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The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) has announced the selection of eight faculty members as 2026-27 Lilly Fellows for Teaching Excellence.

Established in 1986, the Lilly Fellowship for Teaching Excellence supports the university’s strategic interest in developing academic leaders in the area of teaching.

During their fellowship year, participants attend regular seminars on pedagogy, develop a new course or substantially redesign an existing one, complete a teaching portfolio that includes teaching reflections and activities adapted to the course, and work collaboratively to anticipate many of the challenges and rewards of faculty life at UMass Amherst.

The 2026-27 Lilly Fellows are:

• Peter Dunn, landscape architecture and regional planning
• Anna Green, information and computer sciences
• Christian D. Guzman, civil and environment engineering
• Elizabeth Jacob, history
• Yiyi Luo, languages, literatures, and cultures
• Brian Sargent, sociology and public policy
• Ali Shirzadeh, operations and information management
• Andrew Spracklen, biology

Since its inception, the Lilly Program has trained over 285 faculty members, including 33 Distinguished Teaching Award winners, 48 College Outstanding Teaching Award winners, two Manning Award winners, over 44 department chairs, 21 associate deans and two deans.

For more information about the Lilly Fellowship and to see what faculty have said about the program, visit the CTL website. For questions regarding the program, contact the CTL’s Brian Baldi at [email protected].