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