Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

The Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award recognizes Teaching Assistants (TAs) who have made distinguished contributions to Syracuse University by demonstrating excellence in significant instructional capacities, such as classroom teaching, laboratory or studio instruction, leading recitation or discussion sections, or assisting senior faculty members with high-enrollment courses. TAs are nominated by their departments and must present a teaching portfolio for review.

2023 Outstanding Teaching Assistants

  • Poonam Argade, Social Science
  • Sinem Aytaç, Psychology
  • Rosie June Benser, Sociology
  • Evan Thomas Stegner Bode, Film and Media Arts
  • Thomas Bouril, History
  • Christopher Bousquet, Philosophy
  • Hugo Pierre Georges Cantin, Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
  • Alexia Chatzitheodorou, Physics
  • Frank Sicong Chen, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Ayse Ocal Dalgali, Information Science and Technology
  • Easton James Davis, Cultural Foundations of Education
  • Thiago Xavier de Melo, Philosophy
  • Ashley Nicole Douglass, Psychology
  • Lerie Gabriel, Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition
  • Adil Ghaznavi, Physics
  • Falak Nur Hadi, Political Science
  • Jesse Hulse, Mathematics
  • Shanel Khaliq, Sociology
  • Jiho Kim, Public Administration and International Affairs
  • Kaia Janelle Kirk, Political Science
  • Florencia Lauria, English
  • Anna-Blessing Merife, Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
  • Kerry Lynn Mess, Communication & Rhetorical Studies
  • Jacob Migdail-Smith, Mathematics
  • Giovanni Minicucci, Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
  • Courtney Suhyun Noh, English
  • Brian Odiwuor, Mathematics
  • Madeline Ann Olley, English
  • Sanum Shafi, Human Development and Family Science
  • Sara Jo Soldovieri, Teaching and Leadership
  • Amanda Louise Surman, Science Teaching
  • Kelly (Mi) Hoang Tran, Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises
  • Lei Wang, Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation
  • Cole Anthony Wilhelm, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Danae Woodfaulk, Religion