Congratulations to Arts recipients who recently received various teaching and learning awards across UBC!
This spring, several faculty members and teaching assistants in the Faculty of Arts have received annual teaching awards across the university. The awards celebrate achievements in teaching and learning, whether it is through continued excellence in teaching or significant contributions towards enhacing accessibility for students.
Discover the recipients and learn how they’re advancing teaching and learning at UBC.
Killam Teaching Prize and Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Awarded annually across UBC, the Killam Teaching Prize celebrates faculty who have been nominated by students, colleagues and alumni. In the Faculty of Arts, six instructors are awarded for demonstrating their teaching excellence in the classroom:
- Dr. Alifa Bandali (Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice)
- Dr. Amanda Cheong (Sociology)
- Dr. David King (Psychology)
- Dr. Patrick Pennefather (Theatre and Film)
- Dr. Priti Narayan (Geography)
- Dr. John Roosa (History)
Three graduate teaching assistants in Arts also received Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, commended for their teaching excellence by supervisors, colleagues, and students:
- Avontay Williams (Philosophy)
- Cody Brown (English Language and Literatures)
- Kirthana Singh Khurana (First Year & Interdisciplinary Programs)
Dr. Alifa Bandali
Assistant Professor of Teaching, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (GRSJ)
Dr. Amanda Cheong
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
Dr. David King
Lecturer, Department of Psychology
Dr. Patrick Pennefather
Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Film
Dr. Priti Narayan
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography
Dr. John Roosa
Professor, Department of History
Avontay Williams
Department of Philosophy
Cody Brown
Department of English Language and Literatures
Kirthana Singh Khurana
First Year & Interdisciplinary Programs
OER Excellence and Impact Awards and Teaching and Learning Champions
OER Awards
Awarded by UBC, the annual UBC Open Educational Resources (OER) Excellence and Impact Awards recognize faculty who materially advance the use and impact of open educational resources in credit courses at UBC. Two Arts faculty members are awarded for their achievements in improving access to educational resources:
- UBC Vancouver Individual Award: Dr. Jon Beasley-Murray (French, Hispanic and Italian Studies)
- UBC Vancouver Group Award (co-awarded): Dr. Simon Lolliot (Psychology)
Every year, the Alma Mater Society (AMS) at UBC presents the AMS OER Champions Award to celebrate faculty’s contributions towards enhancing accessibility and affordability for students. In the Faculty of Arts, five faculty members are awarded for their outstanding use of open educational resources (OER) in credit courses:
- Dr. Arjun Chowdhury (Political Science)
- Dr. David Green (Economics)
- Dr. Mark Turin (Anthropology, Critical Indigenous Studies)
- Dr. Peter Dauvergne (Political Science, International Relations)
- Dr. Pheroze Unwalla (History)
Dr. Jon Beasley-Murray
Associate Professor, Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS)
Dr. Simon Lolliot
Associate Professor of Teaching, Department of Psychology
Dr. Arjun Chowdhury
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Dr. David Green
Professor, Vancouver School of Economics
Dr. Mark Turin
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Dr. Peter Dauvergne
Professor, Department of Political Science, International Relations
Dr. Pheroze Unwalla
Associate Professor of Teaching, Department of History
UDL Champions Award
Awarded by the AMS, the UDL Champions Award recognizes the work of faculty and staff in advocating for Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles to foster more inclusive, accessible classrooms. Six Arts faculty members are recognized as UDL Champions:
- Dr. Florian Gassner (Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies)
- Dr. Isabel Machado (Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice)
- Dr. Janet Um (Asian Studies)
- Dr. Kathleen Hall (Linguistics)
- Dr. Laura Ishiguro (History, Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies)
- Dr. Terri Givens (Political Science)
Dr. Florian Gassner
Associate Professor of Teaching, Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies
Dr. Isabel Machado
Lecturer, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice
Dr. Janet Um
Lecturer, Department of Asian Studies
Dr. Kathleen Currie Hall
Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics
Dr. Laura Ishiguro
Associate Professor, Department of History and Director, Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies
Dr. Terri Givens
Professor, Department of Political Science
