(Clockwise from top left) Claire Battershill, Matthew Roorda, Amaya Perez-Brumer and Steven Bernstein (supplied images)
Four faculty members receive School of Graduate Studies Supervision Awards
Published: July 24, 2025
Four faculty members have been honoured with the School of Graduate Studies Supervision Awards in recognition of their outstanding supervision and mentorship of graduate students.
Steven Bernstein, a distinguished professor at U of T Mississauga and co-director of the Environmental Governance Lab at the Faculty of Arts & Science, and Matthew Roorda, a professor in the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering’s department of civil and mineral engineering, received JJ Berry Smith Doctoral Supervision Awards, which recognize excellence in supervision over a minimum 15-year period.
Claire Battershill, an assistant professor in the Faculty of Information and the department of English in the Faculty of Arts & Science, and Amaya Perez-Brumer, an associate professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, received Early Career Supervision Awards, which recognize pre-tenure faculty members who have been supervising graduate students for up to six years. Anastasia Kuzminykh, assistant professor in the Faculty of Information, received an honourable mention.
