Tracy Summerville is an associate professor of political science at UNBC. She was the recipient of the UNBC Teaching Award in 2000 and she was short listed for the Canadian Political Science Prize for Teaching Excellence in 2010. She received the 2011 Robert W. Tait Award on Implementing Teaching Excellence at UNBC. In 2013 she was the recipient of the UNBC Advancement of Literacy Award and the UNBC Excellence in Teaching Award.