2023 Celebration of Teaching
We celebrate the many instructors who went above and beyond their regular teaching duties to earn a CITL teaching certificate. These teachers engaged in many activities that may include: teaching students at Illinois, having their teaching observed by a mentor, collecting and responding to student feedback on their teaching, exploring the literature on teaching & learning, attending teaching & learning workshops, creating original teaching & learning work, and engaging in reflective practices.
CERTIFICATE IN FOUNDATIONS OF TEACHING
The Certificate in Foundations of Teaching provides an opportunity for those with less than two semesters of classroom teaching experience to explore teaching and become better prepared for the responsibilities of an academic setting.
| Alexander M. Fliflet | Kinesiology & Community Health |
| Alexander Michels | Informatics, GGIS |
| Alice A Oloo | Kinesiology & Community Health |
| Ana Laura Selzer Ninomiya | Kinesiology & Community Health |
| Babatope Ayokunle Ogunjesa | Kinesiology & Community Health |
| Benjamin M Campbell | Kinesiology & Community Health |
| Briley Lenkaitis | Agricultural & Consumer Economics |
| Britni Moore | Linguistics |
| Daniela Pedraza Novak | Business Administration |
| Der-Ting Huang | Business Administration |
| Elena Maria Zannoni | Nuclear, Plasma & Radiological Engineering |
| Emily Harrington | Speech and Hearning Science |
| Emma Lundin | Recreation, Sport & Tourism |
| Fatou Hadim Jobe | Sociology |
| Gabrielle Ryan Strittmater | Kinesiology & Community Health |
| Jingya You | Business Administration |
| Jonathan R. Oliveira | Recreation, Sport & Tourism |
| Jonathan Ruwuya | Recreation, Sport & Tourism |
| Lance Warwick | Recreation, Sport & Tourism |
| Mahbubeh Moqadam | Sociology and WGS |
| Mimi Trinh | Kinesiology & Community Health |
| Mojtaba Khaliji | Kinesiology & Community Health |
| Nicholas Skorin | Kinesiology & Community Health |
| Nicolette Smith-Suchon | Kinesiology & Community Health |
| Pallav Ranjan | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
| Qianyi (Sinyee) Lu | Sociology |
| Rebecca C Bishop | Veterinary Clinical Medicine & Comparative Biosciences |
| Rebekah Bosley | Speech & Hearning Science |
| Riley Vesto | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Seung-Jin Cho | Recreation, Sport & Tourism |
| Shi Qiu | Business Administration |
| Shivali Banerjee | Agricultural and Biological Engineering |
| Stephanie Fu Lai | Kinesiology & Community Health |
| Sungjai Hong | Recreation, Sport & Tourism |
| Thaís Karine de Lima Rezende | Materials Research Laboratory |
| Xin Du | Recreation, Sport & Tourism |
| Xue Yan | Recreation, Sport & Tourism |
| Xueze Song | Business Administration |
| Yuliana Soto | Kinesiology & Community Health |
| Ziwei Li | Kinesiology & Community Health |
GRADUATE TEACHER CERTIFICATE
The Graduate Teacher Certificate is designed to help TAs develop teaching skills and reflective practice by providing them with opportunities to document their teaching experience, professional development, and constructive use of student feedback.
| Abigail Stocker | Economics |
| Alana Ackerman | Anthroplogy |
| Alex Kogen | Accountancy |
| Alexandra Nicole Schneeberger | Germanic Languages & Literatures |
| Alina Dorion | Music |
| Anamelechi FALASY | Agricultural & Biological Engineering |
| Aravind Baby | Materials Science & Engineering |
| Elena (Yujie) Pu | East Asian Languages and Cultures |
| Emily R. Whitmer | Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology |
| Frederick Pardoe | Physics |
| Hilal Karakorkmaz | ESL Program, Linguistics |
| Izaro Bedialauneta Txurruka | Spanish & Portuguese |
| James Ewing | Philosophy |
| Ji Soo Yoo | Political Science |
| Jillian Keng | ESL Program, Linguistics |
| Katie VanDyne | Spanish & Portuguese |
| Lindsay F. Kelpinski | Communication |
| Lorena Fabiana Alarcon | Spanish & Portuguese |
| Madison McCann | ESL Program, Linguistics |
| Margaret Verrico | Astronomy |
| Maria Siskaki | Mathematics |
| Mikako Masuda | ESL Program, Linguistics |
| Mingyeong Kim | Music and EALC |
| Ogulcan Durmaz | ESL Program, Linguistics |
| Puja Roy | Atmospheric Science |
| Qinglin Luan | Communication; East Asian Languages and Cultures |
| Rachel Elizabeth Schaaf | Chemistry |
| Rosana Alejandra Gómez-Cayapú | ESL Program, Linguistics |
| Sana Saboowala | Anthroplogy; Integrative Biology |
| Sarah Ann Philip | Kinesiology & Community Health |
| Sarah Maria Hagen | Physics |
| Seongjoon Ahn | Political Science |
| Shiyu Sun | Educational Psychology |
| Siddhanth Sabharwal | Statistics |
| Silvia Murgia | Speech and Hearing Science |
| Suhyeon Lee | ESL Program, Linguistics |
| Tankya Shukla | Geography & Geographic Information Science |
| Temirlan Shilikbay | Cell and Developmental Biology |
| Tzu-Kun Hsiao | School of Information Sciences |
| Uliana Ovsiannikova | ESL Program, Linguistics |
DR. SANDRA J. FINLEY TEACHER SCHOLAR CERTIFICATE
The Teacher Scholar Certificate encourages instructors to become scholars of teaching by providing a structured process for the exploration of pedagogy from a discipline-based perspective.
| Aravind Baby | Materials Science & Engineering |
| Lily Arias | School of Integrative Biology |
| Martin Gumus | ESL Program, Linguistics |
| Sarah M Zehr Gantz | Education Policy, Organization & Leadership |
| Seung Byum Seo | Computer Science |
| Sihui Ma | Food Science and Human Nutrition |
CERTIFICATE IN TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED TEACHING
The Certificate in Technology-Enhanced Teaching encourages instructors
to explore educational technologies and to practice and assess technology-enhanced teaching.
| Dani Nyikos | English |
| Martin Gumus | ESL Program, Linguistics |
| Michelle L. Farley | Anthropology |
| Weston Morrow | English |
| Yuerong Hu | School of Information Sciences |
MASTER COURSE IN ONLINE TEACHING
CITL's Master Course in Online Teaching (MCOT) is a deep dive into online teaching strategies that asks participants to go further than ever before in applying evidence-based teaching to their online practice. Participants work in a small cohort to explore course design, learning communities, best teaching practices, and student motivation by engaging with resources from online teaching experts here at Illinois and around the world. The relationship of these topics to issues of accessibility, technology, and online teaching standards are examined throughout the course.
| Sabrina Abdulla |
| Seongjoon Ahn |
| Daniel Almanza |
| Jenny Amos |
| Falasy Anamelechi |
| Moraes Lessa Antonio Carlos |
| Olivia Campos Coiado |
| (Cindy) Kher Xing Chan |
| Janith Chandrasoma |
| Leyla Cooper |
| Meg Cornell |
| Karl Eid |
| Brenda Garcia |
| Yuerong Hu |
| Jill Huang |
| Wonjin Jeong |
| Fatma Kadayifci |
| Madina Khamzina |
| Sydney McKee |
| (Hannah) Dahhea Min |
| Allison O'Dwyer |
| Portelli Raechel |
| Widya Ramadhani |
| James Steur |
| Ailuna Utegenova |
| Mae Vogel |
| Tine Walczyk |
| Rui Wei |
| Niranga Wickramarathne |
| Gaukhar Yersultanova |
| Yidan Zhou |
CITIZEN SCHOLAR CERTIFICATE
The Citizen Scholar Certificate encourages instructors to explore and participate in the scholarship of engagement and provides opportunities for instructors to contribute to a community of practice that supports service-learning pedagogy and civic engagement.
| Elizabeth Coder | Education Policy, Organization & Leadership |
TEACHING HONORS
Many of you have been included on the "List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students" and we congratulate you.
The following list is by self-report and may not be complete.
| Alana Ackerman |
| Seongjoon Ahn |
| Lorena Fabiana Alarcon |
| Anamelechi FALASY |
| Aravind Baby |
| Izaro Bedialauneta Txurruka |
| Rebecca C Bishop |
| Elizabeth Coder |
| Meg Cornell |
| Alina Dorion |
| Ogulcan Durmaz |
| James Ewing |
| Michelle L. Farley |
| Alexander M. Fliflet |
| Rosana Alejandra Gómez-Cayapú |
| Martin Gumus |
| Sarah Maria Hagen |
| Emily Harrington |
| Fatou Hadim Jobe |
| Fatma Zehra Kadayifci |
| Hilal Karakorkmaz |
| Lindsay F. Kelpinski |
| Jillian Keng |
| Mingyeong Kim |
| Alex Kogen |
| Suhyeon Lee |
| Qinglin Luan |
| Madison McCann |
| Britni Moore |
| Mahbubeh Moqadam |
| Weston Morrow |
| Silvia Murgia |
| Dani Nyikos |
| Babatope Ayokunle Ogunjesa |
| Uliana Ovsiannikova |
| Sarah Ann Philip |
| Elena (Yujie) Pu |
| Widya Aulia Ramadhani |
| Pallav Ranjan |
| Puja Roy |
| Siddhanth Sabharwal |
| Rachel Elizabeth Schaaf |
| Alexandra Nicole Schneeberger |
| Ana Laura Selzer Ninomiya |
| Tankya Shukla |
| Nicolette Smith-Suchon |
| Abigail Stocker |
| Gabrielle Ryan Strittmater |
| Shiyu Sun |
| Katie VanDyne |
| Margaret Verrico |
| Emily R. Whitmer |
| Ji Soo Yoo |
AWARDS FROM DEPARTMENT OR COLLEGE
The following individuals received awards from their department or college in recognition of their teaching and service, and we commend you for this honor. This list is based on self-report and may not be complete.
| Aravind Baby | Racheff Teaching Fellow |
| Martin Gumus | Professional Development Grant |
| Fatma Zehra Kadayifci | Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award |
| Mingyeong Kim | Best Korean TA (Spring 2023) |
| Mikako Masuda | 2022 Mary A. Hussey Award for Excellence in ESL Teaching |
| Dani Nyikos | Rhetoric Program Award for Excellence in Writing Instruction in the Specialized Faculty |
| Puja Roy | Departmnet of Atmospheric Sciences Ogura Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award |
| Abigail Stocker | Robert E. Demarest Memorial Teaching Award |
| Katie VanDyne | LAS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching for Graduate Teaching Assistants |
A Note from CITL:
We appreciate the friends, family members, and university colleagues who are sharing in our celebration of the certificate recipients. We would also like to acknowledge the many individuals who support the development of teaching excellence on campus. Their contributions include assisting in the pre-semester training of TAs, mentoring TAs in their teaching responsibilities, and guiding TAs through the certificate process.