The University of Texas System recently issued the following announcement.
Fourteen innovative and dedicated educators at UT institutions throughout the state were presented with a 2021 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award during the Board of Regents meeting today.
Recipients will each receive a medallion and a check for $25,000 in recognition of their contributions to student success and learning.
“The best way to ensure students get the full promise of a UT degree is to provide them with outstanding faculty,” Board of Regents Chairman Kevin P. Eltife said. “On behalf of the Board of Regents, I extend our profound appreciation to these educators for their commitment to teaching excellence and passion for serving students.”
“I’m delighted we are able to recognize these exceptional educators who are so committed to engaging, teaching, and supporting their students,” Chancellor James B. Milliken said. “I’m grateful to the Board of Regents for recognizing their impact on our students and our campuses.”
The University of Texas System Board of Regents established the annual awards program in 2008 to honor exemplary classroom performance.
Nominees undergo a series of rigorous evaluations by students, peer faculty and external reviewers. The review panels consider a range of activities and criteria in their evaluations of a candidate's teaching performance, including classroom expertise, curricula quality, innovative course development and student learning outcomes.
The 2021 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards winners are:
- Gina Amatangelo, assistant professor of practice, Department of Public Administration, UT San Antonio
- Nathaniel Brickens, professor, Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music, UT Austin
- Carol Cirulli Lanham, associate professor of instruction, Department of Sociology, UT Dallas
- Janice Fischer, professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, UT Austin
- Luca Pozzi, assistant professor, Department of Anthropology, UT San Antonio
- Alicia Rueda-Acedo, associate professor, Department of Modern Languages, UT Arlington
- Josef Sifuentes, assistant professor, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, UT Rio Grande Valley
- Marjan Afrouzian, associate professor, Department of Pathology, UT Medical Branch at Galveston
- Harold Henson, associate professor, Department of Periodontics and Dental Hygiene, UTHealth Houston
- Annette Occhialini, associate professor, Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio
- Vivyenne Roche, professor of internal medicine, UT Southwestern
- Claire Singletary, professor, Departments of Pediatrics and of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UTHealth Houston
- Barbara Taylor, associate professor of infectious diseases, UT Health San Antonio
- Ching-Wei Tzeng, associate professor of surgical oncology, UT MD Anderson
Original source can be found here.
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