The Deborah Gerner Innovative Teaching in International Studies Award honors the legacy of Misty Gerner as not only a fine scholar, but also as a passionate and dedicated teacher and mentor. To carry her memory and mission forward, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers and the editorial board of the New Millennium Books in International Studies series began a sponsorship for the Deborah “Misty” Gerner Innovative Teaching in International Studies Award, which would be granted annually funded by sponsors who wish to contribute to an instructor who has developed effective new approaches to teaching in the discipline. Examples could include innovative case studies, teaching software, and simulations. Preference will be given to materials that can be easily adapted by other instructors. In keeping with Misty’s interests and commitments and the goals of the New Millennium Book Series, emphasis will be on pedagogy that engages students with issues of war, peace, identity, sovereignty, security, and sustainability—economic, environmental, or ethical—as they are evolving in the 21st century.

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Award Details

For a listing of previous awardees, please see the Past Award Recipients page.

Submission/Nomination

• Criteria for review include evidence of the following:
  1. Taken reasonable risk to invest time and energy into doing something new or different - e.g., innovative - in a class
  2. Reflected on the experience and taken the next steps of refining/enhancing the innovation to improve its effectiveness (e.g., response to referee/ evaluation)
  3. Shared the innovation with colleagues in some way (e.g., local campus workshops, modeling for Graduate Teaching Assistants, publication in appropriate venue, etc.)
  4. Proven teaching abilities (e.g., teaching award nominee/recipient, student evaluations, other)
  5. Developed classroom exercises that clearly engage students and bring the real world into the classroom.
• Nominations should include a current C.V. of the nominee and a cover letter that describes the nominee's teaching achievements. Nominations should be sent by e-mail to all members of the Award Committee. The deadline for nominations is October 15th.

Prize

• The recipient will receive $500 and a plaque, funded by sponsors who wish to contribute.
• The award will be presented at the ISA awards ceremony by a Rowman & Littlefield representative and a member of the awards committee.

Award Committee

Committee vacancies are nominated by the incoming President of ISA and approved by the Governing Council. The committee is made up of three members who serve staggered three-year terms. One member of the committee must be from the ALIAS section. The committee shall elect its own chair.

Mary Durfee CHAIR | FEB 2010 - APR 2013 Michigan Technological University mhdurfee@mtu.edu
Victor Asal MEMBER | FEB 2010 - MAR 2013 SUNY Albany vasal@email.albany.edu	Amaney A. Jamal MEMBER | APR 2012 - FEB 2015 Princeton University ajamal@Princeton.EDU