IOWA CITY, IOWA (June 27, 2024) — Tyler C Grover of Davenport, IA was one of thirty graduate teaching assistants from a range of disciplines who were recipients of the University of Iowa's Oustanding Teaching Assistsant Award for 2023-24.
The honorees excel in promoting learning, creativity, and intellectual discovery both inside and outside the classroom. The enthusiasm and commitment to student success demonstrated by these individuals highlights the crucial role teaching assistants play in the university's teaching mission.
"Our teaching assistants are so important to the educational mission of the university," says Kevin Kregel, executive vice president and provost. "The talent and dedication of these individuals cannot be overstated, and I am so grateful for their efforts to support teaching excellence at Iowa."
This year's honorees are teaching assistants who taught for at least one semester during the spring, summer, or fall 2023. Nominations for the awards were gathered from undergraduate students, faculty, colleagues, departmental executive officers, and deans. Each recipient will receive a $1,000 award and will be presented with a certificate at a reception in May.
The 2023-24 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award recipients are:
Munachim Amah
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Sydney Arlis
Department of Biology
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Arnold W. Bangel III
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
College of Engineering
Matthew Lee Barber
Department of Mathematics
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Sarah Barringer
Department of Rhetoric
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Jose David Beltran
Department of Mathematics
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Qiao Yang (Jamie) Chen
Department of English
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Mandy Dunphy
Department of Teaching and Learning
College of Education
Adriana Fernandez Quero
Department of Mathematics
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Philip Griffin
Department of Physics and Astronomy
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Tyler C Grover
Department of Physics and Astronomy
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Samuel Harper
Department of Political Science
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Spencer Jones
Department of Rhetoric
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Maddison Kuncl
Department of History
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Sun Joo Lee
School of Music
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Asa Josiah Madison
Department of Sociology and Criminology
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Nathan Kilian Micatka
Department of Political Science
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Logan Moore
Department of Anthropology
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Grace Josephine Rose Morse
Department of English
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Mofiyinfoluwa (Fi) O
Department of English
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Jack Rockwell
Department of Rhetoric
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kristen Ronning
School of Music
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Stephanie Schmitt
Department of Political Science
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Maria Slusarek
Department of Teaching and Learning
College of Education
Joey Small
Department of Mathematics
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Danielle Talbot
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Carver College of Medicine
Jacob Van Grinsven
Department of Mathematics
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Alison Warren
Department of Teaching and Learning
College of Education
Corinne Watts
Department of Anthropology
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Edward L White
Department of Mathematics
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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