Christophe Katrib, assistant professor of teaching in Theatre, Film, and Digital Production, is one of two recipients of the 2024-25 CHASS Teaching Award. The award recognizes outstanding teaching achievements and honors faculty members for their exceptional teaching quality and their ability to positively influence, motivate, and inspire students, often through innovative techniques, effective assessment, or creative curriculum development. Candidates are nominated first, and then a subcommittee from the CHASS Faculty Executive Committee carefully reviews the files to select the awardee(s). 

In addition to this honor, Katrib also received two fellowships: the Regents' Faculty Fellowship and the Center for Ideas and Society (CIS) Quarterly Faculty Fellowship. The former recognized Katrib’s efforts to establish more resources in analog film for UC Riverside students. His proposal for the fellowship included attending several professional development workshops in New York, which allowed him to develop new skills to share with students at UCR.

Katrib applied for the CIS Quarterly Faculty Fellowship to support his presentation at the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) conference in Washington D.C. in November. The fellowship will provide Katrib with some funding and a course release to grant him time to research and prepare his panel discussion. 

“Getting an award is very validating,” Katrib said. “A lot of our time as faculty members is spent working hard, and juggling multiple things at the same time, very often in the shadows. So the recognition of these awards — it kind of recharges you, and it reminds you you're doing something right. It motivates me to push more boundaries and create more opportunities and inspiring work, whether it's with my students or in my own creative practice.”

Katrib has also been recognized for his most recent short film, “This Dissonance,” which has been selected for screening and has been nominated at several film festivals in the U.S. and abroad. More information about this can be found here.

FEATURED PHOTO. Professor Christophe Katrib sits with his coffee. Photo by Meg Rorison.