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.