Early Career Award 

2009 Recipients
Michele Moses and Nell K. Duke

At this early stage in her career, Michele S. Moses has established quite a productive and impressive record of scholarship and service. She is viewed as one of the leading philosophers of education. She has established a reputation as an educational policy scholar and philosopher of education that one typically sees in a much more senior scholar. Further, Moses has demonstrated an unyielding commitment to advancing social justice. She has published an award-winning book and a number of articles in the top journals in her field. Moreover, she has already made exceedingly important contributions to scholarship in education and is positioned to do much more. Her body of work puts her on track to become one of our leading scholars on issues of education policy and their social and educational ramifications.

Nell K. Duke’s work was aptly described as effectively meeting four essential standards—quality, quantity, substance, and impact. Her publications in top-tier journals and the awards received speak to the quality of her work. Regarding quantity, Nell has published more than 30 journal articles, 17 book chapters, and 4 books and has generated $4 million in grant funding. Regarding substance, her research has provided critical insight into two pressing questions in literacy education: (1) how to develop sophisticated comprehenders of informational text and (2) how to close socioeconomic gaps in literacy outcomes. Nell’s impact is particularly impressive. Thousands of classrooms are different and better because of her work. Her book Reading and Writing Informational Text in the Primary Grades has sold over 30,000 copies and is used nationwide. The high quality of her work and her impact on research and practice in such a short period have been exceptional.

This award is to recognize a scholar who has conducted a distinguished program of cumulative educational research in any field of educational inquiry within the first decade following receipt of their doctoral degree. 

2008 - Andrew J. Martin
2007 - Jaekyung Lee
2006 - Kevin G. Welner
2005 - Amanda Datnow
2004 - Geoffrey D. Borman & Janette K. Klingner
2003 - Yong Zhao
2002 - No award presented
2001 - Stanton E.F. Wortham
2000 - Amy Stuart Wells
1999 - Peter Smagorinsky
1998 - Vanessa Siddle-Walker
1997 - Deborah Loewenberg Ball
1996 - Leona Schauble
1995 - Janet Wilde Astington
1994 - Lisa Delpit & Stephen W. Raudenbush
1993 - D. Jean Clandinin
1992 - Judith D. Singer & John B. Willett
1991 - Edward H. Haertel, Magdalene Lampert, Annemarie Palincsar
1990 - Jeannie Oakes
1989 - Kenneth Tobin
1988 - Robert Mislevy
1987 - Noreen M. Webb
1986 - Penelope L. Peterson
1985 - Robert E. Slavin
1984 - Harris M. Cooper