Golden Apple Awards for Teaching Excellence

The UC Riverside School of Business has a tradition of recognizing outstanding faculty as voted on by our students. The Golden Apple awards were founded in 2015 and continue to recognize excellence in the classroom. Beginning in spring 2022, the four annual recipients of this award will also receive $2,500.

For the Golden Apple Awards, students are asked to vote for the professors in whose classes they had the best overall experience in terms of learning, engagement, teaching style, and innovative teaching methods.

2025-2026 Golden Apple Awards for Teaching Excellence

In recognition of their commitment to excellence in teaching, Michael Haselhuhn, Kyle Ingram, Demetrius Lewis, and Mike Dong are the winners of 2025-2026 Golden Apple Awards.

Michael P. Haselhuhn for Business Administration Pre-requisite and Core Courses

Kyle E. Ingram for Business Administration Elective Courses

Demetrius Lewis for Graduate Core Courses

Mengmeng "Mike" Dong for Graduate Elective Courses

Voting is closed

Michael P. Haselhuhn

Associate Professor of Management

Kyle Ingram

Asst. Professor of Teaching in Management

Demetrius Lewis

Assistant Professor of Management

Mike Dong

Assistant Professor of Finance

Award Eligibility, Criteria, and Information

Award Categories & Eligibility
Undergraduate Award Categories
- Preparation for Business Administration major (BUS 10 and 20) and Upper-division major core requirements
- Elective courses
Graduate Award Categories
- Core Classes (MGT 200, 201, 202, 203, 205, 207, 209, 211, 235, and 238)
- Elective Classes (All other courses labeled “MGT”)
Faculty Selection / Eligibility Process
Any faculty member (ladder-rank and lecturer) who has taught at least one class in an award category and at least three classes over the last two academic years is eligible. A faculty member may receive only one teaching award per year, with the endowed awards given priority over the Golden Apples awards. After winning an award in a category, a faculty is not eligible to win the same award for the next 5 years.
Student Voting Eligibility and Process

Golden Apple voting happens during the Spring term of each academic year. Pre-Business and Business major undergraduate students and AGSM graduate students are eligible to vote on the awards. Eligible faculty will be listed in each award category and students will be asked to vote for up to three instructors in each category. Winners are selected based on the most student votes.

Prior Award Winners

Undergraduate Winners

Academic Year	Preparation for Business Administration major (BUS 10 and 20) and Upper-division major core requirements	Elective courses
2025	Raj Singh	Sean Jasso & Austin Attaway
2024	Kyle Ingram	Ye Li
2023	Sean Jasso	Jonathan Lim
2022	John Acker	Michael Haselhuhn
2021	Rich Yueh	Raj Singh
2020	Daniel Almendarez	Daniel Almendarez
2019	Raj Singh	Kyle Ingram
2018	Kyle Ingram	Sean Jasso
2017	Sean Jasso	Ye Li
2016	Raj Singh	Raj Singh

Graduate Winners

Academic Year	Core Classes (MGT 200, 201, 202, 203, 205, 207, 209, 211, 235, and 238)	Elective Classes (All other courses labeled "MGT")
2025	Mike Dong	Karisa E. You
2024	Elaine Wong	Alexandru Roman
2023	Ashish Sood	Ashish Sood
2022	Alexandru Roman	Rami Zwick & Ye Li
2021	Rich Yueh	Daniel Almendarez
2020	Marlo Raveendran	Rich Yueh
2019	Elodie Goodman	Boris Maciejovsky
2018	Scott Burd	Long Gao
2017	Timothy Gubler	Ashish Sood
2016	Marlo Raveendran	Craig Weaver
2015	Elaine Wong	Michael Haselhuhn