Princeton graduate students make a profound impact in undergraduate teaching, guiding students towards new levels of scholarship. Each spring, departments and programs nominate Assistant Instructors (AIs) in recognition of this transformative work. Final selection is made by a committee chaired by the deputy dean of the Graduate School in partnership with the academic affairs deans and staff from the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning. Award winners are selected for their work in the prior calendar year. 2023 Teaching Award Recipients for teaching done in the Spring of 2022 and Fall of 2023 Jeewon Yoo English - G6 Collaborative Teaching Initiative Christopher Parton Musicology - G7 Quin Morton Fellow Eleanor Gordon-Smith Philosophy - G6 Nicolas Hommel Economics - G3 Hannah McLaughlin Musicology - G5 Evelyn Navarro Salazar Chemical and Biological Engineering - G2 Calvin Spolar Chemistry - G3 Aaron Su Anthropology - G4 William Wen Politics - G3 Jessica Ye Neuroscience - G2 Past Awards 2022 (for teaching done Spring 2021 and Fall 2022) Tiffany Barron G4 - Politics Jacqueline Campbell G5 - English Special commendation for excellence in instruction in the Humanities Perry Carter G4 - Politics Juan Castro Vincenzi G6 - Economics Chloe Cavanaugh G3 - Molecular Biology Danielle Chase G5 - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Katherine Dennis G6 - Classics Bernardo Gouveia G5 - Chemical and Biological Engineering Soojung Han G8 - East Asian Studies Collaborative Teaching Initiative (CTI) in the Humanities and Social Sciences William Hofstadter G3 - Molecular Biology Julie Kim G5 - Civil and Environmental Engineering Tamara Klajn G4 - School of Public and International Affairs Jessica LeGare G6 - East Asian Studies Eric Manning G5 - Politics Collin McManus G3 - Molecular Biology Daniel Morrison G5 - Economics Dong Woo Noh G5 - Economics Lindsay Ofrias G8 - Anthropology Oktar Kerem G3 - Psychology Katelyn Randazzo G3 - Chemical and Biological Engineering Quin Morton Graduate Teaching Award for instructors in the Princeton Writing Program James Roggeveen G3 - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Rajiv Sambharya G3 - Operations Research and Financial Engineering Special commendation for excellence in instruction in Engineering Joanna Schneider G4 - Chemical and Biological Engineering Carolina Seigler G3 - Sociology Shelby Sinclair G5 - History Special commendation for excellence in instruction in the Social Sciences Merlijn Staps G4 - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Special commendation for excellence in instruction in the Natural Sciences Karina Tachihara G6 - Psychology Grega Ulen G5 - Comparative Literature Alejandro Virue G2 - Spanish and Portuguese 2021 (for teaching done Spring 2020 and Fall 2020) Olaoluwatoni (Toni) Alimi G6 - Religion Nicholas Caggiano G4 - Chemical and Biological Engineering Special commendation for excellence in instruction in the Engineering division Emily Cantrell G2 - Sociology Matthew Cocci G6 - Economics Special commendation for excellence in instruction in the Social Sciences division Ameet Deshpande G2 - Computer Science Nicholas Falcone G2 - Chemistry Erin Flowers G4 - Astrophysical Sciences Will Freeman G4 - Politics Reuven L. (RL) Goldberg G6 - English Special commendation for excellence in instruction in the Humanities division Moriah Hughes G2 - Civil and Environmental Engineering Delanyo Kpo G5 - Politics Sadhika Surya Malladi G2 - Computer Science Alejandro Martínez Rodríguez G4 - Spanish and Portuguese Michal Masny G3 - Philosophy Laura Matthews G5 - Slavic Languages and Literatures Dan McGee G4 - Economics Isabela Muci Barradas G4 - Art and Archaeology Matthew Myers G4 - Computer Science Mary Naydan G5 - English Mira Nencheva G3 - Psychology Special commendation for excellence in instruction in the Natural Sciences division Bendeguz Offertaler G2 - Physics Alejandro Schugurensky G2 - Sociology Liora Selinger G7 - English Quin Morton Graduate Teaching Award for instructors in the Princeton Writing Program Andrew Shapiro G5 - Electrical and Computer Engineering Bernard Shee G8 - East Asian Studies João Thereze Ferreira G5 - Economics Christopher Ushay G3 - Chemical and Biological Engineering Chloé Vettier G7 - French and Italian Derek Wakefield G4 - Politics Elliot Wilson G4 - Classics Jessica Womack G4 - Art and Archaeology Zhi Jiang (Tony) Ye G3 - Operations Research and Financial Engineering Hongtao Zhong G4 - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Chengjie Zhu G5 - Electrical and Computer Engineering 2020 (for teaching done Spring 2019 and Fall 2019) Berta del Río Alcalá G5 - Spanish and Portuguese Sassan Hajirezaie G4 - Civil and Environmental Engineering Daniel Healey G7 - Art and Archaeology Dylan Morris G5 - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Alex Novoselov G5 - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Joy Shim G4 - Philosophy Maximilian Vogler G5 - Economics 2019 (for teaching done Spring 2018 and Fall 2018) Elena Dugan G5 - Religion Mattias Fitzpatrick G6 - Electrical Engineering Emma Kast G6 - Geosciences Laura Leal G4 - Operations in Research and Financial Engineering George Sorg-Langhans G5 - Economics Wasim Shiliwala G7 - Near Eastern Studies, Quin Morton Teaching Fellow, Quin Morton Graduate Teaching Award for instructors in the Princeton Writing Program David Villalobos-Paz G4 - Mathematics 2018 (for teaching done Spring 2017 and Fall 2017) Ingrid Brioso Rieumont G5 - Spanish and Portuguese Antonio Iannarone G7 - Comparative Literature Annabel Lemma G4 - Chemical and Biological Engineering Anders Nielsen G5 - Economics Morgan Robinson G7 - History, Quin Morton Teaching Fellow, Quin Morton Graduate Teaching Award for instructors in the Princeton Writing Program Danielle Schlesinger G5 - Geosciences Jessica Schwab G4 - Psychology Pierre-Yves Taunay G6 - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 2017 (for teaching done Spring 2016 and Fall 2016) Daniel Blank G6 - English Jorge Gaupp Berghausen G4 - Spanish and Portuguese Marcus Johnson G6 – Politics Quin Morton Graduate Teaching Award for instructors in the Princeton Writing Program Jonathan MacArt G4 - Mechanical and aerospace engineering Mayank Misra G2 - Science, technology and environmental policy Rebecca Napolitano G2 - Civil and environmental engineering Matthew Spellberg G6 - Comparative literature Anibal Velozo G4 - Mathmatics Elise Wang G7 - Comparative literature Ziwei Zhu G4 - Operations research and financial engineering 2016 (for teaching done Spring 2015 and Fall 2015) Adam Brockett G4 - Psychology Zoe Buonaiuto G3 - History Amanda Cheong G3 - Sociology Brian Gingrich G5 - English Georgina Hall G4 - Research and Financial Engineering Peter Johannessen G6 –Politics Quinn Morton Teaching Award for instructors in the Princeton Writing Program Tia Lee G2 - Chemistry Melissa Verhey G4 - French and Italian 2015 (for teaching done Spring 2014 and Fall 2014) Alexandra Piotrowski G4 - Chemical and Biological Engineering Jill Stockwell G5 - Communications Anne Truetzel G4 - Classics Steven Jackson G5 - Physics Danielle Santiago Ramos G2 - Geosciences Alexander Rodnyansky G4 - Economics Alexander Davis G6 - Sociology Quin Morton Teaching Award for instructors in the Princeton Writing Program 2014 (for teaching done Spring 2013 and Fall 2013) Thomas Beck G4 - Mathematics Simon Cullen G5 - Philosophy Sili Deng G4 - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering George Laufenberg G7 - Anthropology – Quin Morton Teaching Award for instructors in the Princeton Writing Program Jane Manners G3 - History 2013 (for teaching done Spring 2012 and Fall 2012) Alf Garcia G2 - Sociology Jon Husson G4 - Geosciences Danielle Meinrath G6 - Classics Amelia Worsley G6 – English Quin Morton Teaching Award for instructors in the Princeton Writing Program Lu Xia G3 - Operations Research and Financial Engineering 2012 (for teaching done Spring 2011 and Fall 2011) William Holloway G5 - Chemical and Biological Engineering Jolyon Thomas G4 - Religion Maria Korolev G5 - Chemistry Iwa Nawrocki G3 - History Joshua Vandiver G7 - Politics Bhadri Lalgudi Visweswaran G3 - Electrical Engineering Friends of Davis International Center Teaching Award 2011 (for teaching done Spring 2010 and Fall 2010) Sibren Isaacman G5 - Electrical Engineering Jessica Lowe G7 - History Rose Maclean G7 - Classics Richard J. Martin G7 - Anthropology Christie Riehl G7 - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Alexander (Sasha) Zhiboedov G3 - Physics Friends of Davis International Center Teaching Award 2010 (for teaching done Spring 2009 and Fall 2009) Renée Fox G7 - English Will Bullock G4 - Politics Rose Andújar G5 - Classics Jelena Bradic G3 - Operations Research and Financial Engineering Silvia Bulow G7 - Geosciences Siddarth Ashok Parameswaran G3 - Physics Friends of Davis International Center Teaching Award 2009 (for teaching done Spring 2008 and Fall 2008) Aaron Hostetter G7 - English Gwyneth McClendon G4 - Politics Lillian Pierce G6 - Math Ilya Ryzhov G3 - Operations Research and Financial Engineering Katherine Meierdiercks G7 - Civil and Environmental Engineering Yves Plancherel G4 - Geosciences Friends of the International Center 2008 (for teaching done Spring 2007 and Fall 2007) Abigail Heald G7 - English Briallen Hopper G7 - English Patrick Murphy G7 - Electrical Engineering Mary Steffel G5 - Psychology James L. Wilson G7 - Politics Elidor Mehilli G3 - History Friends of the International Center 2007 (for teaching done Spring 2006 and Fall 2006) Powell Draper G3 - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Luca Grillo G3 - Department of Classics Ngar Yin Louis Lee G4 - Department of Psychology Emily Zackin G4 - Department of Politics Mihail Amarie G5 - Department of Physics Friends of the International Center
