
Teaching Innovation Award Competition
This annual competition is held concurrently with the MMA Fall Educators Conference to recognize outstanding innovators in marketing education. In this competition, innovation is defined as a single activity, exercise, project, assignment, method, or event, rather than an overall philosophy or strategy in marketing education. Entrants should ensure that their innovation submission has not been previously published in a journal or recognized as a winner or finalist in any other competition. Judges select three finalists based on their written submissions. Each of the three finalists makes a 15-minute presentation of their teaching innovation at the conference. The judges select the MMA Teaching Innovation Competition winner based on these presentations. The winning entry receives the MMA Teaching Innovation Competition Award and $1,000. The other two finalist entries each receive MMA Teaching Innovation Excellence Awards and $250. Other noteworthy entries may receive MMA Meritorious Teaching Innovation Awards. MMA recognizes all award winners at the Thursday conference awards lunch.
Please see the Call for Submissions for instructions and deadline information.
If you have any questions, please contact Adrienne Wallace, Competition Coordinator, at wallacad@gvsu.edu.
Prior Winners of the Teaching Innovation Award
2026: Scott Cowley, Western Michigan University
2025: Cecilia Ruvalcaba, University of the Pacific & Jennifer Zarzosa, Wingate University
2024: Amy Watson, Valdosta State University & Jen Riley, Vanderbilt University
2023: Mary Martin, Fort Hays State University
2022: Brian Vander Schee, Indiana University & Rebecca VanMeter, Ball State University
2021: Peg Murphy, Columbia College, Chicago​
2019: Brooke Reavey, Dominican University
2018: Kai-Yu Wang, Brock University
2017: Elliott Manzon, University of Cincinnati
2016: Mark McConnell, University of Mount Union
2015: Scott Cowley, Arizona State University
2014: Katherine Jackson & Datha Damron-Martinez, Truman State University
2013: Vassilis Dalakas, California State University – San Marcos
2012: Ann Veeck, Western Michigan University
2011: Dawn Edmiston, St. Vincent College

