Award for Excellence in Teaching

Learn more about the Award for Excellence in Teaching.

2024 Award for Excellence in Teaching Recipients Heading link

UIC’s most dedicated and outstanding teachers are acknowledged with the Award for Excellence in Teaching (AET).

Fatemeh Afshari

Fatemeh Afshari

Department of Restorative Dentistry
College of Dentistry

Fatemeh Afshari, Clinical Professor in the Department of Restorative Dentistry, graduated from Harvard School of Dental Medicine and completed her prosthodontics training at UIC in 2009. For 15 years, as a full-time clinical faculty at UIC, she has focused on innovative approaches to educating and assessing dental students

Özgür Arslan-Ayaydin

Özgür Arslan-Ayaydin

Clinical Professor and Assistant Department Head
College of Business Administration

Özgür Arslan-Ayaydin is a Clinical Professor and Assistant Department Head. Since joining UIC in 2010, she has created and introduced innovative courses for Finance students. Her other teaching recognitions include the Silver Circle Award (2016) and the Excellence in Teaching Award by UIC Business (2017). In addition to her teaching accomplishments, her research focuses on corporate finance and has been published in prestigious journals.

Paul-Brian McInerney

Paul-Brian McInerney

Department of Sociology
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Paul-Brian McInerney is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His research focuses primarily on economic and organizational sociology. He is the author of one book and several peer reviewed articles and book chapters on topics ranging from open-source software and technology consulting to, most recently, collaboration networks among craft breweries.

Rebecca Woodard

Rebecca Woodard

Rebecca Woodard

Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
College of Education

Rebecca Woodard is an associate professor of curriculum and instruction in the College of Education. Her current research focuses on justice-oriented teaching at the intersection of literacy, science, and the arts. She is a co-editor of a journal for the National Teachers of English called Language Arts and the faculty director of the Chicago Area Writing Project. She recently published her first book with Teachers College Press with co-author Kristine Schutz, called Teaching Climate Change to Children: Literacy Pedagogy that Cultivates Sustainable Futures. She teaches in the Urban Elementary Education BA program, and has advised many graduate students. At UIC, she has received the UIC Graduate Mentoring Award and been a recipient of the Teaching Recognition Program.

Yeow Siow

Yeow Siow

Yeow Siow

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
College of Engineering 

Yeow received his degrees from Michigan Technological University where he began his teaching career. He then joined Navistar as an engineer, and later brought his real-world expertise into the classroom at Purdue Northwest. At UIC he currently enjoys teaching and discovering advances in pedagogy, equitable assessment, and instructional technology integration.

Past Award for Excellence in Teaching Recipients Heading link

  • Hananeh Esmailbeigi, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Colleges of Engineering and Medicine – Chicago
  • Birgit Jaki, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy

 

  • Edward Podsiadlik, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
  • Sonia Bychkov Green, Associate Professor, Law, School of Law
  • Jakob Eriksson, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Engineering
  • Memoona Hasnain, Professor, Family and Community Medicine, Medicine
  • Yue Yin, Professor, Educational Psychology, Education
  • Lisa Cushing, Special Education, College of Education
  • Lorena Garcia, Sociology & Latin American and Latino Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Jeni Hebert-Beirne, Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health
  • Miiri Kotche, Richard and Loan Hill Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Sarah Parker-Harris, Disability and Human Development, College of Applied Health Sciences
  • Vahe Caliskan, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Leslyn Hanakahi, Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
  • Mitchell Theys, Computer Science, College of Engineering
  • Victoria Trinder, Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
  • Barbara Di Eugenio, Computer Science, College of Engineering
  • Gail Fisher, Occupational Therapy, College of Applied Health Sciences
  • Catherine Main, Educational Psychology, College of Education
  • Christopher Mitchell, Social Work, Jane Addams College of Social Work
  • Richard Stringham, Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine
  • Sara Hall, Germanic Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Marisha Humphries, Educational Psychology, College of Education
  • Serdar Ogut, Physics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Kara Morgan-Short, Hispanic and Italian Studies & Psychology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Patrick Troy, Computer Science, College of Engineering
  • Houshang Darabi, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Patricia O’Brien, Social Work, Jane Addams College of Social Work
  • Kim Potowski, Hispanic and Italian Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Dale Reed, Computer Science, College of Engineering
  • Ara Tekian, Medical Education, College of Medicine
  • Shelby A. Cosner, Educational Psychology, College of Education
  • Robert D. Johnston, History, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Elizabeth Walker Peterson, Occupational Therapy, College of Applied Health Sciences
  • Michael Strociso, Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
  • George Kondos, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine
  • Sonya Leathers, Social Work, Jane Addams College of Social Work
  • Mark L. Scholssman, Physics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Theresa Thorkildsen, Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
  • V.N. “Venkat” Venkatakrishnan, Computer Science, College of Engineering
  • Eric Gutstein, Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
  • Ilene Harris, Medical Education, College of Medicine
  • Jennifer Wiley, Psychology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Janet Yueh-Yin Lin, College of Medicine
  • Carol Myford, College of Education
  • Ludwig Nitsche, College of Engineering
  • Mark Mattaini, Jane Addams College of Social Work
  • Carole P. Mitchener, College of Education
  • Luigi (Frank Louis) Salerni, College of Architecture and the Arts
  • Michael J. Scott, College of Engineering
  • Ann M. Feldman, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • John R. Hetling, College of Engineering
  • Stacey S. Horn, College of Education
  • Jan Verschelde, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Gene Collerd, College of Architecture and the Arts
  • Arden S. Handler, School of Public Health
  • Paul Malchow, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Rodney C. Shrader, College of Business Administration
  • Lewis Wedgewood, College of Engineering
  • Todd D. DeStigter, Colege of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Andrew E. Johnson, College of Engineering
  • Nadine R. Peacock, School of Public Health
  • Alan J. Schwartz, College of Medicine
  • Rachel N. Weber, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
  • Dibyen Majumdar, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Carol Massat, Jane Addams College of Social Work
  • Flora Rodriguez-Brown, College of Education
  • Thomas M. Guenthner, College of Medicine
  • Steven Hurder, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Krishna R. Reddy, College of Engineering
  • Ike Balbus, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Melvin Lopata, College of Medicine
  • Olga Reyes, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Robert H. Sloan, College of Engineering
  • Maria Varelas, College of Education
  • Jose Aruda, College of Medicine
  • Ugo Buy, College of Engineering
  • Alexander Mankin, College of Pharmacy
  • Andreas Schroeder, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • David Marker, Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science
  • Christine Pappas, Education
  • Roland Priemer, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Geula Gibori, Physiology and Biophysics
  • James P. Gleeson, Social Work
  • Samad Hedayat, Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science
  • Ronald C. Hershow, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
  • Gary E. Raney, Psychology
  • Douglas Kinghorn, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
  • Debra Klamen, Psychiatry
  • Ahmed Shabana, Mechanical Engineering
  • Dick Simpson, Political Science
  • David Wirtshafter, Psychology
  • Sarah Appel, Physiology and Biophysics
  • Verna Baughman, Anesthesiology
  • Robin Grey, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, English
  • Floyd Hanson, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Math, Statistics and Computer Science
  • Larry Nucci, Education
  • Andrew Conway, Psychology
  • Walter Edelberg, Philosophy
  • Moshen A. Issa, Civil and Materials Engineering
  • Victor Margolin, Art History
  • Mrinalini Rao, Physiology and Biophysics
  • Mun Choi, College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
  • Julia Fish, School of Art and Design
  • Judith Gardiner, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, English
  • Joy Hammel, Occupational Therapy
  • Linda Skitka, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Psychology
  • Bette Bottoms, Psychology
  • Wayne Boyer, Art and Design
  • Brian Curtis, Biomedical and Therapeutic Sciences, Peoria
  • Norman Lieska, Anatomy and Cell Biology
  • Sohail Murad, Chemical Engineering