Award for Excellence in Teaching
Learn more about the Award for Excellence in Teaching.
2023 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).
Hananeh Esmailbeigi
Hananeh Esmailbeigi
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Colleges of Engineering and Medicine – Chicago
Hananeh Esmailbeigi is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Since joining UIC in 2012, she has developed and implementing innovative courses that emphasize on hands-on skills for engineering and computer science students. Her innovative teaching methods have recived attention from news media outlets, and she has also been selected to participate in panels representing her work to White House representatives. In addition to her teaching accomplishments, her research is centered on advancing novel wearable medical and assistive technologies.
Birgit Jaki
Birgit Jaki
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
Birgit is a Clinical Professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PSCi). After graduating from University of Heidelberg in Germany in 1995 as a licensed Pharmacist, she entered a graduate program at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETHZ) in Switzerland and graduated as Dr. sc. nat. in 2000. After several years of postdoctoral research, she got a research faculty position at the UIC College of Pharmacy in 2006, was promoted to Associate Research Professor in 2013, and to Clinical Professor at PSci in 2021. For the past 20 years, she has focused her research on the development of alternative methods to classic bio-assay guided isolation of lead compounds and purity control in natural product research.
Edward Podsiadlik
Edward Podsiadlik
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
College of Education
Edward teaches in the Urban Elementary Teacher Education Program, and is Program Coordinator for the Instructional Leadership-Educational Studies Master’s program, and the Critical Pedagogies and Urban Teacher Education Ph.D. program. His other teaching recognitions include the UIC Teaching Recognition Program (TRP) (2022), and the Silver Circle Award (2018). Edward is author of three books: “Licensed to Transform: An Alphabet of Student Teaching” in 2021; “Grieving as a Teacher’s Curriculum: Relevant Prose and Postscripts” in 2020, and “Anecdotes and Afterthoughts: Literature as a Teacher’s Curriculum” in 2013. His research focus asks: To what extent are we being and becoming the educators (and individuals) we’ve aspired to be? In what ways does our public work align to our private values and beliefs? How do we as educators prioritize the lived experiences of our students, their families, and their communities?
Past Award for Excellence in Teaching Recipients Heading link
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AET) Recipients
1
- Sonia Bychkov Green, Associate Professor, Law, School of Law
- Jakob Eriksson, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Engineering
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- Memoona Hasnain, Professor, Family and Community Medicine, Medicine
- Yue Yin, Professor, Educational Psychology, Education
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2021 AET Recipients
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- 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
2
- 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
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2020 AET Recipients
1
- Vahe Caliskan, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
- Leslyn Hanakahi, Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
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- Mitchell Theys, Computer Science, College of Engineering
- Victoria Trinder, Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
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2019 AET Recipients
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- Barbara Di Eugenio, Computer Science, College of Engineering
- Gail Fisher, Occupational Therapy, College of Applied Health Sciences
- Catherine Main, Educational Psychology, College of Education
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- Christopher Mitchell, Social Work, Jane Addams College of Social Work
- Richard Stringham, Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine
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2018 AET Recipients
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- 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
2
- Kara Morgan-Short, Hispanic and Italian Studies & Psychology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Patrick Troy, Computer Science, College of Engineering
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2017 AET Recipients
1
- 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
2
- Dale Reed, Computer Science, College of Engineering
- Ara Tekian, Medical Education, College of Medicine
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2016 AET Recipients
1
- Shelby A. Cosner, Educational Psychology, College of Education
- Robert D. Johnston, History, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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- Elizabeth Walker Peterson, Occupational Therapy, College of Applied Health Sciences
- Michael Strociso, Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
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2015 AET Recipients
1
- 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
2
- Theresa Thorkildsen, Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
- V.N. “Venkat” Venkatakrishnan, Computer Science, College of Engineering
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2014 AET Recipients
1
- Eric Gutstein, Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
- Ilene Harris, Medical Education, College of Medicine
2
- Jennifer Wiley, Psychology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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2013 AET Recipients
1
- Janet Yueh-Yin Lin, College of Medicine
- Carol Myford, College of Education
2
- Ludwig Nitsche, College of Engineering
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2012 AET Recipients
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- Mark Mattaini, Jane Addams College of Social Work
- Carole P. Mitchener, College of Education
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- Luigi (Frank Louis) Salerni, College of Architecture and the Arts
- Michael J. Scott, College of Engineering
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2011 AET Recipients
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- Ann M. Feldman, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- John R. Hetling, College of Engineering
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- Stacey S. Horn, College of Education
- Jan Verschelde, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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2010 AET Recipients
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- Gene Collerd, College of Architecture and the Arts
- Arden S. Handler, School of Public Health
- Paul Malchow, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2
- Rodney C. Shrader, College of Business Administration
- Lewis Wedgewood, College of Engineering
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2009 AET Recipients
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- Todd D. DeStigter, Colege of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Andrew E. Johnson, College of Engineering
- Nadine R. Peacock, School of Public Health
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- Alan J. Schwartz, College of Medicine
- Rachel N. Weber, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
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2008 AET Recipients
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- Dibyen Majumdar, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Carol Massat, Jane Addams College of Social Work
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- Flora Rodriguez-Brown, College of Education
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2007 AET Recipients
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- Thomas M. Guenthner, College of Medicine
- Steven Hurder, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2
- Krishna R. Reddy, College of Engineering
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2006 AET Recipients
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- Ike Balbus, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Melvin Lopata, College of Medicine
- Olga Reyes, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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- Robert H. Sloan, College of Engineering
- Maria Varelas, College of Education
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2005 AET Recipients
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- Jose Aruda, College of Medicine
- Ugo Buy, College of Engineering
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- Alexander Mankin, College of Pharmacy
- Andreas Schroeder, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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2004 AET Recipients
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- David Marker, Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science
- Christine Pappas, Education
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- Roland Priemer, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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2003 AET Recipients
2003 AET Recipients
- Geula Gibori, Physiology and Biophysics
- James P. Gleeson, Social Work
- Samad Hedayat, Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science
2
- Ronald C. Hershow, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Gary E. Raney, Psychology
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2002 AET Recipients
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- Douglas Kinghorn, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
- Debra Klamen, Psychiatry
- Ahmed Shabana, Mechanical Engineering
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- Dick Simpson, Political Science
- David Wirtshafter, Psychology
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2001 AET Recipients
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- Sarah Appel, Physiology and Biophysics
- Verna Baughman, Anesthesiology
- Robin Grey, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, English
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- Floyd Hanson, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Math, Statistics and Computer Science
- Larry Nucci, Education
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2000 AET Recipients
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- Andrew Conway, Psychology
- Walter Edelberg, Philosophy
- Moshen A. Issa, Civil and Materials Engineering
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- Victor Margolin, Art History
- Mrinalini Rao, Physiology and Biophysics
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1999 AET Recipients
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- Mun Choi, College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
- Julia Fish, School of Art and Design
- Judith Gardiner, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, English
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- Joy Hammel, Occupational Therapy
- Linda Skitka, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Psychology
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1998 AET Recipients
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- Bette Bottoms, Psychology
- Wayne Boyer, Art and Design
- Brian Curtis, Biomedical and Therapeutic Sciences, Peoria
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- Norman Lieska, Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Sohail Murad, Chemical Engineering