This competition celebrates not only your knowledge but also your teaching skills, your passion for the field, your engagement with students and colleagues and your innovative skills in the classroom.
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Open to current members of the Vis Com division of AEJMC. Winners will be recognized at the AEJMC annual conference.
Awards are given in two categories
• Tenured
• Non-tenured, non-tenure track, grad students
Deadline is April 1, 2025
Application requirements
· Current membership in the VisCom Division of AEJMC.
· A cover letter (two pp max) that highlights accomplishments contained in the package.
· Your CV emphasizing visual communication accomplishments.
· A one-page letter from a colleague or a student supporting the application.
· One syllabus highlighting excellence or innovative practices in visual communication. The winner’s syllabus will be posted on the division website.
· Examples of student work from an assignment in the syllabus.
Notification
A committee consisting of the VisCom Division’s teaching chair, head, and vice-head will review and rank the applications and contact the applicants approximately one month after the application date.
Questions?
Ask teaching chair Denise McGill at mcgilld@mailbox.sc.edu.
Dr. Sandy Utt retired in 2019 as professor emerita for the Dept. of Journalism & Strategic Media at the University of Memphis. She has a passion for teaching advertising. She was a force for good in AEJMC and Vis Com.