Professor Anne Alexander received the Outstanding Junior Faculty Teaching Award from the MU Office of the Provost. The award aims to “recognize junior faculty for superior teaching and advising on the MU campus,” according to the provost’s website, and recognizes up to three junior faculty members each year with a $1,000 prize. A main qualification for the award is “teaching excellence and dedication to the teaching-learning process inside and outside the classroom.” Full-time assistant professors and associate professors who have served as faculty at MU for five or fewer years are eligible for the award, according to the website.