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35 Teaching Assistants Recognized for Outstanding Contributions

Thursday, April 27, 2023, By Diane Stirling
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The Graduate School is recognizing 35 teaching assistants for outstanding work and valued contributions to the educational experience at Syracuse University.

Outstanding Teaching Assistants are honored for excellence in their work as classroom teachers, laboratory or studio instructors and recitation or discussion section leaders, and for assisting faculty members who teach high-enrollment courses.

Students are nominated by their departments, and a selection committee chooses honorees based on both the strength of their teaching portfolio and faculty and student letters of support. This is the 36th year the awards have been presented.

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Graduate student Sara Jo Soldovieri leads a discussion for an Introduction to Inclusive Schooling class. (Photo by Jeremy Brinn)

“These awards typically go to only the top 4% of all teaching assistants campuswide, so selection truly is an honor,” says Peter Vanable, dean of the Graduate School. “Teaching assistants are integral to providing a high-quality educational experience. We thank them for the many ways their work contributes to and enriches learning, and we congratulate them on their selection.”

This year’s honorees are:

  • Poonam Argade, social science
  • Sinem Aytac, psychology
  • Roseanna Benser, sociology
  • Evan Bode, film and media arts
  • Thomas Bouril, history
  • Christopher Bousquet, philosophy
  • Hugo Cantin, languages, literatures and linguistics
  • Alexia Chatzitheodorou, physics
  • Frank (Sicong) Chen, electrical engineering and computer science
  • Ayse Dalgali, information science and technology
  • Easton Davis, cultural foundations of education
  • Thiago De Melo, philosophy
  • Ashley Douglass, psychology
  • Lerie Gabriel, writing studies, rhetoric and composition
  • Adil Ghaznavi, physics
  • Falak Hadi, political science
  • Jesse Hulse, mathematics
  • Shanel Khaliq, sociology
  • Jiho Kim, public administration and international affairs
  • Kaia Kirk, political science
  • Florencia Lauria, English
  • Anna-Blessing Merife, biomedical and chemical engineering
  • Kerry Mess, communication and rhetorical studies
  • Jacob Migdail-Smith, mathematics
  • Giovanni Minicucci, languages, literatures and linguistics
  • Courtney Noh, English
  • Brian Odiwuor, mathematics
  • Madeline Olley, English
  • Sanum Shafi, human development and family science
  • Sara Jo Soldovieri, teaching and leadership
  • Amanda Surman, science teaching
  • Mi Hoang Tran, entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises
  • Lei Wang, instructional design, development and evaluation
  • Cole Wilhelm, mechanical and aerospace engineering
  • Danae Woodfaulk, religion
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