Kevin Mendoza recognized as a
National Association for Geoscience Teachers Outstanding Teaching Assistant

The Award

NAGT recognizes outstanding teaching assistants in geoscience education with up to 30 awards annually. Both undergraduate and graduate teaching assistants are eligible for the award. Award winners receive a one year membership in NAGT, which includes an online subscription to the Journal of Geoscience Education and our In The Trenches quarterly magazine. The yearly membership starts January 1st of the upcoming year. The undergraduate student awards are the gift of Thomas Hendrix, Grand Valley State University. Tom was the recipient of the 1994 Neil Miner award and he also served as President of NAGT as editor of the Journal of Geoscience Education. The graduate student awards are funded by NAGT.

Award Recipients

2022 Recipients

January Award

• Liannie Coral Velázquez Santana, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
• Michae Musick, Cabrillo College, Aptos, California
• Emily Eley, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
• Joyce Smith, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
• Yorick P. Veenma, Wolfson College, Oxford, England
• Clementine Hamelin, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN
• Maya Gilchrist, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN
• Peter Tereszkiewicz, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
• Kevin Mendoza, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Jessica Prince, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, Tennessee
• Annie Klyce, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina