in Teaching (Q Awards)

April 28, 2022
Winners of 2021 Certificates of Distinction and Excellence in Teaching (Q Awards)

Congratulations to our recipients of Spring & Fall 2021 Certificates of Distinction and Excellence in Teaching (Q Awards)!

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) and the Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE) give teaching awards to lecturers and preceptors, graduate student TFs and TAs, and undergraduate CAs. These awards are based on an overall score of 4.50 or higher with a minimum of 5 evaluations on the Q section evaluations.

The Bok Center hosts receptions twice a year to honor the recipients of these awards.

Certificates of Distinction in Teaching: Spring 2021
Juhee Goyal: PHYSCI 12A Mechanics and Stat Physics
Hyungmok Son: PHYSCI 12A Mechanics and Stat Physics
Zoe Zhu: PHYSCI 12A Mechanics and Stat Physics
Eliot Fenton: PHYSCI 3 Electromag, Circuits, Waves, Optics, and Imaging
Leo Garcia: PHYSCI 3 Electromag,Circuits,Waves,Opti
Bryan Janson: PHYSCI 3 Electromag,Circuits,Waves,Opti
Amy Jia: PHYSCI 3 Electromag,Circuits,Waves,Opti
Robert Kennedy: PHYSCI 3 Electromag,Circuits,Waves,Opti
Josh Mathews: PHYSCI 3 Electromag,Circuits,Waves,Opti
Timothy Milbourne: PHYSCI 3 Electromag,Circuits,Waves,Opti
Daniel Puczko: PHYSCI 3 Electromag,Circuits,Waves,Opti
Alyson Spitzig: PHYSCI 3 Electromag,Circuits,Waves,Opti
Victoria Shen: PHYSCI 70 Digital Fabrication Intro
Linda Xu: PHYSICS 125 Widely Applied Physics
Mincheol Park: PHYSICS 143A Quantum Mechanics I
Henry Shackleton: PHYSICS 153 Electrodynamics
Erin Crawley: PHYSICS 15A Intro Mechanics & Relativity
Elliot Schneider: PHYSICS 15B Intro Electromagnet Stat Phys
Richard Liu: PHYSICS 15C Wave Phenomena
Hofie Hannesdottir: PHYSICS 181 Statistical Mech & Thermodyn
Alek Bedroya: PHYSICS 210 General Theory of Relativity
David Kolchmeyer: PHYSICS 251B Advanced Quantum Mechanics II
Minjae Cho: PHYSICS 253B Quantum Field Theory II
Taylor Patti: PHYSICS 285A Modern Atomic & Optical Phys I
Rhine Samajdar: PHYSICS 295B Quantum Theory of Solids

Certificates of Distinction in Teaching: Fall 2021
Benjamin Mazel: PHYSICS 143A Quantum Mechanics I
Yanting Teng: PHYSICS 143B Quantum Mechanics
Liyuan Chen: PHYSICS 151 Mechanics
Emin Berker: PHYSICS 15B Intro Electromagnet Stat Phys
Richard Huang: PHYSICS 15B Intro Electromagnet Stat Phys
Brendon Bullard: PHYSICS 15C Wave Phenomena
Jerry Ling: PHYSICS 15C Wave Phenomena
Paloma Ocola: PHYSICS 15C Wave Phenomena
Mincheol Park: PHYSICS 16 Mechanics & Special Relativity
Benji Kan: PHYSICS 19 Intro Theoretical Physics
Madelyn Leembruggen: PHYSICS 19 Intro Theoretical Physics
Rahul Subramaniam: PHYSICS 19 Intro Theoretical Physics
Houri Christina Tarazi: PHYSICS 19 Intro Theoretical Physics
Andrew Saydjari: PHYSICS 195A Intro to Solid State Physics
Aurelien Dersy: PHYSICS 253A Quantum Field Theory
Maria Tikhanovskaya: PHYSICS 262 Statistical Mechanics
John Wang: PHYSICS 262 Statistical Mechanics
Ruihua Fan: PHYSICS 268AR Special Topics in QM
Iris Cong: PHYSICS 285B Modern Atomic & Optical Physics

 

Certificates of Excellence in Teaching: Fall 2021
Anna Klales PHYSCI 12A Mechanics and Stat Phys
Nathan Melenbrink PHYSCI 70 Digital Fabrication Intro
Keith Zengel PHYSICS 15B Intro Electromagnet Stat PhysJacob Barandes PHYSICS 302A Teaching & Communicating Physi

Certificates of Excellence in Teaching: Fall 2021
Gregory Kestin: PHYSCI 2 Physical Sciences 2
Timothy Milbourne: PHYSCI 2 Physical Sciences 2 and PHYSICS 15A Intro Mechanics & Relativity
Jacob Barandes: PHYSICS 19 Intro Theoretical Physics