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2011 Barry Sherman Teaching Award

The Named Awards Committee of the MME Division is seeking nominations for the Barry Sherman Teaching Award, which recognizes excellence and innovation in the teaching of media management and economics.

Any division member is eligible for the award but may not nominate himself or herself.

Nominations should be sent to Todd Chambers at Texas Tech University by May 12. Nominees will be contacted and asked to submit supporting material by May 26. Supporting materials will include:

Syllabi from one or two courses (graduate or undergraduate) devoted primarily to media management or economics.
Up to three examples of supporting instructional materials in media management or economics. The supporting materials should demonstrate evidence of teaching excellence or innovation.

The award honors the memory of Barry Sherman, who was Lambdin Kay Professor in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia at the time of his death in 2000. He served as director of the prestigious Peabody Awards from 1991-2000. During his 19 years at Georgia, the university honored Sherman twice for teaching excellence. In 1995, the International Radio and Television Society Foundation named him a Stanton Fellow for his "outstanding contribution to electronic media education."

The winner of the award will be notified before the AEJMC annual convention in St. Louis on August 10-13, and the award will be presented at the Media Management and Economics Division's annual business meeting.

Please send nominations to Dr. Todd Chambers, College of Mass Communications, Texas Tech University, MS 3082, Lubbock, Texas 79424. His e-mail address is todd.chambers@ttu.edu.