Promising Professors Awards Panel & Workshop
New Faculty & Graduate Student Teaching Competition
AEJMC Chicago 2008
The AEJMC Mass Communication & Society Division and Graduate Education Interest Group will honor our best and brightest teachers during the annual Promising Professors Awards Panel & Workshop at the national conference in Chicago.
Eligibility: Faculty who have taught no more than five years full-time and graduate students who have primary responsibility for teaching at least one course. All entrants must be members of the Mass Communication & Society Division.
Awards: Three faculty winners will be selected and receive awards ranging from $75-$250. Two graduate winners will receive awards ranging from $50-$75. Winners will be required to attend the Promising Professors Workshop and Breakfast at the AEJMC national convention in Chicago on Friday, August 8 from 8:15-9:45 a.m.
The Workshop: There is no better way to kick off a new school year than by thinking about teaching and learning in new ways. Promising Professors competition winners and this year’s Distinguished Educator will share what has brought them success in the classroom. A continental breakfast will be served.
How to enter: Please send three copies of each of the following:
- Current vita
- Letter of support from your department chair or dean
- Brief statement explaining what makes your teaching unique and your assessment of your strengths and weaknesses as an instructor
- At least two syllabi from classes you have taught within the past two years (Graduate students may send only one)
- At least two examples of assignments used in those classes
- Other materials that demonstrate teaching creativity, instructional development and responsiveness to student needs
Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Friday, April 11, 2008
Send all materials to: Frank Dardis, MC&S Teaching Co-Chair; College of Communications; Pennsylvania State University; 107 Carnegie Building; University Park, PA 16802.
All entries will be acknowledged but not returned. A panel of at least three judges will review the entries. Winners will be notified no later than May 15, 2008.
Contact: Frank Dardis (E: fed3@psu.edu T:814/863-7993).