The 2025 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference will take place February 7-9, 2025 in Alexandria, VA. The conference theme is “Teaching Political Science Matters.” Building on the work done by John Ishiyama’s APSA Presidential Task Force entitled, Rethinking Political Science Education, the 2025 Teaching & Learning Conference will advance those recommendations by exploring why teaching political science matters.
Michael Brintnall Teaching and Learning Award
Nominations are now open! Deadline: November 13, 2024 at 11:59PM ET.
The Brintnall Award supports faculty attendance at the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference.
The award is named in honor of former APSA Executive Director Michael Brintnall, who was deeply committed to advancing the scholarship of teaching and learning in the discipline. The award carries a cash prize of $300.
Nomination Information
Contingent faculty, non-tenure track faculty, and faculty whose departments do not provide travel support are particularly encouraged to apply. Priority consideration is given to an applicant that: is presenting at the conference, is a first-time attendee, and on the lowest level of the income scale for APSA membership. Applications should include a CV and 1 – 2 page personal statement.
2024 Recipient: Elizabeth Dorssom, Lincoln University of Missouri
APSA Award for Teaching Innovation
Nominations are now open! Deadline: November 13, 2024 at 11:59PM ET.
The APSA Award for Teaching Innovation honors a wide range of new directions in teaching.
The award carries a cash prize of $500, and is presented at the APSA Annual Meeting or the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference depending on the year.
Nomination Information
- Eligibility: Self-nominations are accepted. Nominees do not have to be members of APSA, affiliated with an institution in the United States, or an American citizen in order to be considered for an award.
- Examples of eligible nominations include a professor that used an innovative course syllabus or a new multimedia approach to reaching students. 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.
2024 Recipient: Ñusta Carranza Ko, University of Texas at San Antonio