[Faculty] ADT 2025-2026 Award Winners

[Louie F. Rodriguez]

Dear Campus Colleagues,

It is with pleasure that I announce, on behalf of the Division of
Undergraduate Education and the Academy of Distinguished Teaching, the
2025-2026 teaching award winners and honorable mentions. These instructors
were awarded for their dedication to UCR’s mission of supporting student
success through their evidence-based, effective, and innovative teaching
strategies. The award winners, across the now-expanded set of FIVE awards
are:

*Junior Excellence in Teaching:* *Laura Catano (EEOB)*
*Honorable Mentions: *Shawn Westerdale (Physics & Astronomy), Jiamin Zhang
(Chemical & Environmental Engineering), & Brian Duistermars (MCSB)


*Innovative Teaching: Stephanie Dingwall (Biochemistry)**Honorable
Mentions:* Miguel Zavala (SOE)

*Community-Engaged Teaching:* *Kyle Ingram (School of Business)*

*Inaugural Graduate Student/Postdoc Instructor of Record Award: Justin Huft
(Sociology)*
*Honorable Mentions: *Fan Bu (Economics), Koby Hanson (Hispanic Studies),
Harini Venkatesan (Comp Sci & Engineering)


*Inaugural Lecturer Award: Matthew Bond (University Writing Program)**Honorable
Mentions:* Kelly Downey (Comp Sci & Engineering), Madison Brookshire (Art
History), & Karissa You (SOBA)

The award winners will be recognized at the annual Celebration of Teaching
on Wednesday, May 20th from 4:30-6pm in the XCITE Commons. Please join us
there to congratulate these distinguished educators. You can RSVP here
<https://events.ucr.edu/event/celebration-of-teaching-2026?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=UC+Riverside>.


Sincerely,

Louie Rodriguez, Vice Provost & Dean of Undergraduate Education
Annie S. Ditta & Kyle Ingram, chairs of the Academy of Distinguished
Teaching
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