The 2024-25 Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Awards have been announced, and among the 31 honorees are seven exceptional graduate students from the School of Education.
UW–Madison employs over 2,300 teaching assistants (TAs) across a wide range of disciplines. Their contributions to the classroom, lab, and field are essential to the university’s educational mission. To recognize the excellence of TAs across campus, the Graduate School, the College of Letters & Science, and the Morgridge Center sponsor these annual awards.

The School of Education graduate students who are being recognized this year for their strengths and commitment surrounding the craft of teaching are as follows:
Carla Z. Glave Barrantes
Educational Policy Studies (Early Excellence in Teaching Award)
Tracey Bullington
Curriculum and Instruction (Capstone Teaching Award)
Tracy Carolan
Curriculum and Instruction (Capstone Teaching Award)
Marshall Lyons
Counseling Psychology (Excellence in Community-Based Learning Teaching Award)
Tabitha Martin
Educational Psychology (Early Excellence in Teaching Award)
Madison (Madi) Renner
Kinesiology (Capstone Teaching Award)
Yi Tong
Educational Psychology (Advanced Achievement in Teaching Award)
Learn more about the TA Award winners from the School of Education and across UW–Madison.