We invite you to nominate a member of the Princeton University faculty for the Graduate Mentoring Award. The McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning and the Graduate School sponsor this annual award to honor Princeton faculty members who are exemplary in supporting the development of their graduate students as teachers, scholars, and professionals. Normally, one faculty member in each academic division (humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering) will be selected to receive this honor, with recipients officially recognized at the Graduate School's hooding ceremony on the day before Commencement.

The nomination letter should be limited to about one page (approximately 500 words) and should include:

• A description of the nature of your contact with the professor: that is, as a student in seminars, as an advisee, or as a teaching or research assistant.
• Descriptions and examples of how the professor is an exceptional advisor and mentor and the ways in which he or she has furthered your educational, scholarly, or professional goals.

The strongest case for nominees is made through letters from a number of graduate students representing a range of graduate student/mentor relationships and containing specific examples of instances in which the faculty member demonstrated the qualities of a good mentor. Letters from individuals rather than single letters signed by multiple nominators (petition-style) are more effective in highlighting a mentor's contributions. Please feel free to call the McGraw Center and talk to one of the directors to get more information on making a strong recommendation.

If you have nominated a faculty member for this award in the past and would like to reactivate that nomination, please send a message to the McGraw Center, and we will put forward the letters from that earlier nomination.

The Graduate Mentoring Award Committee, composed of graduate students, faculty, and the McGraw Center's directors, will select the winners.

Please send nominations by Friday, March 2nd to the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning, 328 Frist Campus Center, or you may send nominations by e-mail to mcgraw@princeton.edu. Please include your name, telephone number, and e-mail address in your letter.

2013
	Alison Gammie, Molecular Biology
	Michael McAlpine, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
	Gideon Rosen, Philosophy
	Viviana Zelizer, Sociology
2012
	João Biehl, Anthropology
	Caryl Emerson, Slavic Languages and Literatures
	Stacey A. Sinclair, Psychology
	Ramon van Handel, Operations Research and Financial Engineering
2011
	Michael Jennings, German
	Michael Gordin, History
	J. Nicole Shelton, Psychology
	Jennifer Rexford, Computer Science
2010
	Sara Kay, French and Italian
	Igor Klebanov, Physics
	Stephen Kotkin, History
	Margaret Martonosi, Electrical Engineering
2009
	Susan Fiske, Psychology
	Claire Gmachl, Electrical Engineering
	Susan Naquin, History and East Asian Studies
	Jeffrey Stout, Religion
2008
	Robert Calderbank, Applied and Computational Math
	Richard Okada, East Asian Studies
	Richard Register, Chemical Engineering
	Mark Watson, Economics
2007
	Michael Cook, Near Eastern Studies
	Paul DiMaggio, Sociology
	Daniel Osherson, Psychology
	Christodoulos Floudas, Chemical Engineering
2006
	Charles Beitz, Politics
	Stefan Bernhard, Chemistry
	William Gleason, English
	Paul Prucnal, Electrical Engineering
2005
	Sanjeev Arora, Computer Science
	Edward Eigen, Architecture
	Noreen Goldman, Demography and Public Affairs
	John Krommes, Astrophysical Sciences
2004
	Philip Johnson-Laird, Psychology
	Niraj K. Jha, Electrical Engineering
	Robert Tignor, History
	Timothy P. Watson, English
2003
	John Cooper, Philosophy
	Luigi Martinelli, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
	Thomas Silhavy, Molecular Biology
	Robert Wuthnow, Sociology
2002
	Sara Curran, Sociology
	Barbara Hahn, Germanic Languages and Literatures
	Mansour Shayegan, Electrical Engineering
	Elias Stein, Mathematics