The ADT is a group of UCR faculty recognized for their excellence in teaching. The academy’s purpose is to support and enhance teaching across campus through mentorship, professional development, and advisory services, with a focus on improving student learning outcomes. 

11250
Students taught annually
264
Years of teaching experience at UCR
78
Publications on teaching and education


UCR Academy of Distinguished Teaching (ADT) – Charter

 

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Activities

  • Improve Teaching Methods: Provide pedagogical training and mentorship to faculty at all career stages, focusing on teaching methods, course design, and assessment.
     
  • Innovate with Technology: Collaborate with the XCITE Center to incorporate instructional technology and innovative teaching strategies.
     
  • Offer Mentorship: Serve as a resource for faculty, providing one-on-one guidance and consultations on teaching methods, course design, and student assessment.
     
  • Recognize Excellence: Honor outstanding teaching through campus-wide awards.
     
  • Advise Leadership: Offer expert advice to campus administration on teaching policies and initiatives to enhance the overall learning environment.

Roles

  • Recognition: Honor faculty excellence in teaching.
     
  • Mentorship: Provide one-on-one guidance and consultations for faculty.
     
  • Advisory: Offer expert advice to campus administration on teaching policies and initiatives.
     

Governance

  • The ADT Executive Council plans activities, advises on teaching matters, manages communications, and oversees the budget.
     
  • Faculty from across campus serve on the council to ensure representation from different departments.
     
  • Subcommittees handle specific tasks such as selecting awardees, organizing events, and providing faculty consultation.

Membership

  • Open to UCR Senate Faculty recognized for significant contributions to teaching.
     
  • Members receive the title "Distinguished Teaching Professor" and may use this designation in official contexts.
     

Contact

Annie Stanfield Ditta
Annie Stanfield Ditta
Chair
Associate Professor of Teaching in Psychology

 


  annie.ditta@ucr.edu

ADT Award Recipients List ( 2005 - Present)

Academic Year Award Title(s) Award Recipient(s)
2024 - 2025 Junior Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award Amanda M. Rupiper
2024 - 2025 Junior Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award Joshua D Hartman
2024 - 2025 Innovative Teaching Award Ye Li
2024 - 2025 Community Engaged Teaching Award Mariam Salloum
2023-2024 Innovative Teaching Award Ashish Sood
2023-2024 Innovative Teaching Award Patrick H Degnan
2023-2024 Junior Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award Analisa Fores
2023-2024 Junior Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award Lucy Delaney
2023-2024 Junior Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award Mona Eskandari
2022-2023 Junior Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award Annie Dita
2022-2023 Junior Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award Anson D'Aloisio
2022-2023 Community Engaged Teaching Award Aerika Loyd
2022-2023 Innovative Teaching Award Joab Corey
2022-2023 Innovative Teaching Award Richard Yueh
2021 - 2022 Innovative Teaching Award Ilya Brookwell
2021 - 2022 Innovative Teaching Award Kyle Ingram
2021 - 2022 Junior Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award Sara Lapan
2021 - 2022 Junior Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award John Barton
2020 - 2021 Innovative Teaching Award Annie Dita
2020 - 2021 Innovative Teaching Award Christopher Bardeen
2020 - 2021 Junior Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award Emma Stapley
2020 - 2021 Junior Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award Flip Tanedo
2020 - 2021 Junior Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award Boerge Hemmerling
2019 - 2020 Innovative Teaching Award Matthew Casselman
2019 - 2020 Junior Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award Natasha McPherson
2019 - 2020 Junior Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award Kenichiro Tsukamoto
2018 - 2019 Junior Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award Stephanie Dingwall
2018 - 2019 Junior Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award Igor Barsukov
2018 - 2019 Innovative Teaching Award Nigel Hughes
2017 - 2018 Junior Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award Elizabeth Davis
2017 - 2018 Junior Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award William Grover
2017 - 2018 Innovative Teaching Award Jingsong Zhang
2016 - 2017 Junior Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award Kevin Costello
2016 - 2017 Junior Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award Nicolas Barth
2016 - 2017 Innovative Teaching Award Khaleel Razak
2015 - 2016 Junior Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award Andreja Novakovic
2015 - 2016 Junior Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award Brian Siana
2015 - 2016 Innovative Teaching Award Frank Vahid
2014 - 2015 Junior Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award Jonathan Eacott
2014 - 2015 Junior Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award Nathaniel Gabor
2014 - 2015 Innovative Teaching Award Sue Wessler
2013 - 2014 Innovative Teaching Award Karen Pyke
2012 - 2012 Innovative Teaching Award Richard Seto
2012 - 2013 Innovative Teaching Award Jack Eichler
2011 - 2012 Innovative Teaching Award Goldberry Long
2010 - 2011 Innovative Teaching Award Bahram Mobasher
2010 - 2011 Innovative Teaching Award Cindy Larive
2009 - 2010 Innovative Teaching Award Andrew Winer
2009 - 2010 Innovative Teaching Award Ward Beyerman
2008 - 2009 Innovative Teaching Award Timothy Payne
2007 - 2008 Innovative Teaching Award Manuela Martins-Green
2007 - 2008 Innovative Teaching Award Eugene Nothnagel
2007 - 2008 Innovative Teaching Award Victor Zordan
2006 - 2007 Innovative Teaching Award Bradley Hyman 
2006 - 2007 Innovative Teaching Award Justin McDaniel
2005 - 2006 Innovative Teaching Award Michael Erikson
2005 - 2006 Innovative Teaching Award Thomas Perring