<div dir="ltr">Dear Graduate Students,<br><br>The Academy of Distinguished Teaching (ADT) at UCR, in partnership with the Division of Undergraduate Education, is soliciting nominations for the 2026 Inaugural Graduate Student/Postdoc Instructor of Record Award. All graduate students and postdocs who have served as the official Instructor of Record (<b>Associate In</b>) for a complete course in either the regular academic year or one summer term are eligible to apply. Please see the attachment for more details.<div><br></div><div>MB<div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12.8px">----</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Marissa Brookes</span><br></font></div><font color="#000000">Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies,</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000">Department of Political Science</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Faculty Director, Inland Empire Labor and Community Center</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000">University of California, Riverside</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000">Watkins 2223<br>(951) 827-5510</font></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Annie Stanfield Ditta</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:annied@ucr.edu">annied@ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Mar 6, 2026 at 4:31 PM<br>Subject: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: Inaugural Grad Student/Postdoc Instructor of Record Award<br>To: Kyle Ingram <<a href="mailto:kingram@ucr.edu">kingram@ucr.edu</a>><br>Cc: Amanda Rupiper <<a href="mailto:arupiper@ucr.edu">arupiper@ucr.edu</a>>, Mariam Salloum <<a href="mailto:mariam.salloum@ucr.edu">mariam.salloum@ucr.edu</a>>, Jack Eichler <<a href="mailto:jeichler@ucr.edu">jeichler@ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Graduate Advisors,</div><div><br></div><div>I am writing as Chair of the <a href="https://academyteachers.ucr.edu/" target="_blank">Academy of Distinguished Teaching</a> (ADT) to announce a brand-new teaching award designed specifically for graduate student and postdoc Instructors of Record (Associate Ins). Please distribute the attached call to any graduates or postdocs that have served as Associate Ins for at least one course in your department.</div><div><br></div><div>The deadline for nominations is <b>Friday, April 3, 2026</b>.<br> <br>For questions, please contact Kyle Ingram, Chair of the Academy of Distinguished Teaching Awards Committee (<a href="mailto:kyle.ingram@ucr.edu" target="_blank">kyle.ingram@ucr.edu</a>) or visit <a href="https://academyteachers.ucr.edu/" target="_blank">https://academyteachers.ucr.edu/</a> for more details.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Annie</div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#999999">Annie S. Ditta, Ph.D.</font></b></div><div><font color="#999999">Pronouns: she/her/hers</font><font color="#888888"> </font><font size="1" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">(<a href="https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">what's this?</a>)</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#999999">Associate Professor of Teaching</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#999999">Distinguished Teaching Professor<br></font><div><font color="#999999">Department of Psychology</font></div><div><font color="#999999">University of California, Riverside</font></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="2"><font color="#999999">LinkedIn:</font><font color="#888888"> </font><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/anniesditta" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/anniesditta</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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