Student Awards

Graduate Student Teaching Awards

Description

Graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) make a major, impactful contribution to teaching and learning at the University of Florida. Each academic year, the UF Graduate School recognizes the most industrious and innovative among them with the Graduate Student Teaching Awards (GSTA) to applaud their work as instructors in classrooms and laboratories across campus. The two highest GSTA winners receive the Calvin A. VanderWerf Award.

2023-2024 GSTA Winners

• Faith Baringer (Art and Art History)
• James Boothroyd (Entomology and Nematology)
• Nader Dagher (Public Relations)
• Matthew Dallas (Mathematics)
• Sam Dillon (Physics)
• Garrett Ellward (Microbiology and Cell Science)
• Mohammad Hasan (Microbiology and Cell Science)
• Christos Litos (Physics)
• Lillian Martinez (English)
• Shelby Mikkelson (Sociology and Criminology & Law)
• Claudia Mitchell (English)
• Tiffany Pennamon (English)
• Loida Rosado Del Rio (Physics)
• Bhavna Sharma (Sociology and Criminology & Law)
• William Sims (Computer and Information Science and Engineering)
• Frank Solis (Classics)
• Alina Sunoo (Theatre and Dance)
• Shanna Thompson (Music)
• Hannah Treadway (Spanish and Portuguese Studies)
• Ivonne Zelaya (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)

2023-2024 Calvin A. VanderWerf Award Winners

• Joseph Angelillo (History)
• María Mecías (Spanish and Portuguese Studies)

Application & Instructions

The application cycle for this award is now closed. Applications and instructions for the next round will appear here in November 2024.

Questions?

• Email Academic Affairs Administrative Specialist Lorna Dishman at lornad@ufl.edu.