Killam Teaching Prize and Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award 2022/2023 recipients

April 13, 2023

We are pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Killam Teaching Prize and Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award:

Killam Teaching Prize 2022/2023

The Killam Teaching Prize is awarded annually to faculty nominated by students, colleagues and alumni in recognition of excellence in teaching. 

  • Dr. Martin Ordonez, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
  • Dr. Vikramaditya Yadav, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
  • Dr. Christiana Bratiotis, School of Social Work, Faculty of Arts
  • Dr. Florian Faller, Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies, Faculty of Arts
  • Dr. Kyle Frackman, Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies, Faculty of Arts
  • Dr. Nina Hewitt, Geography, Faculty of Arts
  • Dr. Moberley Luger, English Language and Literatures, Faculty of Arts
  • Dr. Kim Snowden, Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, Faculty of Arts
  • Dr. Ahmed Hieawy, Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry
  • Dr. Maria Hubinette, Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine
  • Dr. Alex Scott, Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine
  • Patricia Birch, Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine
  • Dr. Silke Cresswell, Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
  • Tracey Gurton, Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources, Sauder School of Business
  • Dr. Bridgette Clarkston, Botany, Faculty of Science
  • Dr. Alannah Hallas, Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science
  • Dr. Zachary Hudson, Chemistry, Faculty of Science
  • Dr. Margo Seltzer, Computer Science
  • Dr. Andrea Terpstra, Chemistry, Faculty of Science
  • Dr. Peter Arthur, Okanagan School of Education, Faculty of Education

Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award 2022/2023

The Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award is presented each year to 16 graduate students who have made outstanding contributions to teaching and learning at UBC.

  • Leena Alkhammash, Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
  • Connor Bevington, Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science
  • Ritwik Bhattacharjee, Critical Indigenous Studies, Faculty of Arts
  • Tessa Blanchard, Zoology, Faculty of Science
  • Haley Branch, Botany, Faculty of Science
  • William Chen, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
  • Katie Faulkner, Mathematics, Faculty of Science
  • Yingxiang Li, Finance, Sauder School of Business
  • Keisha Maloney, Community and Regional Planning, Faculty of Applied Science
  • Tala Maragha, Oral Health Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry
  • Yeganeh Dorri Nokoorani, Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
  • Kate Peterson, Faculty of Forestry
  • Sneha Singh, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Oscar Smith, Music, Faculty of Arts
  • Jeanette Steinmann, Kinesiology, Faculty of Education
  • Ryan Stillwagon, Sociology, Faculty of Arts
  • Charlotte Trainor, Mathematics, Faculty of Science
  • Katrina Waldhauser, Kinesiology, Faculty of Education
  • Tony Yang, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Learn more about the Killam teaching awards at UBC.



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