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The '''Rowman & Littlefield Award in Innovative Teaching''' is the only national teaching award in [[political science]] given in the [[United States]].<ref name=GMU-Mayer>{{cite web|url=http://policy.gmu.edu/faculty/mayer/index.html|title=Jeremy Mayer, Associate, Professor and Director, Master's of Public Policy program|publisher=[[George Mason University School of Public Policy|School of Public Policy]] of [[George Mason University]]|accessdate=2008-07-12|date=2008-03-10}}</ref> It has been awarded annually by the [[American Political Science Association]]<ref name=APSA-VanVechten>{{cite web|url=http://www.apsanet.org/content_53678.cfm|title=Professor Van Vechten Named to Receive 2008 Roman ''{{black|(sic)}}'' & Littlefield Award |publisher=[[American Political Science Association]] |accessdate=2008-07-12 |date=2008-07-12}}</ref> and was first awarded in 1996.<ref name=APSA-Rowman>{{cite web|url=http://www.apsanet.org/section_481.cfm|title=Rowman & Littlefield Award for Innovative Teaching in Political Science|publisher=[[American Political Science Association]] |accessdate=2008-07-12 |date=2008-07-12}}</ref>
The award is sponsored by [[Rowman & Littlefield|Rowman & Littlefield Publishers]].  It carries a 500 [[US Dollar|USD]] cash [[stipend]] and is presented at the APSA's Annual Meeting to a winner selected from political science professors nominated by members of the award committee, chaired by L. Sandy Maisel, Professor of Government and Director of the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement at [[Colby College]] in [[Waterville, Maine|Waterville]], [[Maine]].<ref name=APSA-Rowman />
According to the Association, the Award recognizes developers of "effective new approaches to teaching" among political scientists.  Its intent is to honor a wide range of new directions, rather than one in particular.  The annual winner is chosen from among a pool of nominees whose innovations had moved [[political science]] [[pedagogy]] forward.<ref name=APSA-VanVechten />
==Recipients==
===2008===
The 2008 award was presented to Professor [[Renée Van Vechten]] of the [[University of Redlands]] Department of Government.  Van Vechten received the award for work done on collaborative simulations;  she created and facilitated three simultaneous interactive simulations, one where her students simulated [[Member of Congress|Members of Congress]] in her Congress course and two in her Introduction to American Governments courses, with one class playing lobbyists and the other playing the constituents of the Congressmembers.<ref name=APSA-VanVechten /><ref name=APSA-Rowman />
===2007===
Professors [[James Meernik]] and [[Kimi King]] of the [[University of North Texas]] for their  jointly taught study abroad class entitled ''[[International Law]]: Peace and Justice'', an intensive three-week program at the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] (ICTY) in [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]].  Students receive access to top officials, including two of the ICTY presidents and 10 of the ICTY judges, as well as to attorneys and to tribunal testimony.<ref name=APSA-Rowman />
===2005===
The 2005 winner was Professor Barbara Allen of [[Carleton College]].<ref name=APSA-Rowman />
Jeremy Mayer, a [[professor]] of [[public policy]] and [[political science]] at the [[George Mason University School of Public Policy|School of Public Policy]] of [[George Mason University]], is a past winner of the Award.<ref name=GMU-Mayer />
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