The Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in
Education
Nominations now being accepted
Deadline for Nominations: October 3, 2019
The Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education recognizes an individual or group that has had significant, sustained impact on genetics education at any level, from K-12 through graduate school and beyond. Recipients of the Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education will have promoted greater exposure to and deeper understanding of genetics through distinguished teaching or mentoring, development of innovative pedagogical approaches or tools, design of new courses or curricula, national leadership, and/or public engagement and outreach.
The award was named posthumously for Elizabeth W. Jones (1939-2008),
who was the recipient of the first GSA
Excellence in Education Award in 2007.
She was a renowned geneticist and educator who served as
the 1987 GSA president and as editor-in-chief of GSA’s journal GENETICS for nearly 12 years (1996-2008). At the time of her death, Jones was University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, the institution’s highest faculty honor. She also served as head of the Department of Biological Sciences and Dr. Frederick A. Schwertz Distinguished Professor of Life Sciences. Her lab used genetic approaches to understand how proteins in yeast cells reach their proper destinations. Jones earned a bachelor’s in chemistry and the first PhD in genetics granted by the University of Washington; she completed postdoctoral training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was on the faculty at Case Western Reserve University for five years before joining Carnegie Mellon in 1974.
Nominees will be considered for three
years without the need to update
information.
Eligibility
To be considered for the Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education, the nominee does not need to be a GSA member. However, nominees who are members of GSA will be given priority in the selection process. Nominees must have promoted greater exposure to and deeper understanding of genetics through distinguished teaching or mentoring; development of innovative pedagogical approaches or tools; design of new courses or curricula; national leadership; and/or public engagement and outreach.
Selection Criteria
Reviewers consider the following criteria when selecting a recipient:
Has the nominee promoted greater exposure to and deeper understanding of genetics?
Has the nominee had significant, sustained impact on genetics education?
Recipients
2019 |
Bruce Weir, University of Washington in Seattle |
2018 |
Steven Farber, Carnegie Institution for Science &
Jamie Shuda, University of Pennsylvania |
2017 |
Sally G. Hoskins, City College of the City University of New York |
2016 |
William Wood, University of Colorado |
2015 |
Louisa A. Stark, University of Utah |
2014 |
Robin Wright, University of Minnesota |
2013 |
A. Malcolm Campbell, Davidson College |
2012 |
David A. Micklos, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
2011 |
Peter J. Bruns, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (retired) |
2010 |
Utpal Banerjee, University of California, Los Angeles |
2009 |
Sarah C. R. Elgin, Washington University in St. Louis and HHMI |
2008 |
R. Scott Hawley, Stowers Institute for Medical Research |
2007 |
Elizabeth W. Jones, Carnegie Mellon University |
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