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
Previous Awardees
| Year | Recipient | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Shamira Gelbman | Wabash College |
| 2024 | Ñusta Carranza Ko | University of Texas at San Antonio |
| 2023 | Andrea Alemán | University of Texas at San Antonio |
| 2022 | Onursal Erol | University of Southern California |
| 2021 | Megan Becker | University of Southern California |
| 2020 | Jennie Sweet-Cushman | Chatham University |
| 2019 | Nicole Kalaf-Hughes | Bowling Green State University |
| 2018 | Eric Loepp | University of Wisconsin, Whitewater |
| 2017 | Brooke Thomas Allen | Macomb Community College |
| 2016 | Amanda Rosen | Webster University |
| 2015 | Victor Asal | SUNY, University at Albany |
| 2014 | Mika LaVaque-Manty | University of Michigan |
| 2013 | Brian M. Harward | Allegheny College |
| 2011 | Marjorie Randon Hershey | Indiana University |
| 2010 | Jerry Goldman | Northwestern University |
