Distinguished Teaching Award Winners in the Humanities
Every year, the UCLA Academic Senate Committee on Teaching awards UCLA’s highest teaching honor – the Distinguished Teaching Award.
The awards recognize academically and professionally accomplished individuals who bring respect and admiration to the scholarship of teaching. Recipients are selected from nominations received by colleagues and leaders across the campus and recommendations by students.
The 2021 winners from the Division of Humanities of the UCLA Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Awards are as follows:
Distinguished Senate Faculty Teaching Award with the Eby Award for the Art of Teaching
Yogita Goyal, African American Studies and English
Distinction in Teaching Eby Award
Distinguished Non-Senate Faculty Teaching Award
Tara Prescott-Johnson, Writing Programs
The 2020 winners from the Division of Humanities of the UCLA Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Awards are as follows:
Distinguished Senate Faculty Teaching Award
David Kim, Germanic Languages
Tamara Levitz, Comparative Literature
Distinguished Non-Senate Faculty Teaching Award
Margaret Davis, Writing Programs
Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award
Nina Bjekovic, Italian
Elizabeth Crawford, English
John Kardosh, Philosophy
Laura Munoz, Spanish and Portuguese
The 2019 winners from the Division of Humanities of the UCLA Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Awards are as follows:
Distinguished Non-Senate Faculty Teaching Award
Juliet Falce-Robinson, Spanish and Portuguese
Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award
Samantha Morse, English
Jordan Wallace-Wolf, Philosophy
The 2018 winners from the Division of Humanities of the UCLA Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Awards are as follows:
Distinguished Senate Faculty Teaching Award with the Eby Award for the Art of Teaching
David MacFadyen, Comparative Literature & Musicology
Distinguished Non-Senate Faculty Teaching Award
Karen Cunningham, English
Dana Cairns Watson, Writing Programs
Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award
Scott Abramson, Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
William Kowalsky, Philosophy
The 2017 winners from the Division of Humanities of the UCLA Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Awards are as follows:
Distinguished Senate Faculty Teaching Award with the Distinction in Teaching at the Graduate Level
Alex Purves, Classics
Distinguished Non-Senate Faculty Teaching Award
Benjamin James Lewis, Linguistics
Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award
Gabbrielle Johnson, Philosophy
Sydney Miller, English
The 2016 winners from the Division of Humanities of the UCLA Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Awards are as follows:
Distinguished Senate Faculty Teaching Award
Joseph Bristow, English
Elisabeth Le Guin, Musicology
Distinguished Non-Senate Faculty Teaching Award
Jeremy Smoak, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
Greg Rubinson, Writing Programs
Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award
Lourdes Arevalo, Spanish and Portuguese
Rebecca Hill, English
The 2015 winners from the Division of Humanities of the UCLA Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Awards are as follows:
Distinguished Senate Faculty Teaching Award with the Distinction in Teaching at the Graduate Level
Robert Fink, Musicology
Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award
Benjamin Court, Musicology
Sarah Nance, English
The 2014 winners from the Division of Humanities of the UCLA Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Awards are as follows:
Distinguished Senate Faculty Teaching Award
Felicity A. Nussbaum, English
Distinguished Non-Senate Faculty Teaching Award
Teddi Chichester, Writing Programs
Mitchum Huehls, English
Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award
Ashley Feinsinger, Philosophy
Kristin Mann, Classics