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UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award for Year: 2026

Senate Faculty

Rachel L. Kennison
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences
(Innovation & Impact)

Javier Patiño Loira
Spanish & Portuguese
(Practice of Teaching)

Brenda E. Stevenson
African American Studies; History
(Eby Award for Excellence in Teaching, Practice of Teaching)

Areti Tillou
Surgery
(Practice of Teaching)

Jorge Torres
Chemistry and Biochemistry
(Undergraduate Mentorship)

Sarah Tolbert
Chemistry and Biochemistry
(Community-Engaged Teaching)

Non-Senate Faculty

Daria Bahtina
Linguistics
(Undergraduate Mentorship)

Edward Ha
Medicine
(Practice of Teaching)

Seonkyung Jeon
Asian Languages and Cultures
(Practice of Teaching)

Lauri Mattenson
Writing Programs
(Practice of Teaching)

Steven Peterson
Communication
(Undergraduate Mentorship)

Chris Surro
Economics
(Undergraduate Mentorship)

Teaching Assistants

Nicholas Hu
Mathematics

Passion Lord
Education

Glenn Nurwono
Chemistry and Biochemistry

Dominique Stumbaugh
Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences

Dzmitry Vaido
Physics & Astronomy

Katarina Yuan
English

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