Excellence in Teaching Award
Each year UNCSA presents the Excellence in Teaching Award to outstanding faculty members who are making an exceptional impact on teaching. As faculty, students and alumni, you are instrumental in the process of recognizing excellent teaching at UNCSA through your support of this award. Winners are selected on the basis of your nominations.
Please read the award criteria and submit your nominations. Note that there are six awards available for full time, permanent faculty and one award for adjunct faculty. You may use the same nomination form for any faculty member you believe deserves to be recognized for Excellence in Teaching.
Award Criteria for Full-time Permanent Faculty
Faculty who are recognized for excellence in teaching shall demonstrate:
- Concern for students
- Enthusiasm for the subject they teach
- Ability to motivate student effort
- Ability to fairly critique student effort and communicate that critique to the student
- Organization of knowledge for student use
- Command of the subject being taught
- Up-to-date scholarship/creative work and awareness of recent developments in their field
- Ability to integrate professional development into their teaching
- Commitment to the UNCSA community and the greater community
Award Criteria for Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct faculty who are recognized for excellence in teaching shall demonstrate:
- Concern for students
- Enthusiasm for the subject they teach
- Ability to motivate student effort
- Ability to fairly critique student effort and communicate that critique to the student
- Organization of knowledge for student use
- Command of the subject being taught
In accordance with UNC regulations, award recipients from the previous two years are not eligible for nomination. A list of award recipients from the last two years are:
2022-23 Recipients
Tamara Akinbo, High School Academic Program
Chris Dorr, School of Filmmaking
Ilya Kozadayev, School of Dance
Eduardo Sicangco, School of Design and Production
Brooks Whitehouse, School of Music
Jennet Zerbe, School of Dance
Ann Louise Wolf, School of Drama, Adjunct Award Winner
2021-22 Recipients
Jamie Call Blankinship, School of Design and Production
Allison Gagnon, School of Music
Chris Heckman, School of Filmmaking
Carrie Hart, High School Academic Program
Jared Redick, School of Dance
Allen Smith, High School Academic Program
How to make a nomination
Please complete and submit the nomination form by midnight on Oct. 6, 2023.
In the comments section, explain why the individual being nominated is worthy of the award. The selection committee relies on these statements for its decisions, so your comments should be clear, convincing and focused on why your nominee is the best award candidate. A nominee need not be someone from your school, division or program.
You may nominate up to two faculty members (one per nomination form), but you should know enough about their teaching to provide strong justification statements. Refer to "5 Tips for Strengthening Nomination Statements."