Established in 1986, the Eugene Asher Award recognizes outstanding teaching and advocacy for history teaching at two-year, four-year, and graduate colleges and universities. The award is named for the late Eugene Asher, a leading advocate for history teaching.

The Society for History Education shares with the American Historical Association sponsorship of the award.

The Society for History Education is proud to feature spectacular scholarship from teachers and students. Every November, The History Teacher publishes the winning student papers from the Junior and Senior divisions of the National History Day Contest.

The winning student papers are also published online. Learn more about this year's National History Day at www.nhd.org.

The Richard and Louise Wilde Award invites applications from students at California State University, Long Beach in master’s, credential, and advanced undergraduate programs.

Students must demonstrate strong interest in pedagogy, specifically in teaching history. The recipient also receives a year-long student internship with the editorial board of The History Teacher.

Awarded by the American Historical Association, the William and Edwyna Gilbert Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the teaching of history through the publication of articles in journals, magazines, and other serials.

The History Teacher has received this prestigious honor a record eight times, more than any other journal in the award's history.

Jocelyn Isabel Aguilera - 2024
The History Teacher
Article: "Reclaiming Narratives through Culturally Sustaining Teaching: Women of Color, Historical Significance, and the Civil Rights Era," The History Teacher 56, no. 3 (May 2023)

Michael P. Marino - 2023
The History Teacher
Article: "Rethinking Historical Thinking: How Historians Use Unreliable Evidence," The History Teacher 55, no. 2 (February 2022)

Brigid E. Vance - 2022
The History Teacher
Article: "Finding their Voice: Student Podcasts on the East Asian Collection at Lawrence University's Wriston Galleries," The History Teacher 54, no. 4 (August 2021)

Rien Fertel, Elizabeth S. Manley, Jenny Schwartzberg, and Robert Ticknor - 2020
The History Teacher
Article: "Teaching in the Archives: Engaging Students and Inverting Historical Methods Classes at the Historic New Orleans Collection," The History Teacher 53, no. 1 (November 2019)

Leah Shopkow - 2018
The History Teacher
Article: "How Many Sources Do I Need," The History Teacher 50, no. 2 (February 2017)

Peter Burkholder - 2015
The History Teacher
Article: "A Content Means to a Critical Thinking End: Group Quizzing in History Surveys," The History Teacher 47, no. 4 (August 2014)

Tim Keirn and Eileen Luhr - 2013
The History Teacher
Article: "Subject Matter Counts: The Pre-Service Teaching and Learning of Historical Thinking," The History Teacher 45, no. 4 (August 2012)