ACTR Teaching Excellence Award for Graduate Student Instructors
Previous Awardees
2023
Aselle Almuratova, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Aselle Almuratova, a Ph.D. candidate in Slavic Languages and Literatures, is an extraordinarily gifted, dedicated, and creative teacher. Aselle is firmly committed to inclusive classroom practices that reflect an understanding of her students' perspectives, goals, and needs, and to expanding their awareness and knowledge of the diversity of the Russian-speaking world. Aselle strives to create a sense of community in and out of the classroom for students and colleagues; she supports her students by developing and leading co-curricular activities, and her fellow graduate students through mentoring.
Aselle Almuratova, a Ph.D. candidate in Slavic Languages and Literatures, is an extraordinarily gifted, dedicated, and creative teacher. Aselle is firmly committed to inclusive classroom practices that reflect an understanding of her students' perspectives, goals, and needs, and to expanding their awareness and knowledge of the diversity of the Russian-speaking world. Aselle strives to create a sense of community in and out of the classroom for students and colleagues; she supports her students by developing and leading co-curricular activities, and her fellow graduate students through mentoring.
Ani Abrahamyan, Indiana University
Ani Abrahamyan is a Ph.D. student in Russian literature at Indiana University. Ani is an outstanding instructor who is strongly committed to creating an engaging, interactive, and supportive classroom environment. In her teaching, Ani employs a variety of innovative approaches to teaching language and culture, including genre-based teaching and project-based learning to enable students to connect language, culture, and communication. She strives to develop learners' multiliteracies by creating learning tasks that engage students with printed and online texts as well as auditory and visual materials.
Ani Abrahamyan is a Ph.D. student in Russian literature at Indiana University. Ani is an outstanding instructor who is strongly committed to creating an engaging, interactive, and supportive classroom environment. In her teaching, Ani employs a variety of innovative approaches to teaching language and culture, including genre-based teaching and project-based learning to enable students to connect language, culture, and communication. She strives to develop learners' multiliteracies by creating learning tasks that engage students with printed and online texts as well as auditory and visual materials.
