Student Awards

Graduate Student Teaching Awards

Description

Graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) make a major, impactful contribution to teaching and learning at the University of Florida. Each academic year, the UF Graduate School recognizes the most industrious and innovative among them with the Graduate Student Teaching Awards (GSTA) to applaud their work as instructors in classrooms and laboratories across campus. The two highest GSTA winners receive the Calvin A. VanderWerf Award.

2024-2025 GSTA Winners

• Josie Bryan (Family, Youth and Community Sciences)
• Marcus Davis (Philosophy)
• James Everett (Anthropology)
• Joshua Higdon (Spanish and Portuguese Studies)
• Bomi Jin (Sociology and Criminology & Law)
• Taylor Johnson (Creative Writing)
• Jooyeon “Alice” Kim (Sociology and Criminology & Law)
• Kate Medla (Chemistry)
• Breanna McGrath (Architecture)
• Eleni Papadopoulou (Classics)
• Andrei Potapenko (Chemistry)
• Divya Radhakrishnan (Chemistry)
• Davis Simmons (Psychology)
• Anthony Smith (Classical Studies)
• Alexander Stant (Chemistry)
• Emily Swanson (Sociology and Criminology & Law)
• Jade Young (Theatre and Dance)
• Yue Zhang (Chemistry)

2024-2025 Calvin A. VanderWerf Award Winners

• Alan Toney (Theatre and Dance)
• Ben Vollmer (Media Production, Management, and Technology)

Questions?

• Email Academic Affairs Administrative Specialist Lorna Dishman at lornad@ufl.edu.