Centennial TA Awards Overview
Initiated in 1989, this program recognizes and rewards outstanding teaching by teaching assistants in the Schools of Humanities and Sciences; Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences; and Engineering. The Centennial Teaching Assistant Awards consist of $500 prizes and certificates presented in a June awards ceremony, presided over by the Deans of the three schools, to TAs with outstanding records as teaching assistants.
Selection Process
Ewart Thomas, professor of psychology, started the program during his years as H&S Dean in order to acknowledge and celebrate the important role that TAs play in teaching at Stanford. Each year half of the departments in H&S are invited to choose a certain number (depending on the department or program’s size) of their graduate student teachers to be honored by the designation Centennial TA.
When selecting their CTAs, departments are encouraged to seek the widest participation of their faculty and graduate students and the use of a broad range of information about teaching assistants' effectiveness and contributions; student evaluations of TAs are also consulted. This is not meant to be a competition but rather a process that recognizes TAs with a record of outstanding contributions over time.
Funding
Endowment gifts for the CTA Program in Humanities and Sciences were made by Stanford friends and alums Bill (’56) and Reva (’54) Tooley of Los Angeles, Joan and the late Melvin Lane (’44) of Atherton, and Marta S. Weeks (’51) of Miami.
2015 Winners
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School of Humanities & Sciences
Anthropology: HANNAH MOOTS and ELEANOR A. POWER
Biology: JAE I. CHUNG, JESSICA MARTIN, and SAUMYA SANKARAN
Communication: ANITA VARMA
Division of Literature, Culture, and Language (DLCL): ANDRE FISCHER, NICOLE GOUNALIS, MICHAELA HULSTYN, and D. BRIAN KIM
East Asian Languages and Cultures: HANGPING XU
Economics: BLAKE A. BARTON, JEFFREY NAECKER, IGOR POPOV, and IAN WRIGHT
English: VANESSA SEALS, NATHAN WAINSTEIN, and BENJAMIN J WIEBRACHT
Human Biology: JOHANNA BURCH and TALON CLAYTON
Linguistics: ANNETTE D'ONOFRIO
Mathematics: CHRISTOPHER HENDERSON, JESSE MADNICK and EVRYDIKI NESTORIDI
Religious Studies: AHOO NAJAFIAN
Statistics: WILLIAM FITHIAN and STEPHEN REID
Theater & Performance Studies: MYRTON RUNNING WOLF
School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences
Earth Systems Program: SARAH MCCURDY and ANNE REMPEL
Energy Resources Engineering: LARRY JIN
Geological and Environmental Sciences: THERESA SCHWARTZ
Geophysics: OSSIAN O’REILLY
School of Engineering
Aeronautics and Astronautics: YOUNGJUN KIM
Bioengineering: KATELYN CAHILL-ROWLEY
Chemical Engineering: M. SAAD BHAMLA
Computer Science: RISHI GUPTA
Electrical Engineering: STEVEN BELL and JAYANT CHARTHAD
Management Science and Engineering: MERICCAN USTA
Materials Science and Engineering: SOAH LEE
Mechanical Engineering: MAXIME BASSENNE, XI CHENG, and the PRODUCT REALIZATION LAB NINETEEN
2014 Winners
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School of Humanities and Sciences
Art & Art History: GALEN JACKSON and MICHAEL METZGER
Chemistry: JAMES FLANAGAN, SERRA GOUDARZI, YANG HA, and DARYL STAVENESS
Classics: JACQUELINE ARTHUR-MONTAGNE
History: CAMERON BLEVINS, NATALIE MARINE-STREET, and ERIN PETTIGREW
Human Biology: TIM DANG
Modern Thought & Literature: ADRIENNE ROSE JOHNSON
Music: LAURA STEENBERGE
Philosophy: KATY MEADOWS and CARLOS NUNEZ
Physics: KURT BARRY, ALBORZ BEJNOOD, ALEX SUGARBAKER, and SHO UEMURA
Political Science: ALLISON ANOLL, ADRIANE FRESH, and JULIA PAYSON
Psychology: RICARDO BION, ALYSSA FU, and CANDICE HOGAN
Sociology: LAUREN BENDITT and ARIEL SCHACHTER
School of Earth Sciences
Earth Systems Program: PATRICK FREEMAN and NICOLE SARTO
Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment & Resources: AARON STRONG
Energy Resources Engineering: AMIR SALEHI
Environmental Earth System Science: DAN URBAN
Geological and Environmental Sciences: PABLO GARCIA DEL REAL and DANA THOMAS
Geophysics: YI SHEN
School of Engineering
Aeronautics and Astronautics: JOSEPH STAREK
Chemical Engineering: BRIANA DUNN
Computer Science: FIRAS ABUZAID and MICHAEL CHANG
Electrical Engineering: CHRIS COPELAND and ALEX LEMON
Management Science and Engineering: ROBERT RUHLANDT
Materials Science and Engineering: CHINMAY NIVARGI
Mechanical Engineering: MAURIZIO CHIARAMONTE and APOORVA RAJAGOPAL
2013 Winners
2013 Ceremony Photos [Opens in new window]
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School of Humanities and Sciences
Anthropology: ELSPETH READY and ALEXA HAGERTY
Biology: RACHEL EGGER
Communication: LEO YEYKELIS
Comparative Literature: RENANA KEYDAR
East Asian Languages & Cultures : GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ
Economics: MARISSA BECK, TROY SMITH, KRISHNA RAO, and EDISON YU
English: SHANNON PUFAHL, JESSICA BECKMAN, and ANASTASIA ECCLES
French & Italian: JASON LEWALLEN and BILIANA KASSABOVA
Human Biology: MAUREEN FAUSONE and STEVEN CRANE
Iberian & Latin American Cultures: ADAM MORRIS
Linguistics: ERIC ACTON
Mathematics: DANIEL JERISON, JEREMY LEACH, and CARY MALKIEWICH
Religious Studies: SIMON WILES
Statistics: NOAH SIMON and ALEXANDRA CHOULDECHOVA
Theater & Performance Studies: JESSICA NAKAMURA
School of Earth Sciences
Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment & Resources: DAN REINEMAN
Earth Systems Program: ANNIKA ALEXANDER-OZINKAS, ALLIE HAUSLADEN, and JESSICA EASTLING
Energy Resources Engineering: ABDULRAHMAN MANEA and SUMEET TREHAN
Environmental Earth System Science: DANIEL SWAIN
Geological and Environmental Sciences: SAMUEL JOHNSTONE
Geophysics: DARIO GRANA
School of Engineering
Bioengineering: ANDREINA PARISI-AMON
Civil and Environmental Engineering: MIA MATTIOLI and ROBERT ARTHUR
Chemical Engineering: TRAVIS WALKER
Computer Science: SÉBASTIEN ROBASZKIEWICZ
Electrical Engineering: CARLOS FERNANDEZ-GRANDA
Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering: FAYADHOI IBRAHIMA
Materials Science and Engineering: PETR JOHANES
Mechanical Engineering: BENJAMIN KALLMAN, LINUS PARK and CHELSEY SIMMONS
2012 Winners
School of Humanities and Sciences
Art History: YVETTE DEAS
Chemistry: LINDSEY HANSON, LUKE OLTROGGE and BRIAN SMITH
Classics: DAN-EL PADILLA PERALTA
German Studies: LILLA BALINT
History: JULIA MANSFIELD and SUZANNE SUTHERLAND-DUCHACEK
Human Biology: AUTUMN ALBERS
Music: CLARE ROBINSON
Philosophy: SAMUEL ASARNOW, SARA-JAYNE KERR
Physics: KIEL HOWE, PAUL SIMEON and SONNY VO
Political Science: LONJEZO HAMISI, ARIEL MENDEZ and NICHOLAS SHER
Psychology: YULA PALUY, PAUL THIBODEAU and CHARLENE WU
Slavic Languages and Literatures: ANNA LORDAN
Sociology: ANDREW ISAACSON and TRACI TUCKER
School of Earth Sciences
Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment & Resources: ROBERT HEILMAYR
Earth Systems Program: SAM RAMIREZ and SOPHIE THEIS
Energy Resources Engineering: HAI XUAN VO
Environmental Earth System Science: MICHAEL TSIANG
Geological & Environmental Sciences: DANIEL NAYLOR
Geophysics: YUNYUE LI
School of Engineering
Bioengineering: PEIRAN GAO
Civil and Environmental Engineering: ANNE-LAURE CUVILLIEZ and ROBBY ZELLER
Electrical Engineering: DAVID CHEN
Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering: SUDARSAN N.S. ACHARYA
Materials Science and Engineering: ZACH BEILEY and SAAHIL MEHRA
Mechanical Engineering: MICHAEL BARAKO and DANIEL JACOBS
