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Announcing the 2025 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Awards

Announcing the 2025 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Awards

The Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Awards recognize the efforts and accomplishments of GSIs who demonstrate extraordinary dedication and excellence as teachers.

April 9, 2025 | Rackham Graduate School

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Through the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Awards, Rackham recognizes scholars who have been nominated by their program for teaching excellence. Winners of this award demonstrate superb skill in teaching, mentoring, and advising. They bring creativity, inspirational commitment, and intellectual excitement to the classroom, discussion section, or teaching lab, and communicate this passion with their undergraduate students.

The 2025 recipients of the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Awards are:

Ciara Barrick, Comparative Literature
Paolo Borello, Statistics
Noah Cashian, Ancient History
Gabriela Fernandes Martins, Physics
Sydney Gable, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Madelyn Gatchel, Computer Science and Engineering
Alanna Heatherly, Classical Studies
Malte Hendrickx, Philosophy
Conrad Kosowsky, Complex Systems
Bhaskar Kumawat, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Lauren Madden, Biomedical Engineering
Mel Monier, Communication and Media
Brittany Pendergraft, Classical Studies
Akash Rai, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Micaela Rodriguez, Psychology
Julian Rome, Philosophy
Ekaterina Shchetka, Mathematics
Hilary Simpson, Education and Psychology
Leopoldo Solis Martinez, History
Luke Stoneback, Movement Science

Read the event program for for details on the awardee’s research.

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Movement Science
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