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The BPS Division of the Academy of Management requests nominations for the Irwin Outstanding Educator Award, to be given at the 2017 Academy of Management annual meetings in Atlanta, Georgia.

Nominees should have at least 15 years of service since graduating from their own doctoral programs. This year we are soliciting nominations for scholars who have made significant contributions to PhD education and mentorship in strategic management.

Manifestations of outstanding educator contributions might include:

1. Mentorship of PhD Students. The person has been closely linked to the development of other outstanding scholars and in developing the scholarship of others. (For example, the person is actively involved in dissertation committees or participates regularly in Professional Development Workshops or other specialized workshops like CCC or DRUID, etc.).

2. Mentorship of Junior Colleagues. The person has mentored or advised scholars beyond the dissertation advisor role by offering constructive comments, suggestions, and criticism.

The BPS Division has recognized Outstanding Educators with an award since 1987. In 1991, the publishing company Richard D. Irwin established a $25,000 endowment for the award, thereafter named the Irwin Outstanding Educator Award. Since 2008, the BPS division has presented this award on an annual basis. This award is designed to recognize an established strategy scholar who has demonstrated a long-term commitment to and expertise in educating strategy students.  In odd-numbered years, BPS evaluates nominees with respect to their contributions to Ph.D. and doctoral education. In even-numbered years, BPS evaluates nominees with respect to their contributions to MBA/executive education in strategic management.

Previous award winners are:

• 1987: C. Roland Christensen (Harvard University)

• 1989: James Brian Quinn (Dartmouth College)

• 1991: Charles Summer (University of Washington)

• 1993: Michael Porter (Harvard University)

• 1995: William H. Newman (Columbia University)

• 1997: David Jemison (University of Texas)

• 1999: Arnold Cooper (Purdue University)

• 2001: Michael A. Hitt (Arizona State University)

• 2003: Donald C. Hambrick (Penn State University)

• 2005: Jay Barney (Ohio State University)

• 2007: Kathy Eisenhardt (Stanford University)

• 2008: Pankaj Ghemawat (IESE Business School)

• 2009: Will Mitchell (Duke University)

• 2010: Anita McGahan (University of Toronto)

• 2011: Joseph Mahoney (University of Illinois)

• 2012: Henry Mintzberg (McGill University)

• 2013: Bernard Yeung (National University of Singapore)

• 2014: Myles Shaver (University of Minnesota)

• 2015: Dan Levinthal (University of Pennsylvania)

• 2016: Gautam Ahuja (University of Michigan)

Please send your nomination(s) to Mary Benner, BPS Division Chair Elect mbenner@umn.edu) with a brief explanation as to why you are nominating the individual. Nominations will be accepted through January 13, 2017.