David Adams Scholastic Journalism Division Educator of the Year Award
David Adams
This award, given annually during the association’s summer convention, recognizes a deserving division member for his/her outstanding performance in the college/university classroom and in scholastic journalism workshops and conferences.
Nominees must have been members of the Scholastic Division for the previous three years.
Nominating letters should identify in a single page the various ways the nominee has made significant contributions to journalism in the secondary schools through his/her work in journalism and mass communication in higher education.
Nominations shall consist of the following:
- a letter of recommendation
- one or two letters of support
- a vitae
Past recipients of the David Adams Scholastic Journalism Division Educator of the Year Award
- 2023 – no award
- 2022 – no award
- 2021 – Vince Filak, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
- 2020 – Bradley Wilson, Midwestern State University
- 2019 – Peter Bobkowski, University of Kansas
- 2018 – Sally Renaud, Eastern Illinois University
- 2017 – Mark Goodman, Kent State University
- 2016 – Nicole Kraft, Ohio State University
- 2015 – Mary Arnold, South Dakota State University
- 2014 – John Bowen, Kent State University
- 2013 — Monica Hill, University of North Carolina
- 2012 — Bruce Konkle, University of South Carolina
- 2011 — Judy Robinson, University of Florida
- 2010 — Barbara Hines, Howard University
- 2009 — Lyle Olson, South Dakota State University
- 2008 — James Tidwell, Eastern Illinois University
- 2007 — John Hudnall, University of Kansas
- 2006 — Cheryl M. Pell, Michigan State University
- 2005 — Candace Perkins-Bowen. Kent State University
- 2004 — David Adams, Indiana University
- 2003 — Thomas Eveslage, Temple University
- 2002 — Richard Johns, University of Iowa
- 2001 — Jack Dvorak, Indiana University
- 2000 — Marilyn Weaver, Ball State University
- 1999 — Linda Putney, Kansas State University
- 1998 — Julie E. Dodd, University of Florida