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The Albert and Gladys Hall Coates Term Professorship for Teaching Excellence, established in 1998, honors a member of the School of Government faculty for excellence in teaching. The recipient holds the position for a two-year term.

All teachers who hold full-time faculty positions in the School of Government are eligible for the award, except the dean and associate deans, holders of permanent chairs and previous recipients of the teaching award. The following individuals are included within those categories and therefore are NOT eligible for the teaching award:

Gregory Allison, David Ammons, Frayda Bluestein, Anita Brown-Graham, Sara DePasquale, James Drennan, Norma Houston, Cheryl Howell, Willow Jacobson, Robert Joyce, Adam Lovelady, Kara Millonzi, Tyler Mulligan, David Owens, John Rubin, Jessica Smith, Michael Smith, Carl Stenberg, Charles Szypszak, Thomas Thornburg, Aimee Wall, Jeffrey Welty, and Richard Whisnant

One recipient is selected biennially by the dean on recommendation of the School’s teaching development committee.

Nominations will be evaluated by the committee on the basis of the following considerations:

A teaching portfolio submitted by each nominee
Peer observations of the nominee’s teaching
The nominee’s effective use of teaching methods and materials
Student evaluations of the nominee’s teaching, and recommendations by faculty, students, clients,
and others
The nominee’s development of new, revised, or expanded courses, classes, or programs
The nominee’s contributions to the educational mission of the School of Government

Nominations are invited from state and local government officials and employees, court officials, lawyers, and others who have attended School of Government courses; faculty and staff of the School; MPA students; and MPA alumni.

To nominate a faculty member, please complete an online form.

Paper nominations can be mailed to the address:

Teaching Excellence Award, School of Government, UNC-Chapel Hill, Knapp-Sanders Building, Campus Box 3330 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3330

Nominations can also be emailed to teaching-award@sog.unc.edu.

The deadline for nominations is June 5, 2024.