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APSA Award for Teaching Innovation

APSA Award for Teaching Innovation 

Nominations are closed.


The APSA Award for Teaching Innovation honors a wide range of new directions in teaching.
The award carries a cash prize of $500 and is presented at the APSA Annual Meeting or the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference depending on the year.

Nomination Information

  • Eligibility: Self-nominations are accepted. Nominees do not have to be members of APSA, affiliated with an institution in the United States, or an American citizen in order to be considered for an award.
       
  • Examples of eligible nominations include a professor that used an innovative course syllabus or a new multimedia approach to reaching students.  All submissions should include:
    • Personal statement (written by the nominee) detailing the teaching innovation, its impact, and why this innovation deserves this honor.
    • Letter of nomination from nominating faculty (if relevant), briefly summarizing the teaching innovation and its impact, and explaining why it deserves this honor.
    • Other supporting documents of nominee and/or nominator’s choosing.

Award Committee

Chair
Mary McHugh, Merrimack College
Member
Michael Rogers, Arkansas Tech University
Member
Maureen Feeley, University of California, San Diego
YearRecipientAffiliation
2025Shamira GelbmanWabash College
2024Ñusta Carranza KoUniversity of Texas at San Antonio
2023Andrea AlemánUniversity of Texas at San Antonio
2022Onursal ErolUniversity of Southern California
2021Megan BeckerUniversity of Southern California
2020Jennie Sweet-CushmanChatham University
2019Nicole Kalaf-HughesBowling Green State University
2018Eric LoeppUniversity of Wisconsin, Whitewater
2017Brooke Thomas AllenMacomb Community College
2016Amanda RosenWebster University
2015Victor AsalSUNY, University at Albany
2014Mika LaVaque-MantyUniversity of Michigan
2013Brian M. HarwardAllegheny College
2011Marjorie Randon HersheyIndiana University
2010Jerry GoldmanNorthwestern University