
The American Association of Petroleum Geologists' (AAPG) Foundation’s National Earth Science Teacher of the Year Award program, initiated in 1996, exists to recognize teachers who go beyond the textbook to incorporate applied geology into their lesson plans and "bring students an appreciation of how one field of science touches their everyday life." In support of this program, AGI provides each teacher an Earth Science Week kit and a copy of an AGI publication.
2021 AAPG Foundation National and Sectional Awardees Included:
Teacher of the Year:
Sabrina Ewald
2020 AAPG Foundation National and Sectional Awardees Included:
Teacher of the Year:
Rebekah Kienenberger
Honorable Mention:
Sabrina Ewald
Carolyn Klein
Haley Metcalf
Lynn “Ted” Pendergrass
Rhoda Perkes
2019 AAPG Foundation National and Sectional Awardees Included:
Teacher of the Year: Laura Branch
Honorable Mention:
Chuck Schepke
Rebekah Kienenberger
2018 AAPG Foundation National and Sectional Awardees Included:
Teacher of the Year: Deborah Morgan
Honorable Mention:
Andre Raymond
Coby Weyhmiller
Eric Woodard
Matthew Brunner
Leigh Marsh
2017 AAPG Foundation National and Sectional Awardees Included:
Teacher of the Year: Julie Mitchell
Honorable Mention:
Dylan Canavan
Molly Shaw
Leigh Marsh
2016 AAPG Foundation National and Sectional Awardees Included:
Teacher of the Year: Karen Waterbury
Honorable Mention:
Jill Bushaw
Ilena Krupala
Katherine Hoover
Shannon Chatwin
Larry Rodgers
2015 AAPG Foundation National and Sectional Awardees Included:
Teacher of the Year: Jacqueline Bath
Honorable Mention:
Susan Boucher
Jennifer Reyes
Katherine Hoover
Shannon Chatwin
Stephan Kiouses
2014 AAPG Foundation National and Sectional Awardees Included:
Teacher of the Year: Heather McArdle
Honorable Mention:
Sabrina Ewald
Madelyn Percy
Chung Khong
Debra Stiles
Alexandra Holter
2013 AAPG Foundation National and Sectional Awardees Included:
Teacher of the Year: Chris Bolhuis
Honorable Mention:
Sheryl Sides
Sue Ellen Lyons
Wendy Van Norden
Denece Lord
2012 AAPG Foundation National and Sectional Awardees Included:
Teacher of the Year: Jonna Gentry
Honorable Mention:
Sue Ellen Lyons
Heather Marshall
Kurtz Miller
Laura Opper
Paul Sawyer
2011 AAPG Foundation National and Sectional Awardees Included:
Teacher of the Year: Sharon Milito
Honorable Mention:
Shay Harman
Michael Warren
Leah Keith-Houle
2010 AAPG Foundation National and Sectional Awardees Included:
Teacher of the Year: Stef Paramoure
Honorable Mention:
Thomas Hollis
Paula Jameson
Julie Pollard
2009 AAPG Foundation National and Sectional Awardees Included:
Teacher of the Year: Ty Scott Robinson
Honorable Mention:
Cristopher Marshall
Annette Calabretta
Kimberly Beck
Laura Barnes
2008 AAPG Foundation National and Sectional Awardees Included:
Teacher of the Year: Mary Fitts
Honorable Mention:
Stef Paramoure
Scott Clark
Steve Tyree
2007 AAPG Foundation National and Sectional Awardees Included:
Teacher of the Year: Ryan Henry
Honorable Mention:
Scott Kluever
Candace Penrod
Scott Goetsch
2006 AAPG Foundation National and Sectional Awardees Included:
Teacher of the Year: Jim Mears
Honorable Mention:
Rhonda L. Bodiford
2005 AAPG Foundation National and Sectional Awardees Included:
Teacher of the Year: Marilyn Bachman
Honorable Mention:
Linda M. Burns
John Ghist
Sheryl Schickedanz
Carol Muñiz
Barbara Gallivan
2004 AAPG Foundation National and Sectional Awardees Included:
Teacher of the Year: Michael Fillipow
Honorable Mention:
Chandra Hamilton
Ruth Hendricks
Gerald Gutoski
William J. Christiansen
2003 AAPG Foundation National and Sectional Awardees Included:
Teacher of the Year: Amy John
Honorable Mention:
Carolyn Stallings
Raymond Kucklinca
Martha Peters
Jamie Scott
2002 AAPG Foundation National and Sectional Awardees Included:
Teacher of the Year: Kevin Leineweber
Honorable Mention:
John Jackson
Rebecca Kerr
Andrea Walker
Laura Opper
2001 AAPG Foundation National and Sectional Awardees Included:
Teacher of the Year: John McKinney
Honorable Mention:
Joel Stewart
Connie Sergent
Diedra Wakeley
Thomas Arnold
2000 AAPG Foundation National and Sectional Awardees Included:
Teacher of the Year: Peggy Lubchenco
Honorable Mention:
Thom Adorney
Sally Kirkpatrick
Beverly Ring