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2011 CQ Press Award for Teaching Innovation

Professor Marjorie Randon Hershey, of Indiana University, has been named the recipient of the 2011 CQ Press Award for Teaching Innovation in Political Science. Dr. Hershey will receive the award for teaching innovation in the field of graduate education and teacher training for her three module graduate seminar designed to prepare students for the demands of teaching.

This three part Preparing Future Faculty module represents an innovation, not only in the form of the pedagogical tools and collegial teaching community that has been made available to young aspiring political science professors, but it also serves to enhance the learning experience of current and future political science students, and ultimately teaching and learning in the discipline of political science.  

The CQ Press Award is given at a reception honoring political science teachers, sponsored by Pi Sigma Alpha, held at the 2011 American Political Science Annual Meeting, in Seattle, Washington on Friday, September 2, 2011 at 7pm.

The members of the 2011 CQ Press Award Committee include Kerstin Hamann of the University of Central Florida and Chair of the APSA Committee on Teaching and Learning, Mitchell Brown, of Auburn University, and former Chair of the 2011 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference, and Kimberly A. Mealy, APSA Director of Education, Professional Development and Diversity Programs.

About the Award
The CQ Press Award for Teaching Innovation, in its second year, recognizes a political scientist who has developed an effective new approach to teaching in the discipline. The award seeks to honor a wide range of new directions in teaching. The CQ Press Award carries a $500 cash award.

Nomination Procedures

Nominations and self-nominations will be accepted. Nominations for the 2011 Award, together with supporting documentation (i.e. syllabi, samples of assignments, letters of support from students and faculty, etc), should be mailed (in one packet) to the address listed below, or sent electronically to teaching@apsanet.org.

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.

The deadline for nominations for the 2011 CQ Press Award for Teaching Innovation was Wednesday, June 1, 2011. Please send any questions to teaching@apsanet.org. 

Completed application materials were to be mailed to (postmarked by June 1, 2011):

CQ Press Award for Teaching Innovation
American Political Science Association
1527 New Hampshire Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036-1206