Teaching Certificates

The Bok Teaching Certificate is no longer offered. The final deadline for it was Fall 2025. Please visit teaching resources for PhD students and our events page for more Bok Center offerings if you are looking for resources to develop as an instructor.

Teaching Training for PhD Students

The Bok Center provides training for Teaching Fellows (TFs), Teaching Assistants (TAs), Course Assistants (CAs), and others at similar career stages engaged in the teaching of Harvard College undergraduates. Teaching is central to your professional development as a scholar. Whether you are new to teaching, new to teaching at Harvard, or an experienced teacher, the Bok Center provides training, resources, and pragmatic advice to help you build confidence and competence in your teaching.

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Certificate in Teaching Language and Culture

Since the fall of 2025, the Harvard Language Center has hosted the Certificate in Teaching Language and Culture, through which GSAS PhD students (Teaching Fellows) and Teaching Assistants may demonstrate their commitment to excellence in the teaching of language(s) and culture(s). More information can be found at the link above.

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Bok Teaching Certificate Recipients

2024-2025

Lorena Alessandrini, Celtic Languages and Literatures
Masoud Ariankhoo, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Easun Arunachalam, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Bes Bajraktarević, Comparative Literature
Ellie Beaudry, Environmental Science and Engineering
David Beavers, Government
Julia Book Motzkin, Physics
Samuel Bozoukov, English
Mary Bradford, Comparative Literature
Rhonelle Bruder, Program in General Education
Samuel Budnyk, Music
Jordan Cannon, History
Mara Casebeer, Biophysics
Minjin Chae, Sociology
Joan Chaker, History
Kaylin Chong, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Aidan Connaughton, Government
Alyssa Cottle, Music
Erin Crawley, Physics
Matthew Dardet, Government
Drew Dates, Chemical Biology
Ri Dresser, Physics
Celia Eckert, Government
Stephan Foianini, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Sarah Gonzalez, Classics
Ziqiang Guan, Physics
Harry Hall, Religion
Sarah Hancock, Environmental Science and Engineering
Zhe He, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Haley Heinricks, Music
Elinor Hitt, English
Joseph Hnath, Health Policy
Uma Ilavarasan, Government
Kelsey Kinderknecht, Population Health Sciences
Richard Knecht, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Shraddha Lall, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Phoebe Lakin, Classics
Bastian Lasse, Germanic Languages and Literatures
Danylo Lavrentovich, Systems, Synthetic, and Quantitative Biology
Sofia Lima da Silva Soares, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Sarah Lund, History of Art and Architecture
Joaquim Machado Meira, Government
Marc Mapalo, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Linda Mueller, History of Art and Architecture
Aina Obis Monné, Romance Languages and Literatures
Omar Olivarez, Business Administration
MJ Park, Astronomy
Jessica Patey, Religion
Drew Pendergrass, Environmental Science and Engineering
Bailey Plaman, Chemical Biology
Joshua Price, Bioengineering
Adán Ramírez-Figueroa, Romance Languages and Literatures
Engy Said, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Leo Sarbanes, Music
Benjamin Schiffer, Statistics
Ryan Schmidt, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Jocelyn Sears, English
Priyanka Sethy, Government
Denys Shay, Population Health Sciences
Walter Shen, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Alexia Simon, Astronomy
Rachel Slutsky, Religion
Haden Smiley, Anthropology
Mackenzie Smith, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Alexandra Stanton, Virology
Julius Tabin, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Clio-Ragna Takas, Comparative Literature
Weiwen Tian, Bioengineering
Yuan Tian, Philosophy
Breanna Titchen, Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Ruth Tweedy, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ana Sofia Uzsoy, Astronomy
Wendy Andrea Valencia Montoya, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Michael Vázquez, Education
Emily Venable, Human Evolutionary Biology
Sarah Weidman, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Robert Welch, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Valerie Werder, Art, Film, and Visual Studies
Sophia Wiesenfeld, Systems, Synthetic, and Quantitative Biology
Anca Wilkening, Religion
Dalia Wolfson, Comparative Literature
Amelia Woo, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Maya Woolfolk, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Yang Xiang, Psychology
Clare Yijia Xie, Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering
Jiayu Yang, Applied Physics
Justina Yang, Physics
Haiyang Zhang, Business Administration
Shirley Zhang, Computer Science
Kristen Zipperer, Anthropology
Louis Zweig, Classics

View Bok Teaching Certificate Recipients from Previous Academic Years

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