On April 25, graduate students and friends, families, and supporting staff gathered to celebrate the ten recipients of the 2024 Penn Prize for Excellence in Graduate Teaching.

“As graduate instructors, Penn Prize winners have made tremendous impacts on Penn students, helping them learn and find connection in classes and fields,” said Bruce Lenthall, co-director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Innovation, which provides support for the awards organized by the Office of the Provost. “The prize winners’ commitment to their students reminds us how meaningful the engagement between graduate instructors and their students often is here.”

The awards were presented by Karen Detlefsen, vice provost for education, who noted tthat the awards are unique because nominations are University-wide and come from undergraduates instead of faculty. This year, there were 114 nominations that were narrowed by a committee to 20 finalists, and then to 10 winners.

The winners are:

• Jeongmoon Choi—Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (SEAS)
• Jonathan Dick—English (SAS)
• Jamie Galanaugh—Neuroscience (PSOM)
• Joyce Kim—Sociology (SAS/GSE)
• Nipun Kottage—Anthropology (SAS/PSOM)
• Marissa Shandell—Management (Wharton)
• Azsaneé Truss—Communication (Annenberg)
• Jacqueline (Jacqui) Wallis—Philosophy (SAS)
• Caroline Wechsler—History and Sociology of Science (SAS/PSOM)
• Hannah Xiao—Data Science (SEAS)