Service and Achievement Awards
ASEH recognizes service and achievement in environmental history through the four awards described below. Click on the award below to obtain the instructions for nominating a candidate or project.
- Distinguished Scholar Award given every year to an individual who has contributed significantly to environmental history scholarship; membership in ASEH is not required. Current members of ASEH's executive committee are not eligible while they are serving. Click here for brief form to submit for nomination. Deadline for submissions: November 20, 2022.
- Lisa Mighetto Distinguished Service Award given every year to an individual who has contributed significantly to the development of ASEH as an organization; membership in ASEH is required.Current members of the Executive Committee are not eligible while they are serving. Click here for brief form to submit for nomination. Deadline for submissions: November 20, 2022.
Public Outreach Awards
ASEH’s Advisory Board on Professional Development and Public Engagement announces the introduction of two new awards recognizing excellence in public humanities and environmental history.
- Public Outreach Project Award presented every two years to an environmental history project that engages the public. Deadline for submissions: November 20, 2023. Click here to nominate a project for the 2024 award.
- Distinguished Career in Public Environmental History presented every two years to an individual who has promoted environmental history to the public over time. We are now accepting applications for this award. Deadline for submissions: November 20, 2022. Click here to nominate a person for the 2023 Award.
Each of these awards will be presented every other year, beginning with the Project Award in 2014. This year, we are accepting nominations for both the Public Outreach Project Award.
General Guidelines for Submitting for four awards described above:
Anyone can nominate candidates for the above four service and achievement awards, and ASEH's executive committee appoints a committee to select the recipients. Current members of ASEH's executive committee are not eligible while they are serving.
