




Nomination Procedure
1. Make your nominations online by January 12, 2010.
2. Send all departmental dossiers with letters of support from the chair to Miriam Burwasser, 120 Cohen Hall/6304 by February 9, 2010.
3. Direct all questions to teachingawards@sas.upenn.edu.
Award winners will be notified in late March. The awards ceremony will take place in late April.
Please note: Faculty and graduate students may not receive the same award more than once. Click here to view past recipients.
Award Descriptions
Eligibility |
Amount |
Dossier Requirements |
Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching This award seeks to recognize teaching that is intellectually rigorous and exceptionally coherent and that leads to an informed understanding of a discipline. Recipients of the Ira Abrams Memorial Award are expected to embody high standards of integrity and fairness, to have a strong commitment to learning, and to be open to new ideas. |
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SAS Standing Faculty |
up to two $10,000 awards |
Note: The College Office will provide the selection committee with a listing of courses taught during the past 4 years and a summary of teaching evaluations |
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students: For Independent Teaching by Graduate Students as Well as Graduate Students Acting as Teaching Assistants Presented annually to graduate students in the arts and sciences in recognition of their contributions to undergraduate teaching. In general, the Dean's Award seeks to recognize teaching that is intellectually rigorous, exceptionally coherent, and that has considerable impact upon students. Recipients of the Dean's Award are expected to embody unusually high standards of integrity, fairness and commitment to learning. Up to ten awards will be given. Awards may be for either teaching assistants or graduate students teaching their own courses. Candidates nominated must have taught in at least one undergraduate course in the School of Arts and Sciences during the current academic year and at least three courses overall, and the department must support the nomination. Each department or graduate group may nominate up to four students for this award. When more than one nomination is submitted by a department, the candidates must be rank-ordered. Graduate students should be proposed without their knowledge, if at all possible. |
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Graduate students in the Arts and Sciences whose teaching has had considerable impact upon students |
Up to ten $600 awards will be given to graduate students and teaching assistants. |
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Dean’s Award for Innovation in Teaching This award is presented annually to faculty members who have made use of innovative teaching techniques in the service of outstanding teaching. Exceptional innovation here means using teaching strategies other than those typical in the department in order to enhance student learning. Award winners may have adapted teaching practices used elsewhere or may have pioneered entirely new approaches to teaching. |
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| SAS Standing Faculty | One @ $5,000 award |
Note: The College Office will provide the selection committee with a listing of courses taught during the past four years and a summary of teaching evaluations |
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty This award is presented annually in recognition of the contribution to undergraduate education made by the School's adjunct professors and lecturers. The award honors teaching that is intellectually rigorous, exceptionally coherent, and stimulates active and interactive student engagement in the learning process. Candidates nominated must have taught in at least one undergraduate course in the School of Arts and Sciences during the current academic year and at least three courses overall. |
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| SAS Adjunct Professors and Lecturers. | One @ $5,000 award |
Note: The College Office will provide the selection committee with a listing of courses taught during the past four years and a summary of teaching evaluations |
Dean’s Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research This award is presented for meaningful engagement of undergraduate students in research due to exceptional nurturing and facilitating by faculty. |
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SAS Standing Faculty |
One @ $5,000 award |
Note: The College Office will provide the selection committee with a listing of courses taught during the past four years and a summary of teaching evaluations |
Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor This award is given to assistant professors who show unusual promise as teachers/scholars. |
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SAS Assistant Professors who are not in their tenure-review year |
One @ $5,000 award |
Note: The College Office will provide the selection committee with a listing of courses taught during the past four years and a summary of teaching evaluations |
College of Liberal and Professional Studies Distinguished Teaching Award for Standing Faculty Exceptional teaching within the College of Liberal and Professional Studies. Nominees must demonstrate the ability to engage non-traditional students and adult students actively in the learning process through teaching that is intellectually rigorous and innovative. Nominees must have taught at least three times in the College of Liberal and Professional Studies at the undergraduate or the graduate level. |
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SAS Standing Faculty who have taught in the College of Liberal and Professional Studies (LPS) at the undergraduate or the graduate level |
One @ $2,500 award |
Note: The College of Liberal and Professional Studies will provide the selection committee with a listing of courses taught during the past four years and a summary of teaching evaluations |
| College of Liberal and Professional Studies Distinguished Teaching Award for Affiliated Faculty (adjunct faculty and lecturers)
Exceptional teaching within the College of Liberal and Professional Studies. Nominees must demonstrate the ability to engage non-traditional students and adult students actively in the learning process through teaching that is intellectually rigorous & innovative. Nominees must have taught at least three times in the College of Liberal and Professional Studies at the undergraduate or the graduate level. |
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Adjunct Faculty and Lecturers who have taught at least three courses in the College of Liberal and Professional (LPS) at the undergraduate or the graduate level |
One @ $2,500 award |
Note: The College of Liberal and Professional Studies will provide the selection committee with a listing of courses taught during the past four years and a summary of teaching evaluations |