The President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence represents the highest level of achievement in teaching given at the University of Iowa. The  award, which is administered by the UI Council on Teaching, was created in 2004 as a university-wide recognition for faculty members who have demonstrated a sustained, high level of teaching excellence.

Megan Knight is an associate professor of instruction in the Rhetoric Department at the University of Iowa. In addition to teaching General Education Rhetoric, she offers graduate courses in pedagogy and scholarly writing, and has frequently served as a leader in the department’s Professional Development Program. She is also assistant director of the Honors Writing Fellows Program, an undergraduate peer-tutoring initiative. In 2016, she helped to develop and launch the Graduate Teaching Fellows Program at the Center for Teaching. Knight has developed and regularly teaches two graduate pedagogy courses: Topics in Teaching & Professional Development, a teaching seminar for those interested in writing-intensive instruction; and College Teaching for TAs, a cross-disciplinary teaching practicum. She team-teaches Writing in the Disciplines, and she has taught a full range of undergraduate courses, including general education Rhetoric classes, Honors seminars, and upper-level nonfiction writing workshops. She regularly serves as a teaching mentor to graduate instructors and adjunct faculty in Rhetoric. and has been invited to speak about pedagogical topics at numerous professional conferences. Knight is actively involved with teaching-related initiatives on the UI campus, including the Center for the Integrations of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL).