Faculty and graduate student instructors honored with 2025 awards for teaching excellence

Laura Counts

Cheit Award winners were honored at a reception in the Haas Dean’s Suite this week. Pictured, from left to right: Satish Ananthaswamy; Erika Walker, senior vice dean for instruction; Maura O’Neill, Krystal Thomas, Sunil Dutta, Lokesh Mandava, Ross Crockett, Rachel Gaines, Dmitry Livdan, Ambar La Forgia, and Javier Friedlaender. (Photo: Laura Counts)

Eleven faculty members and five graduate student instructors (GSIs) have been honored with Cheit Awards for Excellence in Teaching for 2025.

Recipients are chosen every spring by a panel of students in each of the Berkeley Haas programs, based on student nominations. This year, students added a new Inclusive Teaching honor for faculty members who effectively include all students in the class and its lessons.

This award is named after Dean Emeritus Earl F. Cheit, who made teaching excellence one of his top priorities as dean.