Killam Teaching Prize and Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award 2024/2025 recipients

April 8, 2025

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

Killam Teaching Prize 2024/2025

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

  • JP Catungal, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, Faculty of Arts
  • Alison Elliott, Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine
  • Naoko Ellis, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
  • Charissa Fung, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science
  • Mohamad Gebril, Department of Oral Health Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry
  • Joana Gil-Mohapel, Department of Family Practice and Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
  • Tillie-Louise Hackett, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine
  • Kathleen Hall, Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts
  • Jason Hein, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
  • Bowen Hui, Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
  • Katie Lee Bunting, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine
  • Larry Leung, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Simon Lolliot, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
  • Evan Mauro, First-Year Programs, Faculty of Arts
  • Ahmad Mohammadpanah, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
  • Olena Morozova, Department of Central, Eastern, and Norther European Studies, Faculty of Arts
  • Eva Nichols, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
  • Sofia Noori, Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Faculty of Education
  • Abel Rosado, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science
  • Sima Sajjadiani, Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Division, Sauder School of Business
  • Chin Sun, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science
  • Jenna Usprech, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
  • Danielle Wong, Department of English Language and Literatures, Faculty of Arts

Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award 2024/2025

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.

  • Vishak Nandan Aathresh, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
  • Alexis A. Bahl, Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science
  • Holly Bergeron-Dumaine, School of Music, Faculty of Arts
  • Kabir Bhalla, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Science
  • Melike Karaca Bulut, Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry
  • Kenny Chiu, Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science 
  • Mengyang (Billy) Guo, Accounting & Information Systems Division, Sauder School of Business
  • Gizem Guryil, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education, Faculty of Education
  • Layal Jbara, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
  • Vanessa Johnson, Faculty of Dentistry
  • Ali Khodaei Tehrani, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
  • Stuart Knight, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Lexis Ly, Faculty of Land & Food Systems
  • Caleb Marshall, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science
  • Johanna Mickelson, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
  • Yuveshen Mooroogen, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science
  • Robyn Peers, Department of English Language and Literatures, Faculty of Arts
  • Carrie Peters, School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education
  • Rodrigo Sierra Rosales, School of Population & Public Health, Faculty of Medicine

Learn more about the Killam teaching awards at UBC.



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