The Jack A. Culbertson Award

The Field Loses a Great Man - Jack Arthur Culbertson

The Jack A. Culbertson Award was established in 1982 in honor of UCEA's first full-time Executive Director, who retired in 1981 after serving 22 years in the position. Jack was, himself, an impressive scholar throughout his career. However, he took particular interest in the scholarly endeavors of Junior Faculty, recognizing in their work the future of the profession.  

The award is presented annually to an outstanding junior professor of educational administration in recognition of his/her significant contributions to the field of educational leadership.

Criteria used in selecting the outstanding contribution are:

• innovativeness
• originality
• generalizability
• potential impact
• relation to UCEA goals
• significance with respect to the training mission at the individual's institution
• degree of effort required to produce the contribution
• extent of support for the effort provided by the candidate's employing institution

Nominations are welcome from faculty member(s) of UCEA member institutions and partner institutions. Nominations should include electronic copies of the following:

• the candidate's curriculum vitae;
• a letter addressing the contributions of the nominee relative to one or more of the selection criteria;
• support letters from individuals who have been directly mentored by the nominee, and/or individuals who can attest to the nominee's mentoring strengths, are strongly encouraged.

A UCEA committee appointed by the Executive Director will review and evaluate the nominees. This committee will reserve the right to present this award to multiple candidates on any given year, or conversely, not to present this award should nominees not fully meet the selection criteria. The deadline for nominations is May 31, 2013. Please email electronic copies of all nomination materials to ucea@virginia.edu with the title of the award in the subject line.

Culbertson Award Recipients