2022-2023 Teaching Excellence Award

Story About Award Recipient

Winners

Weiwei Weng

Weiwei Weng

Associate Professor of Practice of Economics, Undergraduate Coordinator of Economics

Weiwei Weng is the Undergraduate Coordinator of Economics and Associate Professor of Practice in Economics at NYU Shanghai. Prior to this appointment, Weng was an Assistant Professor of Economics at the School of Business at Hong Kong Baptist University. Weiwei holds a PhD from The University of Hong Kong. 

At NYU Shanghai, Weiwei teaches both introductory and advanced courses in Economics, open to students from all backgrounds, who are exposed to the Economists' way of thinking and understanding of how market economy operates and how firms strategically compete with each other. 

Weiwei's research interests lie in employing game theoretic models as well as lab experiments and survey tools to understand the interplay between various factors, institutional, sociological and psychological, and peoples' economic decision makings. Her ongoing research mainly focuses on: 1) matching and market design, with particular interest in college admissions problems; and 2) beliefs and perceptions, with focus on experimental investigations to inform the design of managerial practices of organizations.

 

Steve Iams

Steve Iams

Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs; Coordinator, Academic Program Reviews; Clinical Associate Professor, English for Academic Purposes

Steve Iams is an Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, a Coordinator for Academic Programs Reviews and a Clinical Associate Professor of English for Academic Purposes at NYU Shanghai. Prior to joining NYU Shanghai, he was an assistant professor in the MA-TESOL program at the School for International Training. He holds a PhD in Foreign, Second and Multilingual Language Education from Ohio State University.

At NYU Shanghai, his EAP and Dean’s Service Scholars courses explore and problematize issues in global health, migration, service-learning and applied linguistics. As a teacher trainer, Prof. Iams has mentored teachers in a variety of contexts around the world: higher education, private language schools, K-12 settings, and refugee resettlement centers throughout New England.

His research examines faculty narratives of experience and adaptation in an era of rapid change in higher education.

Finalists

  • Daniella Gáti, Clinical Assistant Professor, Writing Program
  • Amy Goldman, Clinical Associate Professor, Writing Program
  • Sukjoon Lee, Assistant Professor of Economics

Committee for AY 22/23

RoleNameArea
Faculty(Chair)Melanie HackneyHumanities & World Languages
FacultySiyao GuoComputer Science
FacultyChristina Dan WangBusiness, Data Science
FacultyMarcos MartínezWriting
StudentXinnan QianClass of 2025
StudentRain WuClass of 2026