The nomination period for the DTA is now open through October 23, 2024.  

Submit a Nomination 

 

The Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA) honors exemplary teaching at UMass Amherst. Award recipients receive a monetary prize, and their names are inscribed on the DTA memorial wall in the Integrative Learning Center. Faculty recipients are awarded $3,500, and graduate students are awarded $2,000.

The review committees comprised of past DTA winners (faculty and graduate teaching assistants) review nominations in a two-step process prior to selecting five faculty (three tenure-track and two non-tenure-track) and two graduate teaching assistant awardees.

 

Eligibility

Tenure-track faculty, non-tenure-track faculty, and graduate teaching assistants are eligible for this highly-competitive award. Graduate and undergraduate students may nominate any instructor they have previously taken a course with or an instructor with whom they are currently enrolled in a course. Faculty may submit nominations for graduate teaching assistants.

 

Finalist Material Submissions

The nomination period for the 2023-24 Distinguished Teaching Award has closed.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Previous DTA winners

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