Mentoring Award

The Mentoring Award will be presented in recognition of extraordinary, tireless, and sustained contributions to the professional and scholarly development of emerging scholars as the future of the field of higher education.

Nomination Evaluation Criteria

When reviewing nominations, the awards committee will make decisions based on the following preferred and demonstrated attributes:

1. A commitment to mentoring students and emerging scholars

2. Active fostering of inclusive classroom and transforming research environments

3. Recognized scholarly contributions to the field of higher education

4. Consistent role modeling of personal and professional integrity

5. Collaboration in scholarship and teaching with junior faculty and graduate student

6. Evidence of mentoring ability across identities

Awards Timeline

• Early May: Awards Nominations Open

• June 30, 2025, 12:00pm Mountain/Denver Time: Awards Nominations close

• July-September: Committee review of nominations

• Late September: Notification to nominators of committee decisions

• Mid-October: Association-wide announcement of recipients

• November: Awards Ceremony during ASHE 2025 Annual Conference

Due to the number of submissions and the review process, no late submissions will be accepted; as such, nominators are encouraged to submit their nominations well in advance of this deadline. 

Nomination Requirements

To submit a nomination you will need:

• Name, Title, Position, Institution, Email, and Phone Number of Coordinating Nominator

• Name, Title, Position, Institution, Email, and Phone Number of Nominee

• A nomination statement up to 750 words that demonstrates the nominee's match to the award evaluation criteria. This should not be a nomination or support letter, but a summary of the nominee's qualifications for this specific award.

• 2-3 letters of support. For upload into the nomination form, these should be combined into one document, preferably a pdf.

• The nominee's CV.

Due to the increased number of nominations received in recent years, each nominee will be limited to one nomination. In the event multiple nominations are submitted, the committee chair will notify the coordinating nominators requesting they consolidate their nominations.

The coordinating nominator, as well as the award nominee(s) (and subsequently recipient(s)), must be current members of ASHE.

Questions about the award process can be sent to awards@ashe.ws.

Past Recipients

2024: Kristen A. Renn

2023: Pamela L. Eddy (YouTube Link) & Christa J. Porter (YouTube Link)

2022: Victor B. Sáenz (YouTube Link)

2021: Christine A. Stanley (YouTube Link)

2020: Gloria Crisp (YouTube Link)

2019: Linda J. Sax (YouTube Link)

2018: James Earl Davis (YouTube Link)

2017: Roger G. Baldwin (YouTube Link)

2016: Audrey J. Jaeger

2015: Alberto F. Cabrera

2014: Stephen L. DesJardins

2013: Peter Magolda

2012: Patricia M. McDonough

2011: Sharon Fries-Britt

2010: Alexander W. Astin & Helen S. Astin

2009: Marilyn Amey