The Policy Priority Areas of AACP align with this mission: Advance pharmacy education, research, scholarship, practice and service, in partnership with members and stakeholders, to improve health for all.

The AACP Council of Faculties (COF) Emerging Teaching Scholar Award is designed to recognize excellence of our academic pharmacy faculty engaged in and/or supporting scholarly teaching and the scholarship of teaching and learning. In recognizing service and outstanding contributions to our academy, pharmacy education and schools, the AACP COF Emerging Teaching Scholars will raise the bar for scholarly teaching and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Due to the prestigious nature of this award, up to five (5) AACP Emerging Teaching Scholars will be selected each year.

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Submission Deadline February 20, 2025 11:59 pm Pacific Standard Time

Eligibility

Nominees may be any faculty academic rank at a college/schools of pharmacy. To be eligible for the award, nominees must:

1. be a full current, full member of the AACP Council of Faculties;
2. must have authored at least three (3) scholarly works related to teaching and learning accepted in peer reviewed forums (e.g. peer-reviewed journal, peer-reviewed book or book chapter, peer-reviewed abstract for a poster or podium presentation at a professional meeting);
3. be the first/primary author or creator of at least two (2) scholarly works related to teaching and learning;
4. must have NO MORE than 8 years since first publicly available scholarly work as a faculty member in the field of teaching and learning;
5. may be any faculty academic rank; and
6. has adhered to all award submission requirements (e.g., word count, number of artifacts).

See complete award instructions and eligibility requirements and new tips for successful award packages.  

NEW: To facilitate the review process, an application template is now available!  This file can be filled in with an applicant's personal information.

Review will be completed by a Council of Faculties committee using the evaluation criteria.  Award winners will be announced in Spring. The AACP Emerging Teaching Scholars will receive their recognition during the COF Business Meeting at the AACP Annual Meeting.

Contact Michelle Assa-Eley, AACP Senior Director of Education, with questions regarding the nomination or submission process.

2024 Award Recipients

Caitlin Gibson, Pharm.D. M.Ed., BCPS, BCCP, Virginia Commonwealth University

Christopher Johnson, Pharm.D., M.Ed., BCACP, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Amanda R. Margolis, PharmD, MS, BCACP, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Lydia C. Newsom, Pharm.D. BCACP, Mercer University

2023 Award Recipients

Katherine Gruenberg, Pharm.D., MAEd, BCPS, University of California, San Francisco

Meredith L. Howard, Pharm.D., BCPS, University of North Texas Health Science Center

Stephanie Hsia, Pharm.D., MAEd, BCPS, BCPP, University of California, San Francisco

Kimberly C. McKeirnan, Pharm.D., BCACP, Washington State University

Jacqueline M. Zeeman, Pharm.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2022 Award Recipients

Courtney L. Bradley, Pharm.D., High Point University

Lauren Caldas, Pharm.D., BCACP, Virginia Commonwealth University

Alex Isaacs, Pharm.D., MS, BCPS, Purdue University

Taylor D. Steuber, Pharm.D., BCPS, Auburn University

2021 Award Recipients

Lindsey Childs-Kean, Pharm.D., MPH, BCPS, University of Florida 

Cortney Mospan, Pharm.D., BCACP, BCGP, CPP, Wingate University 

Diane H. Quinn, Pharm.D., BCACP, as Philadelphia College of Pharmacy at University of the Sciences

Christopher S. Wisniewski, Pharm.D., MSCR, BCPS, Medical University of South Carolina 

2020 Award Recipients

Nicholas M. Fusco, Pharm.D., University of Buffalo, the State University of New York

Keri D. Hager, Pharm.D., BCACP, University of Minnesota

Adam Pate, Pharm.D., The University of Mississippi

Kathryn J. Smith, Pharm.D., BCACP, University of Florida

2019 Award Recipients

Ashley Castleberry, Pharm.D., University of Texas at Austin 

Krista Larson Donohoe, Pharm.D., BCPS, CGP, Virginia Commonwealth University 

Eliza Dy-Boarman, Pharm.D., Drake University 

Daniel R. Malcom, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCCP, Sullivan University 

Jessica W. Skelley, Pharm.D., BCACP,  Samford University 

2018 Award Recipients

Andrew Bzowyckyj, Pharm.D., University of Missouri, Kansas City

Jeanne Frenzel, Pharm.D., North Dakota State University

Daniel R. Kennedy, Ph.D., Western New England University

Conan MacDougall, Pharm.D., University of California, San Francisco

Karen R. Sando, Pharm.D., Nova Southeastern University

2017 Award Recipients

Robert D. Beckett, Pharm.D., BCPS, Manchester University

Michelle Z. Farland, Pharm.D., BCPS, CDE, University of Florida

Jacqueline E. McLaughlin, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Lauren A. O'Donnell, Ph.D., Duquesne University

Member Spotlight

In honor of April 2023 being designated as the first annual National Arab American Heritage Month, AACP will be honoring the contributions of Arab Americans to pharmacy education and practice on social media and in our Member Spotlight series. Our latest member spotlight is Gloria Grice, Pharm.D., BCPS, FNAP, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs and Professor, Pharmacy Practice at St. Louis College of Pharmacy at University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy. She also currently serves as AACP Speaker of the House of Delegates. 

AACP partnered with several other health organizations to create a statement that reflects our concerns and ideals regarding the arguments given in either case. As health professionals, we strongly believe in our ability to create a safe, nurturing, fair, and equitable environment for our students to evolve into the best version of themselves.

The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy today announced the recipients of its top awards, which recognize six individuals, one institution and one scholarly paper, for their outstanding contributions made to pharmacy education, research, patient outcomes, community service and academic publishing. Recipients will be honored at AACP’s Annual Meeting, Pharmacy Education 2023, July 22-25, in Aurora, Colorado.

The Innovation in Teaching Award recognizes innovative teaching and learning strategies and assessment methods and provides an opportunity to engage faculty in a process of documenting their scholarly approach to teaching and learning. One recipient (individual or team) will be selected and provided an opportunity to present their work during a session at the AACP Annual Meeting in July of each year. The faculty/team selected to present their innovation will be provided with complimentary registration to the Annual Meeting.

The Council of Faculties invites applications from active and affiliate individual AACP members in the form of course or learning portfolios describing innovative approaches to the teaching/learning or assessment processes in a course, a component of a course, or continuing professional education, residency or preceptor education, or faculty development. The innovation submitted must be in place and operating as part of the college or school professional curriculum or continuing professional education program, residency or preceptor education or faculty development. Winners and co-authors selected in the past three years ineligible to compete.

No longer accepting letters of intent.  

Full Submission BY INVITATION ONLY:  Deadline February 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM PST

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2024 Award Recipient

Katherine Newman and Tessa Keys
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Making an “ImPaCT (Improving Patient Care for Tomorrow)”: A longitudinal, required innovation curriculum to address practice-based problems

2023 Award Recipient

Laura M. Fox
Presbyterian College
Learning Logs: A Tool for Training Students to Assess and Regulate Their Own Learning

2022 Award Recipient

Daniel T Malone, Kirsten J Galbraith, Kayley M Lyons, Tina P Brock, Ian C Larson, Paul J White, Vivienne Mak, Harjit Singh, and Marian Costelloe
Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University
A Comprehensive Instructional Model to Develop a Transformed Pharmacy Degree

2021 Award Recipient

Stephanie L. Hsia and Rupa L. Tuan
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Pharmacy
A Remote Health Equity Curriculum: Teaching Pharmacy Students to be Advocates for Social Justice

2020 Award Recipient

Sean Nebergall, Colleen Dula, Stacy King, David Matthews, Kristy Jackson, John (JD) Bickel, and Anna Haas-Gehres
The Ohio State University
Patient Voices: Practicing with Intent

Honorable Mention:

Megan Willson, Kimberly McKeirnan, Jennifer Robinson, Christina Buchman, and Julie Akers
Washington State University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Training Student Pharmacists in Suicide Awareness and Prevention

 

View Past Recipients

About

The American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education (the Journal) is the official scholarly publication of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). Its purpose is to document and advance pharmaceutical education in the United States and internationally. The Journal editor is Gayle A. Brazeau, PhD, professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Marshall University, Huntington, WV. Dr. Brazeau is the seventh editor of the Journal (2014-present), which was founded in 1937 (see History).

Member Spotlight

In honor of April 2023 being designated as the first annual National Arab American Heritage Month, AACP will be honoring the contributions of Arab Americans to pharmacy education and practice on social media and in our Member Spotlight series. Our latest member spotlight is Ahmed Abdelmageed, Pharm.D., Dean of the School of Pharmacy and PA Studies at the University of St. Joseph.