Eugene Asher Award Recipients
Established in 1986, the Eugene Asher Distinguished Teaching Award recognizes outstanding teaching and advocacy for history teaching at two-year, four-year, and graduate colleges and universities. The award is named for the late Eugene Asher, for many years a leading advocate for history teaching. The Society for History Education (SHE) shares with the AHA sponsorship of the award. It recognizes inspiring teachers whose techniques and mastery of subject matter made a lasting impression and substantial difference to students of history. Members of the AHA and SHE submit nominations to the Committee on Teaching Prizes.
2020
Robert D. Johnston, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago
2019
Trevor R. Getz, San Francisco State Univ.
2018
Catherine Denial, Knox Coll.
2017
Laura Westhoff, Univ. of Missouri, St. Louis
2016
Fritz Fischer, Univ. of Northern Colorado
2015
Kimberley Mangun, Univ. of Utah
2014
Clif Stratton, Washington State Univ.
2013
Michael Green, Coll. of Southern Nevada/Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas Honors College
2012
Nicholas Aieta, Westfield State Univ.
2011
Kathleen Conzen, Univ. of Chicago
2010
Peter Wood, Duke Univ.
2009
Brad Lookingbill, Columbia Coll. of Missouri
2008
Michael D'Innocenzo, Hofstra Univ.
2006
Carole Srole, California State Univ., Los Angeles
2005
Eileen Scully, Bennington Coll.
2004
David Pace, Indiana Univ.
2003
Orville Burton, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2002
Evelyn Edson, Piedmont Virginia Comm. Coll.
2001
Robert Blackey, California State Univ., San Bernardino
2000
Peter Frederick, Wabash Coll.
1999
Vernon Lidtke, Johns Hopkins Univ.
1998
Edward Berenson, New York Univ.
1996
John Barber, Ball State Univ.
1995
James Shenton, Columbia Univ.
1995
Ron Briley, Sandia Preparatory Sch.
1994
Stephen Beckham, Lewis and Clark Coll.
1993
Natalie Davis, Princeton Univ.
1992
Wayne Altree, Newton South High Sch., Newton, MA
1991
Jackson Bailey, Earlham Coll.
1990
Evalyn Clark, Vassar Coll.
1989
Paul Faler, Univ. of Massachusetts Boston
1988
Joan Connell, Xavier Univ., Ohio
2020 Asher Award
Robert D. Johnston, University of Illinois at Chicago
Robert D. Johnston is well regarded as a passionate advocate for the teaching and learning of history. Former students and current secondary educators note how he has challenged them to make the discipline meaningful and appealing to all constituencies. They praise his continuous mentorship. The timeliness of his research and command of the material as a director of the Teaching of History Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago serves as a model for everyone devoted to teaching historical thinking.