About the award

The ASU Parents Association (ASUPA) Professor of the Year is an annual award that spotlights the contributions of excellent ASU professors. This endowed professorship, presented by the ASUPA, honors those who best exemplify a passion for teaching and who excel in both undergraduate teaching and in their area of research and/or creative activity. The award promotes a culture that values and rewards members of the academic community who also contribute substantially to scholarship and undergraduate education.

Any ASU faculty, staff or student body member may submit a single nomination in support of this award no later than Feb. 15, 2008. Nominated professors will receive notification and must submit supporting documentation no later than March 7, 2008. Only tenured faculty members are eligible to be nominated for this award.

A selection committee of faculty, staff, parents and students review all applications and determine the recipient of this award. The award provides the recipient a cash award of $10,000 and lifelong designation as a Parents Association Professor. The ASUPA further provides $10,000, ($5,000 per academic year), to fund an undergraduate student research assistant for the professor. In addition, the recipient becomes a fellow in the ASU Distinguished Teaching Academy.

The 2008 ASUPA Professor of the Year will be announced at the Celebration of Teaching and Learning Excellence event on April 14, 2008.