Dr. Corene Matyas received the award for Excellence in Teaching at the 2019 annual meeting of the Southeastern Division of the American Association of Geographers. This award acknowledges sustained excellence and creativity in the college classroom. Winners meet the following criteria: (1) Exceptional commitment to effective geography teaching; (2) Record of efforts to help diffuse excellent geography teaching beyond one’s immediate classroom (teaching-related publications, workshops, web sites, textbooks, etc.); (3) Recognition of teaching excellence by department, school, or other organizations; (4) Support of teaching excellence via student evaluations or comments. Thanks to Dr. Waylen for nominating Dr. Matyas and to the 3 former students who wrote letters of support.