Faculty University and Departmental Awards

University Awards

The Distinguished Teaching Award is a prestigious award bestowed upon up to five members of the Academic Senate, three non-Senate faculty members, and three graduate students at UC San Diego each year. The Distinguished Teaching Award was created because UC San Diego faculty recognize the important role excellent teaching plays at the University. This Award is a tangible expression of UC San Diego's commitment to excellence in teaching and to ensuring that this commitment is maintained. The Committee on Distinguished Teaching seeks to select those who exhibit creativity, innovative teaching methods, the ability to motivate students to actively seek out knowledge, and an extraordinary level of teaching commitment.

Graduate Faculty Teaching Award

The Department awards two annual prizes for the best graduate teaching in a core class and in an advanced elective. The recipients are selected by a committee comprised of graduate student representatives.

Year		Recipient
2023-24		Xinwei Ma, First Year Core Instructor
2023-24		Kaspar Wuthrich, Second-Year Core Instructor
2023-24		Fabian Eckert, Advanced Elective Course
2023-24		Nir Jaimovich, Honorable Mention for Advanced Elective Course

Undergraduate Faculty Teaching Award

The Department awards annual prizes for the best undergraduate teaching. The recipients are selected by a committee comprised of the department chair and past awardees.

Year		Recipient
2023-24		David Arnold, Undergraduate Core Sequence, Faculty
2023-24		Steve Wu, Undergraduate Elective, Faculty
2022-23		Meredith Crane, Undergraduate Teaching, Lecturer

Faculty University and Departmental Awards Archive

University Awards
Year		Recipient
2019		Joel Watson
		Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award
		for Academic Senate Members

2018		Kate Antonovics
		Chancellor's Associates Faculty Excellence Award
		Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

2016		Melissa Famulari
		Distinguished Teaching Award
		for Academic Senate Members

2016		Grant Johnson
		Distinguished Teaching Award
		for Graduate Students

2016		Steven Levkoff
		Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award
		Earl Warren College

2015		Jim Hamilton
		Chancellor's Associates Faculty Excellence Award
		Research in Humanities and Social Sciences

2015		Kate Antonovics
		Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award
		University of California, San Diego

2015		Melissa Famulari
		Chancellor's Associates Faculty Excellence Award
		Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

2015		Melissa Famulari
		Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award
		Thurgood Marshall College

2008		Valerie Ramey
		Chancellor's Associates Faculty Excellence Award
		Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

2008		Jaime Thomas
		Barbara J. and Paul D. Saltman Excellent Teaching Award

Faculty Teaching Awards


Year		Recipient
2022-23		Giacomo Rondina, Graduate Core Course
2022-23		Kaspar Wuthrich, Honorable Mention for Graduate Core Course
2022-23		Itzik Fadlon, Advanced Elective Course
2022-23		Tom Vogl and Munseob Lee, Honorable Mention for Advanced Elective Course
2022-23		Titan Alon, Undergraduate Teaching, Faculty
2022-23		Sara Lowes, Undergraduate Teaching, Faculty
2022-23		Steve Levkoff, Undergraduate Teaching, Lecturer

2021-22		Titan Alon, Graduate Core Course
2021-22		Xinwei Ma, Honorable Mention for Graduate Core Course
2021-22		Juan Herreno, Advanced Elective Course
2021-22		Johannes Weiland, Advanced Elective Course
2021-22		Kaspar Wuthrich, Undergraduate Teaching, Faculty
2021-22		Herb Newhouse, Undergraduate Teaching, Lecturer

2020-21		Alexis Toda, Graduate Core Course
2020-21		Joel Watson, Graduate Core Course
2020-21		Giacomo Rondina, Graduate Core Course
2020-21		Kaspar Wuthrich, Graduate Core Course
2020-21		Julian Betts, Advanced Elective Course
2020-21		Judd Boomhower, Undergraduate Teaching, Faculty
2020-21		Maria Candido, Undergraduate Teaching, Lecturer

2019-20		Yixiao Sun, Graduate Core Course
2019-20		Kaspar Wuthrich, Graduate Core Course
2019-20		David Lagakos, Honorable Mention for Graduate Core Course
2019-20		Paul Niehaus, Advanced Elective Course
2019-20		Julie Cullen, Honorable Mention for Advanced Elective Course
2019-20		Tom Vogl, Honorable Mention for Advanced Elective Course
2019-20		Simone Galperti, Undergraduate Teaching, Faculty
2019-20		Maxim Sinitsyn, Undergraduate Teaching, Lecturer

2018-19		Jim Hamilton, Graduate Core Course
2018-19		Brendan Beare, Honorable Mention for Graduate Core Course
2018-19		Kaspar Wuthrich, Advanced Elective Course
2018-19		Joel Watson, Faculty
2018-19		Steve Levkoff, Lecturer

2017-18		Joel Sobel, Graduate Core Course
2017-18		Kaspar Wuthrich, Advanced Elective Course
2017-18		Karthik Muralidharan, Undergraduate Teaching, Faculty
2017-18		Martin Santamaria, Undergraduate Teaching, Lecturer

2016-17		Simone Galperti, Graduate Core Course
2016-17		Karthik Muralidharan, Advanced Elective Course
2016-17		Yixiao Sun, Honorable Mention for Graduate Core Course
2016-17		Brendan Beare, Honorable Mention for Advanced Elective Course
2016-17		Tommaso Porzio, Honorable Mention for Advanced Elective Course
2016-17		Natalia Ramondo, Honorable Mention for Advanced Elective Course
2016-17		Julie Cullen, Undergraduate Teaching, Faculty
2016-17		Maria Candido, Undergraduate Teaching, Lecturer

2015-16		David Lagakos, Graduate Core Course
2015-16		Alexis Toda, Advanced Elective Course
2015-16		Joshua Graff Zivin, Advanced Elective Course
2015-16		Andres Santos, Honorable Mention for Advanced Elective Course

2014-15		Andres Santos, Graduate Core Course
2014-15		Simone Galperti, Graduate Core Course
2014-15		Julie Cullen, Advanced Elective Course
2014-15		Karthik Muralidharan, Advanced Elective Course
2014-15		Johannes Wieland, Undergraduate Teaching, Faculty
2014-15		Maxim Sinitsyn, Undergraduate Teaching, Lecturer
2014-15		Erin Wolcott, Undergraduate Teaching, Associate-In
2014-15		Richard Brady, Undergraduate Teaching, Associate-In

2013-14		Jim Hamilton, Graduate Core Course
2013-14		Yixiao Sun, Graduate Core Course
2013-14		Marc Muendler, Advanced Elective Course
2013-14		Andres Santos, Advanced Elective Course
2013-14		Simone Galperti, Honorable Mention for Advanced Elective Course
2013-14		Mark Machina, Undergraduate Teaching, Faculty
2013-14		Emily Tang, Undergraduate Teaching, Lecturer

2012-13		Jim Hamilton, Graduate Core Course
2012-13		Andres Santos, Graduate Core Course
2012-13		Nageeb Ali, Advanced Elective Course
2012-13		Julie Cullen, Advanced Elective Course
2012-13		Jeff Clemens, Honorable Mention for Advanced Elective Course
2012-13		Prashant Bharadwaj, Undergraduate Teaching, Faculty
2012-13		Skip Foster, Undergraduate Teaching, Lecturer
2012-13		Stephen Morris, Undergraduate Teaching, Associate-In

2011-12		Giacomo Rondina, Graduate Core Course
2011-12		Yixiao Sun, Graduate Core Course
2011-12		Gordon Hanson, Advanced Elective Course
2011-12		Andres Santos, Advanced Elective Course
2011-12		Mark Jacobsen, Third Year Paper/Presentation Course (Econ 285/296)
2011-12		Giacomo Rondina, Third Year Paper/Presentation Course (Econ 285/296)

2010-11		James Hamilton, Graduate Core Course
2010-11		Giacomo Rondina, Graduate Core Course
2010-11		S. Nageeb Ali, Advanced Elective Course
2010-11		Yixiao Sun, Advanced Elective Course
2010-11		Julie Cullen, Honorable Mention, Advanced Elective Course

2009-10		Davide Debortoli, Graduate Core Course
2009-10		Giacomo Rondina, Graduate Core Course
2009-10		Joel Sobel, Honorable Mention, Graduate Core Course
2009-10		Ivana Komunjer, Advanced Elective Course
2009-10		Craig McIntosh, Advanced Elective Course

2008-09		Andres Santos, Graduate Core Course
2008-09		Joel Sobel, Graduate Core Course
2008-09		S. Nageeb Ali, Advanced Elective Course
2008-09		Julie Cullen, Advanced Elective Course

2007-08		James Hamilton, Graduate Core Course
2007-08		Andres Santos, Graduate Core Course
2007-08		Craig McIntosh, Advanced Elective Course
2007-08		Halbert White, Advanced Elective Course

2006-07		James Hamilton, Graduate Core Course
2006-07		Mark Machina, Graduate Core Course
2006-07		Yixiao Sun, Advanced Elective Course
2006-07		Vincent Crawford, Advanced Elective Course
2006-07		Julie Cullen, Honorable Mention, Advanced Elective Course