Faculty Honored for Outstanding Teaching
These Penn Arts & Sciences faculty and graduate students were recognized for their outstanding teaching and commitment to students in 2023.
Four faculty were honored with University-wide awards. E. James Petersson, Professor of Chemistry, and Evelyn Thomson, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, received the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, the highest teaching award conferred by the University. The Provost’s Award for Distinguished Ph.D. Teaching and Mentoring was given to Marisa Kozlowski, Professor of Chemistry, and Paul K. Saint-Amour, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities and Professor of English.
These faculty members and students were recognized with awards from Penn Arts & Sciences:
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching
Coren Apicella, Associate Professor of Psychology
Timothy Rommen, Davidson Kennedy Professor in the College and Professor of Music and Africana Studies
Dennis M. DeTurck Award for Innovation in Teaching
Tobias Baumgart, Professor of Chemistry
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty
Maria Alley, Language Program Coordinator and Senior Lecturer, Russian and East European Studies
Anthony Cirri, Lecturer, Chemistry
Dean’s Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research
Rebecca Waller, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor
Sarah Gronningsater, Assistant Professor of History
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students
Connor Cassady, Mathematics
Lourdes Contreras, French and Francophone, Italian, and Germanic Studies
Cheryl Hagan, History and Sociology of Science
Jesse Hamilton, Philosophy
Oualid Merzouga, Mathematics
Clancy Murray, Political Science
Keith (KC) O’Hara, History
Peter Satterthwaite, Ancient History
Cassandra Vu, Chemistry
Jacqueline Wallis, Philosophy
Liberal and Professional Studies Award for Distinguished Teaching in Undergraduate and Post-Baccalaureate Programs
Megan Ruth Elliott, Lecturer, Biochemistry, Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences and Pre-Health Programs
Liberal and Professional Studies Award for Distinguished Teaching in Professional Graduate Programs
Martin Seligman, Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology
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