2024 School of Arts & Sciences Teaching Awards

Penn Arts & Sciences

Penn Arts & Sciences recognized the following faculty for their distinguished teaching. They will be honored at a school-wide reception on Thursday, May 2.

Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching
Charles Kane, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Physics
Michael Weisberg, Bess W. Heyman President’s Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
 
Dennis M. DeTurck Award for Innovation in Teaching
Simon Richter, Class of 1965 Term Professor of German
 
Dean’s Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research
Melissa Wilde, Professor of Sociology
 
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor
Julia Alekseyeva, Assistant Professor of English
 
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty
Michael Kane, Senior Lecturer, Neuroscience
Jenine Maeyer, Senior Lecturer and Director, General Chemistry Laboratory
 
Liberal and Professional Studies Award for Distinguished Teaching in Undergraduate and Post-Baccalaureate Programs
Virginia Millar, Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences, Faculty, Penn LPS Online Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology
 
Liberal and Professional Studies Award for Distinguished Teaching in Professional Graduate Programs
Sarah Willig, Advisor and Lecturer, Master of Environmental Studies

Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students
- Meredith Hacking, Francophone, Italian, and Germanic Studies
- Matilda Hemming, English
- Tessa Huttenlocher, Sociology
- Ethan Plaue, English
- Daniel Shapiro, Political Science
- Derek Yang, Chemistry
- Youngbin Yoon, Philosophy

2024 Teaching Award Winners
Top row (L to R): Julia Alekseyeva, Charles Kane, Michael Kane, Jenine Maeyer, Virginia Millar. Bottom row (L to R): Simon Richter, Michael Weisberg, Melissa Wilde, and Sarah Willig.

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