Lasnik Award to Mal Shah
June 26, 2026
Recognized for excellence in instruction and TA'ing.
Congratulations to Mal Shah! He is this year's winner of Howard Lasnik Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Graduate Student. Granted by faculty consensus, the award honors excellence in instruction and TA'ing and by graduate students. So from all of us, and on behalf of our students: thank you Mal for all the hard work! Your name will soon join the plaque of past winners: Sarah Boukendour, Clara Cuonzo, Rosa Lee, Maša Bešlin, Jéssica Mendes, Craig Thorburn, Rodrigo Ranero, Hanna Muller, Tyler Knowlton, Laurel Perkins, Nick Huang, Jeff Green, Rachel Dudley, Angela He, Megan Sutton and Shannon Barrios.