Harold F. Martin Graduate Assistant Outstanding Teaching Award
NOMINATION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 15, 2009
General Information
The Harold F. Martin Graduate Assistant Outstanding Teaching Award recognizes graduate assistants for outstanding teaching performance. This award is jointly sponsored by the Graduate School, through the Harold F. Martin Graduate Assistant Outstanding Teaching Award endowment, and the Office of the Vice President and Dean for Undergraduate Education.
Eligibility
To be considered for this award, you must:
- Be a graduate student
- Have served as a graduate assistant for at least two semesters within the last two years
Degree candidates carrying the title of instructor are not eligible for the award.
Nomination Process
Students, staff, and faculty members may nominate a graduate student for this award. A maximum of two students per program may be nominated. An electronic copy of the nominations packet in PDF format must be sent by a graduate office or department head to the CLA Graduate Office contact, Brandy Bower (bvb2@psu.edu) by October 15, 2009
Please send an electronic copy of the nomination packet in PDF format, collated in the order listed below:
- nomination statement, not to exceed the space on the nomination form;
- verification, by the graduate officer or head of the nominee's graduate program, that the nominee performs/performed significant teaching duties (see verification form);
- a one-page resume that highlights the student's teaching activities and states the student's teaching philosophy;
- summary of SRTEs;
- a maximum of three supporting documents may be included (examples: supporting letters from teaching supervisors, supporting letters from students taught).
Typically, ten awards are made in the amount of $500 each.
Past Winners
| Year | Recipient | Department |
| 2008 | Mary Alessandri | Philosophy |
| Sarah Koon-Magnin | Crime, Law, and Justice | |
| Andrew Rice | Economics | |
| Nicholas Sibrava | Psychology | |
| Alexander Stehn | Philosophy | |
| 2007 | Michael Brownstein | Philosophy |
| Antonio Ceraso | English | |
| Parastou Feiz Zaringhalam | Applied Linguistics | |
| Leigh Johnson | Philosophy | |
| Alexa Schriempf | Women's Studies | |
| 2006 | Kyle Grady | Philosophy |
| Bryan Lueck | Philosophy | |
| Shizuka Nishikawa | Economics | |
| Rebecca Zajdowicz | German | |
| 2005 | Robert R. Bleil | English |
| Paul D. Stegner | English | |
| 2004 | Sandra L. French | Communication Arts and Sciences |
| Dennis Foster | Political Science | |
| Matt Siegel | English | |
| 2003 | Wendy L. Falato | Speech Communication |
| Chad Lavin | Political Science | |
| 2002 | Oscar Fernandez | Comparative Literature |
| Eric Lorentzen | English | |
| 2001 | Peter R. Costello | Philosophy |
| Beth Widmaier | English | |
| 2000 | Gregory Colon-Semenza | English |
| Kate Douglas | French | |
| Christopher M. Reenock | Political Science | |
| Jennifer Zachman | Spanish | |
| 1999 | Thomas J. Beech | Political Science |
| Kristen M. Eyssell | Psychology | |
| Anne Scott | Spanish | |
| 1998 | Charles E. Hines, III | Psychology |
| Erin E. Joyce | French | |
| Herbert Moeller | German | |
| Sheryl VonRolleston | French | |
| 1997 | Heather Hayton | Comparative Literature |
| Kelly Marsh | English | |
| John J. Wall | Psychology | |
| 1996 | Brian B. Anderson | Political Science |
| Harvey Quamen | English | |
| Gregg V. Thomas | Theatre Arts | |
| 1995 | Sarah Cox | Comparative Literature |
| Robert B. Hass | English | |
| Barbara Redmond | Theatre Arts | |
| 1994 | Shannon R. Duval | Philosophy |
| Paola Gemme | English | |
| James Kanan | Sociology | |
| Lisa Ruch | Comparative Literature | |
| Thomas Zarzecki | Political Science | |
| 1993 | Benjamin A. L. Click, III | English |
| Dominique Laurent | French | |
| 1992 | Katherine Chandler | English |
| Eric J. Deitch | Philosophy | |
| Paula Golombek | Speech Communications | |
| Kelly Walter | Comparative Literature | |
| 1991 | Rebecca S. Bigler | Psychology |
| Kathryn M. Plank | English | |
| Susanne M. Polley | Economics | |
| 1990 | Linda Ferreira Buckley | English |
| Chantal Huyghebaert | Linguistics | |
| Andrea Ogonosky | Social Psychology | |
| Wiebke Streh | German |