The Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize recognizes outstanding teaching in the history of science. The award seeks to honor those whose work promotes interest in and educates the public about the history of science by celebrating efforts to enhance the integration of the history of science into grades K-12 and community college classrooms as well as four-year institutions; by developing new tools and opportunities for members to connect with broader audiences; and by devising strategies for making work done by historians of science more available and accessible, particularly for underrepresented communities.
Educational activities recognized by the award should be construed in the broadest sense. These include but are not limited to:
- Classroom-oriented contributions
- classroom teaching (K-12, undergraduate, graduate, or extended education)
- organization and administration of educational programs
- educational research
- innovation in the methodology of instruction
- preparation of pedagogical materials
- Public-facing contributions
- Journalism
- museum work
- creation of digital exhibitions
- podcasts
- public outreach through other non-print media
Nominations can be of individuals or collaborative groups working on a large-scale project. While the prize is typically given to a single individual or group, the award committee can, when it seems appropriate, choose to celebrate multiple winners.
Prize nominations for the 2025 cycle are closed
Past Winners of the Hazen Education Prize
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2024, Babak Ashrafi (Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine)
- 2023, Pamela Smith (Columbia University)
- 2022, Alex Wellerstein (Stevens Institute of Technology)
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2021, Douglas Allchin & Michael Clough
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2020, Allison C. Marsh (University of South Carolina)
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2019, Michael Osborne (Oregon State University)
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2018, The Embryo Project , Steve Elliott and Erica Leigh O’Neill (Arizona State University)
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2017, Marvin Bolt (Corning Museum of Glass)
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2016, Joan L. Richards (Brown University)
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2015, Sally Kohlstedt (University of Minnesota)
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2014, Monica H. Green (Arizona State University)
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2013, Peter Pesic (St. John’s College)
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2012, Vassiliki (Betty) Smocovitis (University of Florida)
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2011, Pamela Henson (Smithsonian Institution Archives)
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2010, Michael Matthews (University of New South Wales)
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2009, Frederick Gregory (University of Florida)
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2008, Sara Schechner (Harvard University)
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2007, Joe Cain (University College London)
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2006, Graeme Gooday (University of Leeds)
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2005, Pamela Mack (Clemson University)
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2004, Falk Riess (Carl von Ossietzky University)
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2003, Paul L. Farber (Oregon State University)
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2002, Robert A. Hatch (University of Florida)
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2001, Stephen Brush (University of Maryland)
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2000, Jane Maienschein (Arizona State University)
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1999, Liba Taub (Whipple Museum)
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1998, Gerald Holton (Harvard University) and James Rutherford (AAAS)
