The Teaching Assistant Consultant (TAC) Fellows
 

The Teaching Assistant Consultant (TAC) Fellows Program promotes and facilitates professional development programming for graduate student instructors and postdoctoral scholars.

Goals of the TAC Program include:

• Improving undergraduate education at UC Davis by working closely with graduate student instructors to strengthen teaching practices and enhance learning for all students.
• Supporting the professional growth of UC Davis Teaching Assistants (TAs), Associate Instructors (AIs) and postdoctoral scholars.
• Engaging TAC Fellows in a community of practice that provides meaningful growth experiences that, in turn, increase capacity and support for the broader campus teaching and learning community at UC Davis.
• Encouraging dialogue and collaboration among the TAC Fellows to broaden perspectives about the purposes and practices of higher education beyond individual disciplines and approaches.
• Promoting the development of TAC Fellows as instructors, consultants, and leaders in their teaching and learning communities.

TAC Fellows provide the following services to graduate student instructors and postdoctoral scholars:

• Workshops  to enhance teaching effectiveness and improve student learning;
• One-on-one consultations, ranging from general consultations to discuss teaching and learning to Mid-Quarter Inquiries (MQIs). Regardless of the consultation type, one-on-one consultations provide a space for discussing teaching and learning with an experienced peer instructor in a confidential setting. 

Read the TAC Year End Report 2020-2021

Apply to become a TAC Fellow

What are the benefits of the fellowship?

• Ongoing learning and professional development
• A quarterly fellowship of $1,500.
• Valuable experiences for a career in college teaching, educational development, and other career paths focused on teaching and learning.

Who can apply?

Applicants must be enrolled as a graduate student (master’s or doctoral level) all three quarters of the fellowship (Fall 2022, Winter 2023, and Spring 2023) and should also be available during September 2022 for professional development and facilitation of the campus-wide TA orientation (September 19 & 20). Applicants should have at least three quarters of TA experience at any institution and be able to invest approximately seven hours per week in the program throughout the fellowship period.

Applications are due Monday, February 7th.

Learn more by attending an information session on the following dates. Information sessions will be held on Zoom.

• Wednesday, January 12th from 1:10-2:00 pm (register here)
• Friday, January 28th from 10:00-10:50 am (register here)

Questions? Contact Dr. Rachel Stumpf at rastumpf@ucdavis.edu.

Apply here

• 2021 - 2022 TACs

• Name	Department
  Alicia Bencomo Garcia	Education
  Gwen Chodur	Nutritional Biology
  Shelley Dykstra	Spanish and Portuguese
  Nina Fontana	Ecology
  Liz Giardina	English
  Beshara Kehdi	Cultural Studies
  Hannah Nelson	Population Biology
  Mayra Nunez Martinez	Education
  Sasha Pesci	Geography
  Connor Rosenblatt	Environmental Science and Policy
  Michelle Rossi (TAC Coordinator)	Sociology
  Peter Torres	Linguistics
  Daisy Underhill	Philosophy
  Jasmine Wade	Cultural Studies

• 2020 - 2021 TACs

• Name	Department
  Nazanin Akrami	Agricultural  & Environmental Chemistry
  Gwen Chodur	Nutritional Biology
  Samantha Contreras	Graduate School of Management
  Shelley Dykstra	Spanish and Portuguese
  Slande Erole (TAC Coordinator)	Political Science
  Victoria Farrar	Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior
  Nina Fontana	Ecology
  Alicia Garcia	Education
  Liz Giardina	English
  Laura Hernandez-Bassal	Civil & Environmental Engineering
  Julia Houk	Education
  Hannah Nelson	Population Biology
  Michelle Rossi	Sociology
  Peter Torres	Linguistics
  Jenny Wagner	Public Health Sciences
  Jessica Zlotnicki	Geography

• 2019 - 2020 TACs

• Name	Department
  James Allen	Chemical Engineering
  Justin Carone	Sociology
  Edward Conley	Materials Science and Engineering
  Slande Erole	Political Science
  Nina Fontana	Ecology
  Alicia Garcia	Education
  Hannah Nelson	Population Biology
  Rachel Nickens (TAC Coordinator)	Sociology
  Miguel Novoa	History
  Carlyn Peterson	Animal Science
  Michelle Rossi	Sociology
  Peter Torres	Linguistics
  Justin Virrey	Graduate School of Management
  Jessica Zlotnicki	Geography

• 2018 - 2019 TACs

• Name	Department
  Arik Davidyan	Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology
  Slande Erole	Political Science
  Sam Fleischer	Mathematics
  Giulia Gall	Anthropology
  McCage Griffiths	Political Science
  Alice Martinic	Nutritional Biology
  Chris Miller	Animal Science
  Rachel Nickens	Sociology
  Miguel Novoa	History
  Carlyn Peterson	Animal Science
  Pablo Robles-Garcia	Spanish & Portuguese
  Derek Rury	Economics
  Sergio Sanchez	Education
  Sarah Silverman (TAC Coordinator)	Department of Entomology

•  2017 - 2018 TACs

• Name	Department
  Jenny Colmenero	English
  Sam Fleischer	Mathematics
  McCage Griffiths	Political Science
  Sreenidhi Krishnamoorthy	Mechanical Engineering
  Alice Martinic	Nutritional Biology
  Chris Miller	Animal Science
  Lina Reznicek-Parrado	Spanish (Linguistics)
  Laurel Richardson	History
  Marisella Rodriquez (TAC Coordinator)	Political Science
  Derek Rury	Economics
  Sergio Sanchez	Education
  Sarah Silverman	Department of Entomology
  Victoria White	Comparative Literature

• 2016 - 2017 TACs

• Name	Department
  Lindsay Baltus (TAC Coordinator)	English
  Jenny Colmenero	English
  Joya Cooley	Chemistry
  Eric Jensen	Spanish & Portuguese
  Sreenidhi Krishnamoorthy	Mechanical Engineering
  Shan (Zoe) Lin	History
  Laurel Richardson	History
  Marisella Rodriquez	Political Science
  Sergio Sanchez	Education
  Sarah Silverman	Department of Entomology
  Victoria White	Comparative Literature
  DJ Worley	Native American Studies

• 2015 - 2016 TACs

• Name	Department
  Lindsay Baltus	English
  Christy Cahill (TAC Coordinator)	Political Science
  Joya Cooley	Chemistry
  Emily Edris	Communications
  Eric Jensen	Spanish & Portuguese
  Jae Wook Jung	Economics
  Amanda Modell	Cultural Studies
  Laurel Richardson	History
  Watumesa Tan	Microbiology
  Dan Villarreal	Linguistics
  DJ Worley	Native American Studies

• 2014 - 2015 TACs

• Name	Department
  Jamiella Brooks (TAC Coordinator)	French
  Christy Cahill	Political Science
  Emily Edris	Communications
  Jae Wook Jung	Economics
  Amanda Modell	Cultural Studies
  Angadh Nanjangud	Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
  Tom O’Donnell	History
  Tracy Quan	Spanish & Portuguese
  Tim Shelton	Chemistry
  Susan Talcott	Anthropology

The TAC Coordinator (TACC) is an experienced TAC and is the peer lead of the TAC Fellows. The TACC works with Rachel Stumpf Ph.D., (CEE Education Specialist) who coordinates the graduate student educational development portfolio for the CEE's Learning and Teaching team.