Elleza Kelley Named as a Recipient of the Poorvu Academic Innovation Award

Four Yale faculty members have been named recipients of this year’s Poorvu Family Fund for Academic Innovation Award. The award recognizes faculty whose teaching strengthens Yale College’s undergraduate curriculum through intellectual rigor, creativity, and interdisciplinary engagement. Supported by the Poorvu family, the prize is awarded in the form of a research fund intended to support recipients at a formative stage in their academic careers.

This year’s recipients, Julia Leonard, Elleza Kelley, Jorge Méndez Seijas, and Sigrid Nachtergaele, were honored yesterday at an event hosted by Yale College Dean Pericles Lewis.

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