The University of Texas at Dallas recognized a number of faculty, staff and students for their leadership, dedication and contributions to educational excellence this past academic year. Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science 2023 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Dr. Rashaunda Henderson , Eugene McDermott Professor of electrical engineeringErik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer ScienceCourtney MilavecHarry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology 2023 Advisor of the YearPaulina Hruskoci BS’23, geospatial information sciencesSchool of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences 2023 Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award, geospatial information sciencesNaveen Jindal School of Management 2023 Center for Teaching and Learning Outstanding Service Award Victoria McCrady , assistant professor of instruction in organizations, strategy and international managementOutstanding Graduate Student AwardsHarry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and TechnologyMaster’s: *Danika Hollis BA’20, MA’23PhD: Brecken Hunter WellbornSchool of Behavioral and Brain SciencesMaster’s: Sarah Mcdowell MS’23PhD: *Sarah LaaneSchool of Economic, Political and Policy SciencesMaster’s: Marzia CavaPhD: Connor Donegan PhD’23Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer ScienceMaster’s: Priyanshkumar Patel MS’23PhD: Taek KangNaveen Jindal School of ManagementMaster’s: Garima GuptaPhD: Nan GuoSchool of Natural Sciences and MathematicsMaster’s: None awardedPhD: Alejandra Durand-Silva PhD’22*Office of Graduate Education’s Outstanding Graduate Student Award recipientsBest Dissertation AwardsTyler Sherron PhD’22Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and TechnologyTrue Self-Love in Eighteenth-Century New England: A Case Study of Roger Sherman and the Edwardsean Theological TraditionResearch mentor: Dr. Daniel WickbergDavid Hoagey PhD’22School of Behavioral and Brain SciencesStructural Heterogeneity in Neuronal Aging: Insights from Micro and Macro Structural NeuroimagingResearch mentor: Dr. Kristen KennedyJordan Riddell PhD’22School of Economic, Political and Policy SciencesCitation Release, Decarceration, and Crime in Washington, D.C.Research mentor: Dr. John WorrallKinjal Basu MS’18, PhD’22Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer ScienceNatural Language Understanding and Commonsense Reasoning Using Answer Set Programming and Its ApplicationsResearch mentor: Dr. Gopal GuptaBrad Nathan PhD’22Naveen Jindal School of ManagementAccounting Information Provision and Competitive Bidding: The Case of Procurement Contract NegotiationsResearch mentor: Dr. Ashiq AliFabian Castro BS’18, PhD’22School of Natural Sciences and MathematicsEngineered Proteinaceous Materials and Their Applications in Vaccine DevelopmentResearch mentor: Dr. Jeremiah GassensmithDavid Daniel Thesis AwardsBhanu Teja Vankayalapati PhD’22Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer ScienceMethods for On-Board Condition Monitoring of SiC MOSFET Based ConvertersResearch mentor: Dr. Bilal AkinPatrick Cheung MS’22, PhD’22School of Natural Sciences and MathematicsInversion Asymmetry, Flavortronics, and Nonlinear Optics in Two-Dimensional MaterialsResearch mentor: Dr.