The UCLA Academic Personnel Office recently announced the recipients of the Unit 18 professional development awards for 2016-17. The awards support the professional growth and pedagogical initiatives of lecturers, officially known as Unit 18 non-Senate faculty at UCLA.
The Non-Senate Council on Professional Development, a committee composed of lecturers drawn from different academic fields, grants funds to proposals that explain the feasibility of teaching projects that improve pedagogy and demonstrate the applicant’s substantive participation in a variety of endeavors and activities that are relevant to the candidate’s discipline and professional development.
The recipients are:
AAP New Student Program: Maya Smukler
African-American Studies: David Stein and Libby Lewis
Anderson Graduate School of Management: Tamara Berges and Galey Northrop
Asian-American Studies: Jean-Paul Deguzman and Lily Tamai
Asian Languages and Cultures: Nenita Domingo, Yan Shen, Jane Choi, Seonkyung Jeon, Jennifer Jung-Kim, Xiaoxin Sun, Lincheng Chief, Jengit Gasigitamrong, Thu Ba Nguyen, Michelle Smith, Asako Takakura, Juliana Wijaya and Yu-Wen Yao
Chemistry and Biochemistry: Eric Scerri and Laurence Lavelle
Civil and Environmental Engineering: Sim-Lin Lau
Communication Studies: John Kochian
Comparative Literature: Susannah Drissi and Simona Livescu
School of Dentistry: Deborah Termeie
Graduate School of Education and Information Studies: Anna Yeakley, Cindy Mediavilla, Snowden Becker and Julia Gosart
English: Namarta Poddar
Ethnomusicology: Tamir Hendelman and Nolan Warden
Film, TV and Digital Media: Neil Landau, Eric Marin, Alex Franklin and Maria Elena De Las Carreras
Germanic Languages: Magdalena Tarnawska
Getty Conservation Program: Vanessa Muros
History: Kristina Markman, Cassia Roth, Jared McBribe and Natalie Sherwan
Italian: Claire Lavagnino
Lab School: Sylvia Gentile, Judith Kantor, Joyce Friedman, Rebecca Heneise, Cristina Paul, Elena Perez, Kelly Serrano and Jennalee Wolter
Latin American Studies: Bonnie Taub
Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology: Peiyun Lee
Music: Aubrey Foard, Douglas Sumi and Claudia Cheng
Musicology: Ryan Koons and Alexandra Grabarchuk
Near Eastern Languages and Cultures: Julia Troche
Political Science: Cynthia Lebow
Psychology: Amber Ankowski
Sociology: Terri Anderson
Spanish and Portuguese: Gemma Repiso, Greg Cohen and Javier Moreno
Statistics: Juana Sanchez
Study of Religion: Donald Westbrook
Theater: Sharna Fabiano and Amy Chaffee
Urban Planning: Brady Collins
Writing Programs: Leslie Sherwood, Reed Wilson, Teddi Chichester, Margaret Davis, Leigh Harris, Nedda Mehdizaeh, Carleen Velez, Amber West, Esha De, Janet Goodwin, Laila Hualpa, Coleen Jaurretche, David Kipen, Maja Manojlovic, Lauri Mattenson and Mia McIver
