The Distinguished Educator Award is presented annually to an outstanding individual who has excelled in developing doctoral students, effective teaching in the classroom or other creative forums, and/or disseminating new and effective teaching methods and designs. The Distinguished Educator Award recognizes significant contributions over the course of a career and is selected by the Career Achievement Awards Committee. The 2011 committee, including Blake E. Ashforth (Chair), Quy Huy, Philip Podsakoff, Pamela S. Tolbert, and Sandy J. Wayne, thoroughly reviewed nominations accompanied by letters of support that specified the nominee‘s accomplishments to select the recipient of this award.

For more information about this year’s Career Achievement Award winners, please visit the 2011 Annual Meeting website’s Awards & Recognition page.