The Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2023 awards for faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates in teaching, mentorship, DEIJ, academics, and research. These individuals have made significant contributions to the academic and intellectual life of our department, and we are pleased and honored to recognize their achievements.

Faculty Awards

BCS Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching:

• Jim DiCarlo
• Lawrence Udiegwe
• Robert Ajemian

BCS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

• Ev Fedorenko
• Laura Frawley

BCS Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentorship

• Li-Huei Tsai

BCS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising

• Ted Gibson

BCS Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentorship

• Bob Desimone

Teaching Assistant Awards

Angus MacDonald Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching:

• Thomas Clark
• Sam Tenka
• Cindy Chen
• Fernanda De La Torre
• Greta Tuckute
• Di Kang
• Kendyll Burnell
• Shannon Knight
• Crista Falk
• Elizabeth Carbonell
• Leyla Akay

Walle Nauta Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching:

• Margaret Schroeder
• Julia Dziubek
• Gregg Heller

Glushko Prize for Outstanding Undergraduate Research in Cognitive Science

• Jason Li

Undergraduate Academic Awards (4.9 GPA or higher)

Course 6-9 Seniors

• Jiahai Feng
• Nelson Hidalgo Julia
• Raphi Kang
• Elizabeth Lee
• Qingyuan Lu
• Annika Magaro
• Ilan Mitnikov
• Alessandre Santos Sagastume
• Miles Silva
• Kayla Villa
• Mingye Wang
• Liane Xu
• Nico van Wijk
• Sean Elliott
• Kathleen Esfahany
• Marie Diane Fadel
• Stephanie Howe
• Miles Hudgins
• Niki Kim
• Sean Knight
• Eli Kramer
• Kinan Martin
• Shreyaa Raghavan
• Shruti Ravikumar
• Shaunticlair Ruiz
• Somaia Saba
• David Ulloa
• Alyssa Unell
• Brigette Wang

Course 9 Seniors

• Reese Alley
• Edmund Corcoran
• Shelby Laitipaya
• Gabrielle Liu
• Catherine Mei
• Bezawit Sahile
• Alexandra So
• Jordan Wilke
• Elizabeth Carbonell
• Teresa    Gao
• Eren Shin

  Course 6-9 Juniors

• Preston Hess
• Elaine Jutamulia
• Emma Qin
• Nakul Shenoy
• Nathan Shwatal
• Harley Yoder
• Andrii Zahorodnii
• Jake Chuharski
• Audrey     Cui
• Carol Jiang
• Quinn Langford
• Claire Lu
• Nicole Shigiltchoff
• Kelly Wang
• Kristine Zheng

Course 9 Seniors

• Allison Brattley
• Melody Guo
• David Koplow
• Jason Li

Students invited to Phi Beta Kappa

• Reese Alley
• Teddy Corcoran

DEIJ Awards

• Ted Gibson (Faculty)
• Josh McDermott (Faculty)
• Greg Heller (Grad)
• Alex Ferguson (Grad)
• Saima Malik Moraleda (Grad)
• Jill Crittendon (Staff)
• Elise Malvicini (Staff)
• Pramod RT (Postdoc)
• Lace Riggs (Postdoc)
   

Once again, we extend our congratulations to all the award recipients!