Killam Teaching Prize and Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award 2023/2024 recipients

April 17, 2024

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

Killam Teaching Prize 2023/2024

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

  • Allison Campbell, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine
  • Dr. Rebecca Carruthers Den Hoed, School of Journalism, Writing and Media, Faculty of Arts
  • Dr. Matthew Coles, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science
  • Dr. Davide Elmo, Department of Mining Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
  • Dr. Denise Gabriel, Integrated Sciences, Faculty of Science
  • Dr. Cameron Hague, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine
  • Dr. Daniela Hempen, Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies, Faculty of Arts
  • Dr. Patricia Hingston, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
  • Dr. Paris-Ann Ingledew, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine
  • Dr. Richard Kil, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
  • Dr. Hoi Kong, Peter A. Allard School of Law
  • Dr. Cornelia Laule, Department of Radiology and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
  • Dr. Michael Lipsen, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science
  • Dr. Minelle Mahtani, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice, Faculty of Arts
  • Dr. Matthew McCarty, Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, Faculty of Arts
  • Dr. Carolyn McEwen, School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education
  • Dr. Christine Schreyer, Department of Community, Culture and Global Studies, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Dr. Amirpouyan Shiva, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts
  • Marlisse Silver Sweeney, Law and Business Communications Group, Sauder School of Business
  • Dr. Evelyn Sun, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Science
  • Dr. Omar Swei, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
  • Dr. Fernanda Tomaselli, Faculty of Forestry
  • Dr. Pheroze Unwalla, Department of History, Faculty of Arts
  • Dr. Jane Xia, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award 2023/2024

The Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award is presented each year to 19 graduate students who have made outstanding contributions to teaching and learning at UBC.

  • Shane Atienza, History, Faculty of Arts
  • Emma Betz, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science
  • Emily Cadger, Art History, Visual Art and Theory, Faculty of Arts
  • Hallie Dau, Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine
  • Fraser Douglas, Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
  • Christina Draeger, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science
  • Matthew Fliss, Kinesiology, Faculty of Education
  • Pedro Villalba González, Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science
  • Sina Halvaei, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Brooke Hoppstock-Mattson, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science
  • Hsuan-Che (Brad) Huang, Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources, Sauder School of Business
  • Giovanna Correa Lucci, Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education
  • Nisha Patel, Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry
  • Jessica Quinton, Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry
  • Thristan Taberna, Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
  • Busra Turgu, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (GTA in Faculty of Science)
  • Meet Upadhyay, Materials Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
  • Olivia Wu, Dietetics, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
  • Francis Yuen, Psychology, Faculty of Arts

Learn more about the Killam teaching awards at UBC.



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