2025-26 Teaching Recognition Program winners

Dear faculty, 

The Teaching Recognition Program celebrates excellence in teaching at UIC and provides faculty with an opportunity to showcase their dedication to student learning and educational innovation. Administered by faculty and offered through the Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, the program awards a $1,500 permanent increase to the annual base salary of those who have demonstrated outstanding teaching over the past three academic years. 

The program is open to all tenured, tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty with a demonstrated long-term commitment to teaching at UIC. 

Faculty members selected for the 2025–26 academic year: 

Stacy Arriola, College of Nursing
Kamran Avanaki, Colleges of Engineering and Medicine-Chicago
Gonzalo Bello Lander, College of Engineering
Liza Calisesi Maidens, College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts
Debaleena Chattopadhyay, College of Engineering
Jeffrey Cheung, College of Medicine-Chicago
Eman Elturki, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Jonathan Komperda, College of Engineering
Steven Miller, College of Dentistry
Michael Mills, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Michael Muller, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Honors College
Jeremy Riel, College of Education
Eric Swirsky, Colleges of Applied Health Sciences and Medicine-Chicago
Toni Van Denend, College of Applied Health Sciences
Thomas Webb, College of Medicine-Rockford
Anthony Woldeit, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

We extend our warmest congratulations to this year’s recipients and thank them for their exceptional contributions to teaching and learning at UIC.

Sincerely,
Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs 

For more information, please contact:
Teaching Recognition Program
uictrp@uic.edu