William and Edwyna Gilbert Award
The William and Edwyna Gilbert Award for the Best Article on Teaching History annually recognizes outstanding contributions to the teaching of history through the publication of articles in journals, magazines, and other serials. Originally the “William Gilbert Award,” named in memory of William Gilbert, a longtime AHA member and distinguished scholar-teacher of the Renaissance at the University of Kansas, it was renamed the William and Edwyna Gilbert Award in 2012 after Edwyna Gilbert passed away and left an additional $110,000 to supplement the original $10,000 bequest for the award.
Articles with a publication date of 2018 are eligible for consideration for the 2019 award. Authors must be members of the AHA. Both the author of the winning article and the journal that publishes it will each receive the award. Journals and individual members may submit nominations on the teaching of history (including scholarship of teaching and learning, methodology and theory of pedagogy). Journals, magazines, and other serials can submit up to two articles for each award cycle.
Each nomination must include the following:
- Award nomination form (you will be prompted to complete this form online in step 3 of the application process)
- A brief letter of support (no more than two pages)
- A copy of the article
Deadline, Submission Information, and Notification
The AHA has partnered with Interfolio to manage our nomination process. Submitting a nomination package through Interfolio is FREE for nominators. When submitting a nomination, if you don't already have an account with Interfolio, you will be asked to set up an account and create a password, but you will NOT be charged any fee to create the account.
Nominations must be submitted through Interfolio by May 15, 2019, to be eligible for the 2019 competition. Mailed, e-mailed, or faxed applications will not be accepted. Recipients will be announced on the AHA website in October 2019 and recognized during a ceremony at the January 2020 AHA annual meeting in New York City.
For questions, please contact the Prize Administrator.
2017 Gilbert Award
Laura K. Muñoz, Texas A&M Univ.–Corpus Christi
“Civil Rights, Educational Inequality, and Transnational Takes on the US History Survey,” History of Education Quarterly 56, no. 1 (February 2016)
Laura Muñoz shares how she took an “undercoverage” approach to her US history survey course. Through explicit planning, she sought to represent a “unified, multilingual, multicultural, and transnational America.” Throughout her article, Muñoz presents models for instruction that not only respect and integrate the histories of students, in this case from a Hispanic-Serving Institution, into the studied narrative but also strive to provide students with the intellectual tools to untangle the historical context of contemporary debates.