Thank an Instructor: Highlighting Fall 2024 Instructors
This page is dedicated to celebrating the incredible instructors at Rutgers University – New Brunswick who make a difference in their students’ lives. Through our Thank an Instructor initiative, more than 1,000 heartfelt notes of appreciation were shared to recognize the support and dedication of over 700 instructors.
Thank you to all the instructors who inspire students, provide guidance, and go above and beyond. We’re proud to showcase your impact and highlight the meaningful connections you create within our community.
See the honorees listed below alphabetically by last name.
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* Indicates a Top Thanked Instructor. This designation is awarded to instructors who received multiple thank-you notes from their students in recognition of their significant contributions to the student experience.
- James Abello
- Victoria Abraira
- Milton Achelpohl
- Michele Adamski
- Michael Agnor
- Denise Agosto
- Lynn Agre
- Joseph Agresta
- Eiman Ahmed
- Haemee Ahn
- Enver Akdogan
- Mary Albanese
- Christopher Albin-Brooks
- Ahmed Albrolisy
- Lauren Aleksunes
- Lillian Alexander
- Chaudhary Ali
- Marybeth Ali*
- Warren Allen
- Fatmah Almoumen
- Sebba Al-Qetrani
- Christine Altinis*
- Brianna Altman
- Karen Alvarado
- Moonia Ammari
- Cori Anderson
- Stephen Anderson
- William Andrews
- Janet Ansine
- Vivien Anthony
- Francisco Aragon-Guiller
- Veronica Armour
- Melissa Aronczyk
- Sonia Arora
- Jorlanditha Austin
- Juan Ayala
- Prosenjit Bagchi
- Carol Bagnell
- Bernadette Baird-Zars
- Shane Ballard
- Debra Ballentine
- Banmali Banerjee
- Annika Barber
- Leanne Barclay-Platenburg
- Katie Barillas
- Robert A. Bartynski
- Haim Baruh
- Michael Bass
- Duwayne Battle
- Julia Baumanis
- Mark Beal
- Christy Beal
- Gerry Beegan
- G. Tony Bell
- Alisa Belzer
- Karen Bemis
- Jeffrey Bender
- Bob Bernotas
- Ian Bignall
- Hank Bignell
- Shira Birnbaum
- Mariann Bischoff
- Phyllis Bivins-Hudson
- Nicole Bizzoco
- Elisabeth Black
- Deangelo Blanchard
- Hector Blanco
- Justin Bland
- Aggelos Bletsas
- Sara Blomquist
- Juan Bonachela
- Matteo Bonvini
- Maryam Borjian
- James Bourke
- Malcolm Bowles
- Brenda Boyer
- Kristen Brady
- Abdelbaki Brahmia
- Gary Branning
- William Brucher
- Keiko Brynildsen*
- Mark Buchan
- Matthew Buckley
- Sherri Budinick
- Mark Burgess
- Michael Busniak
- Alex Buzick
- German Cadenas
- Christine Cahill
- Leslie Calabrese
- Ann Marie Callahan
- Sara Campbell
- Elsa Candelario
- Andrew Cangiano
- Douglas Cantor
- Mihaela Caponegro
- Andrea Carbone
- Henry Carges
- Jo-Leo Carney-Waterton
- Samuel Carpenter
- Sarah Carton
- Noah Carver
- Jose Cedeno
- Claire Celi
- Sinan Celiksu
- Ana Paula Centeno
- Swee Hong Chan
- Premala Chandra
- Lily Chang*
- Sylvia Chan-Malik
- David Chapman
- Basanta Chaudhuri
- Sean Chen
- Erin Chille
- Jennifer Chingwe
- Clark Chinn
- Jeehyun Choi
- John Paul Chou
- Erin Christie
- Milly Chu
- Natalie Civadelic
- Rebecca Clapp
- Douglas Coffey
- Shana Cole
- Tynisha Coleman
- Catherine Collin
- Serena Connolly
- Dana Conzo
- Louise Coolidge
- Charlotte Cornell
- Nicholas Corrente
- Kaitlin Costello
- Corina Coughlan
- Charles Cowan*
- Sharron Crane
- Mark Croft
- Stephanie Cronenberg
- Lee Cronk
- Maria Cuadrado
- Cheryl Cuddihy
- Matthew Cushing
- Kevin Dahaghi
- Anthony D’Alesandro
- Adam Dalva
- Mary D’Ambrosio
- Noelle Darling
- Dan Dasilva
- Belinda Davis
- Laura Davis
- Rebecca Davis
- Kenneth De Carlo
- Pamela De Cordova
- Elizabeth Decker
- Steven Decker
- Jefferson Decker
- Anthony Delli Paoli
- Vassiliki Demetracopoulou
- Aakanksha Deoli
- Janelle Derstine
- Lynda Dexheimer
- Duiliu Diaconescu
- Angelica Diaz-Martinez
- Angelo Dibello
- Kendra Dickinson
- Linnea Dickson
- Nicole Dicrecchio
- Marian Diksies
- Cathleen Doherty
- Francis Dolan
- Marley Doring
- Melissa Drake
- German Drazer
- Gary Drzewiecki
- Jennifer Durham
- William Dwyer
- Bailey Eaise
- Mariano Echeverria
- Dylan Edelstein
- Christopher Eden
- Patricia Egbert
- Lana Eid
- Michael Elgawly*
- Mary Emenike
- Sergei Erofeev
- Aziz Ezzat Ahmed
- Tatiana Fadeeva
- Danielle Falzon
- Sidney Felder
- Jie Feng
- Brent Ferguson
- David Ferio
- Suchinthi Fernando
- Lynn Festa
- Anthony Filippelli
- Anne Finetto
- John Fisher
- Rob Foels
- Dina Fonseca
- Sacha Forgoston
- Anita Franzione
- Lawrence Frolov
- Thomas Fulton
- Basilio Furest
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* Indicates a Top Thanked Instructor. This designation is awarded to instructors who received multiple thank-you notes from their students in recognition of their significant contributions to the student experience.
- Marcio Gameiro
- Rudrani Gangopadhyay
- Feng Gao
- Nichole Garcia
- Len Garrison
- Surya Teja Gavva*
- Amy Gazaleh
- Marina Gelfand
- Amy Geller
- Michael Gentile
- Ralph Gigliotti
- Wajahat Gilahni
- Robyn Ginese
- Rebecca Givan
- Arnold Glass
- Benjamin Glasser
- Doreen Glodowski
- Janice Gobert
- Michael Goldberg
- Orna Goldman
- Sophia Gonet
- Jie Gong
- Kelly Goodall
- Kristen Goodrich
- Las Goonetilleke
- Rashmika Goswami
- Eric Gottshall
- Geeta Govindarajoo
- Katy Gray
- Ryan Greenbaum
- Anne Gregory
- Corey Grillo
- Richard Grippaldi
- Joseph Guadagni
- Alex Guerrero
- Debra Gulick
- Selin Bengi Gumrukcu
- Robin Haas
- Lindsay Haber
- Tanya Haider
- Jamie Hakim
- Anna Haley
- Eileen Hallman
- Samaneh Hamidi*
- Emily Handsman
- Elisheba Haqq-Stevens
- Jiro Harasaki
- Lynn Harris
- Ewan Harrison
- Nancy Harrison
- Chloe Hawkings
- Yeganeh Hayeri
- Christopher Hayes
- Sharon Hellman
- Jason Henderson
- Theresa Herman*
- Ebelia Hernandez
- Jennifer Heuson
- Micah Hillis
- Daniel Hoffman
- Fred Hoffman
- Daniel Holder
- Dennis Hou
- Emmanuel Hove
- Lorraine Howard
- Dave Howland
- Yvette Hsieh
- Shu-Chan Hsu
- Chien-Chung Huang
- Jane Huang
- Sue Huang
- Weilin Huang
- Tawanda Hubbard
- Paul Hufker
- Erik Hummer
- Chi-Chun Hung
- Eric Hurley
- Amml Hussein
- Sungwon Hwang
- Colin Hylton-Farrington
- Deborah Jackel
- Larry Jacobs
- Max Jacobs
- Azriela Jaffe
- Yogesh Jaluria
- Heather James
- Mehdi Javanmard
- Danielle Jenkins
- Myong Kee Jeong
- Saurabh Jha
- Miguel Jimenez
- Yanhong Jin
- Jaehyun Jo
- Kevin Johns
- Hazel-Anne Johnson-Marcus
- Anthony Jones
- Jennifer Jones
- Hyunjung Joo
- Natalia Jouan
- Jordanco Jovanoski
- Su Jin Jung
- Benjamin Justice
- Madhav Kafle
- Marc Kalan
- Justin Kalef
- William Kane
- Yoonhee Kang
- Carla Katz
- Samantha Katz
- Jane Kaye*
- Debra Keates
- Anne Keating
- Ramaydalis Keddis
- Todd Keister
- Susan Keith
- Lauren Kelly
- Taylor Kelly
- Maria Kennedy
- Alex Kenney
- Michael Kenwick
- John Kerrigan*
- Daniel Ketover
- Shama Khan
- Rupa Khetarpal
- Neel Khichi
- Stephen Kilianski
- Andrew Kim
- Goun Kim
- Jin-Young Kim
- Lauren Kimball
- Ashley Kipness
- Valery Kiryukhin
- John Klincewicz
- Donald Kobayashi
- Ildiko Koczan
- Benjamin Koerber
- Julie Koivunen
- Tia Kolbaba
- John Krasting
- Steven Kreutzer
- Steve Kristoph
- Dennis Kriventsov
- Dov Kruger
- Susan Krum
- Victoria Krupnik
- David Kryscynski
- Casimir Kulikowski
- Ellen Kurtzman
- Min Kwon
- Kristen Labazzo
- Aimee Labrie
- Jennifer Lagarde
- Mark Lamar
- Demetrios Lambropoulos
- Giuseppina Lane
- Jeff Lang
- Bryan Langowski
- Kasper Larsen
- Robert Larue
- Anna Lasek
- Sheila Lawrence*
- Kim-Phuong Le
- Sean Leavey
- Ludovic Lecaro
- Rita Leduc
- Barbara Lee
- Tamara Lee
- Snow Lee-Jones
- Adam Lekwa
- Rachel Lella
- Preston Lennon
- Lizzette Lespier
- Thomas Leustek
- Ronald Levao
- Jack Levitt*
- Carly Lewis
- Jack Lewis
- Mie Li
- Andy Liaw
- Melissa Lieberman
- Alex Liebman
- Nick Linardopoulos
- Zoe Lindenfeld
- Preston Lindsay
- David Listokin
- Alice Liu
- Xiangmin Liu
- Jacqueline Loeb
- John Longo
- Alexander Lopez
- Alexandra Lopez
- David Love
- Michiru Lowe
- Melanie Lowe Hoffman
- Haiyang Lu
- Ashley Lubas
- Kristen Luciani
- Vanessa Lugo
- Michael Luvalle
- Jennifer Lynch
- Agre Lynn
- Kevin Lyons
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* Indicates a Top Thanked Instructor. This designation is awarded to instructors who received multiple thank-you notes from their students in recognition of their significant contributions to the student experience.
- Shiyu Ma
- Norah Mackendrick
- Reubinedde Malamug
- Tara Malanga
- Geraldine Manaham
- Gregory Manco
- Melinda Mangin
- Regina Marchi
- Amélie Marian
- Rebecca Mark
- Tiffany Marra
- Lucy Martinez
- Michael Masiello
- Regina Masiello
- Fawaaz Masood
- Andrew Mastbaum
- Nicholas Maurer
- Ioanna Mavrea
- Estelle Mayhew
- Edward McCrossin
- Joseph McCune
- Lorraine McCune
- Jacqueline McDaniel
- John McGann
- Cheryl McLean
- Ava Medberry
- Paul Meers
- Maryam Mellatdoust
- Alicia Mendez
- Anel Mendez Velazquez
- Erin Mendoza
- David Menendez
- James Mentone
- Gary Merrill
- Joann Messina
- Juliana Mestre
- Konstantinos Michmizos
- Jeri Middlebrook
- Emily Miller
- Jane Miller
- Lisa Miller
- Steven Miller
- Susan Miller
- Joshua Miller
- Richard Miller
- Jessica Mingoia
- Antonio Miranda
- Nicole Mirra
- Michelle Mitcham
- Corinne Mitchell
- Jehan Mohamed
- David Molnar*
- Kevin Monahan
- Michael Monescalchi
- Christine Morales
- Daniel Moran
- Lesley Morrow
- Dawn Mouzon
- Felix Muchomba
- Rudraneil Mukherjee*
- Marc Muniz*
- David Murin
- Julien Musolino
- Taylor Myers
- Ileana Nachescu
- Erum Nadeem
- Santosh Nagarakatte
- Srinivas Narayana
- Niki Natarajan*
- Brad Nathan
- Randy Nathan
- Mariya Naumova
- Ghassan Nazi
- Carl Nelson
- Cassandra Nelson*
- Anjali Nerlekar
- Quentin Neroes
- Anne Newman
- Todd Nichols
- Angeline Nies-Berger
- Albert Nigrin
- Kathryn Nogueira
- Haley Nolan-Cody
- Lucy Nonas-Barnes
- Dena Novak
- Sean O’Connor
- Paul O’Campo
- Dierdre O’Carroll
- Ann O’Connell
- Angela O’Donnell*
- John O’Hara
- Lujendra Ohja
- Chrissy Oller
- Ann Marie Olson
- Lauren Opiela
- William Orbe
- Vanessa Ortiz
- Michael Otsuka
- Jessica Owens
- Zeki Pagda
- Todd Pagel
- Dimitri Papavasiliou
- Britt Paris
- Shaheen Parveen
- Connie Pascal
- Nicole Pashley
- Dhyana Patel
- Harna Patel
- Mukesh Patel
- Parthavi Patel
- Russell Pepe
- Caitlin Petre
- Madeline Pfaff
- Mimi Phan
- Alexander Pichugin
- Heather Pierce
- Mark Pierce
- Michael Pino
- Janos Pinter
- Vitaly Podzorov
- Jennifer Polizotto
- Donna Pope
- Dana Price
- Thomas Prusa
- Maryann Puccio
- Cheon Pyo Lee
- Francisco Quevedo
- Virginia Quick
- Andrea Quinn
- Manese Rabeony
- Marie Radford
- Kelcie Ralph
- Kavitha Ramsamy
- Arvin Ramsaran
- Sonal Rana
- Sylvie Rangan
- Salome Rao
- Ines Rauschenbach
- David Raveh
- Randy Reagan
- Emily Renaud
- Asa Rennermalm
- Andrea Restrepo-Mieth
- Rebecca Reynolds
- Regina Riccioni
- Tiffany Rice
- Ron Richter
- Karen Riggs-Skean
- Tanisha Riley
- Jessica Rispoli
- Bernardo Da Prado Rivas
- Joseph Rivera
- Maxx Rivera
- Lenn Robbins
- Mark Robson
- Tatiana Rodriguez
- Julie Roebuck
- Peter Rokkos
- Diana Roopchand
- Abbe Rosenthal
- Taylor Ross
- Michael Rossi
- Giuseppe Rotolo
- Chris Rozanski
- Sheri-Rose Rubin*
- Charles Ruggieri
- Justyna Russek
- Kimberly Russell
- Francis Ryan
- Sharon Ryan
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* Indicates a Top Thanked Instructor. This designation is awarded to instructors who received multiple thank-you notes from their students in recognition of their significant contributions to the student experience.
- Martin Saavedra
- Chiara Sabina
- Sara Saez-Fajardo
- Nuria Sagarra
- Puja Sahney
- Seema Sahni
- Michael Saks
- Sevil Salur
- Diana Sanchez
- Keri Sansevere
- Bruna Santos
- Patricia Santos
- Tanja Sargent
- Anand Sarwate
- Nitya Sathyavageeswaran
- Brent Satterly
- Marshall Saunders
- Rosario Scalia
- William Scharf*
- Kristina Scharp
- David Scheiman
- Harry Schiffman
- Cassandra Schifman
- Arielle Schulman
- John Schultz
- Susan Schurman
- Lucina Schwartz
- William Schwartz
- Stacy Schwartz
- William Sciarappa
- Tamara Sears
- Elif Sendur
- Matt Sequin
- Natasa Sesum
- Kiranjot Sethi
- Christine Seymour
- Eric Seymour
- Preya Shah*
- Shaheena Shahid
- Michael Shakarjian
- Hema Shamnarine
- Jiawei Shao
- Gita Sharma
- Hana Shepherd
- Elisa Shernoff
- Yeung-Gyo Shin
- Kathy Shoemaker
- Alyse Shorland
- Vladimir Shtelen
- Sarah Shugars
- Ryan Sills
- Giselle Silva
- Vivek Singh
- Karen Skean
- Susan Skelly
- Michael Skidmore
- Alan Smith
- Gary Smith
- Lauren Snedeker
- Mai Soliman
- Alex Solomon
- Monika Son
- Sheila Song
- Lars Sorensen
- Maria Soria-Carro
- Jose Sosa
- Luis Soto
- Dave Sperling
- Marshall Sponder
- Kristen Springer
- Donald Stager
- Randy Stamm
- Gregory Stankiewicz
- Jay Stefanelli
- Lyra Stein*
- Daniel Stern Cardinale
- Charles Stevens
- Corey Stone
- Raymond Stone
- Amy Strickler
- Maria Striki
- Marc Sturgill
- Peter Sugarman
- Suzanne Sukhdeo
- Nora Sullivan
- Sheila Tabanli
- Peter Tabbot
- Anthony Taitt
- Jennifer Tamas
- Daniel Tan
- Beverly Tepper
- James Terez
- Nivedhitha Thiruvenkadam
- Michael Tiger
- Nadyne Trindade
- Stephen Tse
- Stephanie Tubiolo*
- Mehmet Turkoz
- Peter Ullman
- Jeffrey Ulrich
- Laura Unger
- Timothy Urban
- Anthony Uzwiak
- Sofia Vaksman
- Yoshimi Valentine
- Joyce Valenza*
- Vladimir Valjarević
- Nynoshka Vazquez Suazo
- Maria Venetis
- Joseph Ventola
- Sesh Venugopal
- Laurent Vera
- Gail Verona
- Jeremy Vogelmann
- Tyler Volpe
- Brendon Votipka
- Janet Walker
- Maurice Wallace
- Matthew Walsman
- Guanyang Wang
- Kevin Wang
- Pamela Ward
- Shelby Wardlaw
- Evan Wasserman
- Matthew Weber
- Sheng Wei
- Sheva Weiss
- George Weng
- Tina West
- Randall Westbrook
- Michael Westendorf
- Stephen Westfall
- Arminda Wey
- Mary Whelan
- Keva White
- Simon Wickhamsmith
- Elin Wicks
- Kevin Wiesehahn
- Kraig Williams
- Lin Williams
- Meaghan Williams
- Naomi Williams
- Suzanne Williams
- Jessica Wilson
- Victoria Wilson
- Ellen Wittler
- Michael Wohlfahrt
- Nancy Wolff
- Michael Woodbury
- Katharine Woodhouse-Beyer
- Christopher Woodward
- Peggy Wong
- Claire Yan
- Wise Young
- Lei Yu
- Mel Yu
- Dominik Zechner
- Abay Zhakenov
- Yelena Zhakenova
- Abigail Zhang
- Linjun Zhang
- Yongfeng Zhang
- Jianyuan Zhang
- Yao Zhao
- Zehui Zhou
- Zichen Zhu
- Sophie Ziner
- Abigail Zitin
- Kim Zito
- Lizet Zuniga
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