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Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics

Description of Award

Nominations for the 2020 MAA Iowa Section Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics are now being accepted and are due by Friday, August 14, 2020. The Iowa Section Award Selection Committee (three MAA Iowa members appointed by the Chair, consisting of at least one former winner, when possible) will determine the recipient of the award from those nominated. The awardee will be honored at the Fall 2020 meeting of the Section. The awardee will also be the official Section nominee (submitted the following spring) for the MAA Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics.

Anyone associated with the MAA Iowa Section is urged to consider submitting a nomination for the MAA Iowa Section Award.

Eligibility

• College or university teachers who currently teach a mathematical science at least halftime during the academic year in a public or private college or university (from two-year college teaching through teaching at the Ph.D. level) in the United States or Canada. Those on approved leave (sabbatical or other) during the academic year in which they are nominated qualify if they fulfilled the requirements in the previous year.
• At least seven years experience in teaching in the mathematical sciences.
• Membership in the MAA and the Iowa Section of the MAA.

Guidelines for Nomination

Nominees should

• Be widely recognized as extraordinarily successful in their teaching*
• Have teaching effectiveness that can be documented
• Have had influence in their teaching beyond their own institution**
• Foster curiosity and generate excitement about mathematics in their students.

* "teaching" is to be interpreted in its broadest sense, not necessarily limited to classroom teaching. It may include activities such as preparing students for mathematical competitions at the college level, attracting students to become majors in a mathematical science, working with pre-service or in-service teachers, advising undergraduate research etc.

** "influence beyond..." can take many forms, including demonstrated lasting impact on alumni, influence on the profession through curricular revisions in college mathematics teaching with wide-ranging impact, influential publications or innovative books concerned with the teaching of college mathematics, etc.