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Joyce Award

The Joyce Awards are the University’s most prestigious recognition of extraordinary achievement and sustained effectiveness in teaching undergraduate, graduate, and/or professional students. Joyce Award winners serve as mentors and exemplars of outstanding teachers across the disciplines. Up to three Joyce Award winners will be selected each year.

Nominate a colleague by March 4, 2024

Eligibility

Eligible nominees must have been employed as full-time members of the Notre Dame faculty for the last five years (since the start of the fall semester of the 2018–19 academic year) and must currently be either:

Tenured members of the tenured and tenure-track (T&TT) faculty, or
Members of Notre Dame’s regular faculty in a category other than T&TT who have taught at least 10 undergraduate, graduate, and/or professional courses/sections in the past five years

As of Spring 2024, all faculty who meet the above eligibility criteria are eligible for nomination—including past winners—but the award may be won only once moving forward.

Primary Evaluation Criteria

Nominations must demonstrate:

Sustained teaching excellence
Profound influence on students’ learning experience, such as through creative or innovative pedagogical approaches, and/or on the teaching skills of faculty peers
Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement in teaching and learning

All-time winners