<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div class="msg-1379906303586203178"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_-1379906303586203178WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">Dear Campus Colleagues,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">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:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Junior Excellence in Teaching:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <b>Laura Catano (EEOB)</b><br><i>Honorable Mentions: </i>Shawn Westerdale (Physics & Astronomy), Jiamin Zhang (Chemical & Environmental Engineering), & Brian Duistermars (MCSB)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Innovative Teaching: Stephanie Dingwall (Biochemistry)<br></span></b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Honorable Mentions:</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Miguel Zavala (SOE)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Community-Engaged Teaching:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <b>Kyle Ingram (School of Business)</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Inaugural Graduate Student/Postdoc Instructor of Record Award: Justin Huft (Sociology)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br><i>Honorable Mentions: </i>Fan Bu (Economics), Koby Hanson (Hispanic Studies), Harini Venkatesan (Comp Sci & Engineering)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Inaugural Lecturer Award: Matthew Bond (University Writing Program)<br></span></b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Honorable Mentions:</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Kelly Downey (Comp Sci & Engineering), Madison Brookshire (Art History), & Karissa You (SOBA)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The award winners will be recognized at the annual Celebration of Teaching on Wednesday, May 20^th from 4:30-6pm in the XCITE Commons. Please join us there to congratulate these distinguished educators. You can RSVP <a href="https://events.ucr.edu/event/celebration-of-teaching-2026?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=UC+Riverside" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sincerely,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Louie Rodriguez, Vice Provost & Dean of Undergraduate Education<br>Annie S. Ditta & Kyle Ingram, chairs of the Academy of Distinguished Teaching </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p></div></div>
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