Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards
The Award
NAGT recognizes outstanding teaching assistants in geoscience education with up to 30 awards annually. Both undergraduate and graduate teaching assistants are eligible for the award. Award winners receive an one year membership in NAGT, which includes an online subscription to the Journal of Geoscience Education and the new In The Trenches quarterly magazine. The yearly membership starts January 1st of the upcoming year.
The undergraduate student awards are the gift of Thomas Hendrix, Grand Valley State University. Tom was the recipient of the 1994 Neil Miner award and he also served as President of NAGT as editor of the Journal of Geoscience Education. The graduate student awards are funded by NAGT.
Award Recipients
2011 Recipients
- Peter Balholm, Spokane Community College, WA
- Matthew J. Even, University of Northern Iowa
- Jennifer Galvin, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL
- David Haln, Clemson University
- Jan Hennissen, University of Toronto
- Sara Loiacano, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Patti Mason, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
- Myron Petro, University of Georgia
- Collin Reichert, Iowa State University
- Katherine Ryker, North Carolina State University
- Steve Shaw, Western Washington University
- Michelle Vitale, California State University, Fullerton
- Jennifer L. Whitten, Brown University
Past Recipients
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Hide2010 Recipients
- Kerri Dickey, University of Northern Iowa
- Rachel Dunham, Western Washington University
- Alex Dutchak, University Colorado - Boulder
- Nick Gava, University of Maryland
- Jason McAlister, University of British Columbia
- Christopher Patterson, Clemson University
- Aneela Qureshi, University of Georgia
- Susan Dickerson, Geology Department, Western Washington University
- Curtis Gebhard, Department of Environmental Engineering and Science, Clemson University
2008 Recipients
- Yum Song, Department of Environmental Engineering and Science, Clemson University
- Julia Labadie, Geology Department, Western Washington University
- Doug Edmonds, Penn State
- Anna Weber, Williams College
- Casey Hanell, Western Washington University
- Jennifer Oblinger, Clemson University
- Arwen Vidal,Univ.ofColorado,
- Sheelly Tyrea,Clemson Univ,SC
- Gerry Griesel, WesternWashington Univ.,WA
- Jennifer Perry,Spokane Community College,WA
- Jesse Bardley,Clemson Univ.SC
- Kira Lawrence,Brown University,RI
- Ben Paulson, WesternWashington Univ.,WA
- Braden Rambo, Clemson University
- John Gillaspy, Western Washington University
Make a Nomination
Nominations must be submitted by the department chair or faculty member coordinating teaching assistants. A nominating letter should include:
- The name, address and class year of the nominee
- The name of the course or courses in which the student assisted
- A description of the activities and qualities that make this teaching assistant outstanding
Nomination Deadline: June 15
Nomination letters may be submitted by using our online nomination form or by sending them to the program contact person:
Robert Christman
NAGT
P.O. Box 5433
Bellingham, WA 98227-5448