For Immediate Release
April 2, 2018
Contact: Tony Pals, tpals@aera.net (202) 238-3235, (202) 288-9333 (cell)
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AERA Announces 2018 Award Winners in Education Research
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 2 – The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has announced the winners of its 2018 awards for excellence in education research. AERA will honor the recipients for their outstanding scholarship and service at the sixth annual Awards Luncheon, April 15, at the AERA Annual Meeting in New York City.
“This year’s award winners exemplify commitment to the study and practice of education,” said AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine. “We are proud to honor their outstanding scholarship and service to the field.”
Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award Recipient: Gloria J. Ladson-Billings (University of Wisconsin, Madison) The Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award is the premier acknowledgment of outstanding achievement and success in education research. It is designed to publicize, motivate, encourage, and suggest models for education research at its best.
Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award Recipients: Sarah Dryden-Peterson (Harvard University), Negin Dahya (University of Washington), and Elizabeth Adelman (Harvard University)
“Pathways to Educational Success Among Refugees: Connecting Locally and Globally Situated Resources.” American Educational Research Journal, Volume 54, Issue 6, July 2017. This award recognizes the lifelong achievement of Palmer O. Johnson as a dedicated educator and for his pioneering work in educational research and methodology. The award is given for an outstanding article appearing in an AERA-sponsored publication.
E.F. Lindquist Award Recipient: Charles Lewis (Fordham University/ETS) This award is presented jointly by AERA and ACT in recognition of outstanding applied or theoretical research in the field of testing and measurement. The award is meant to acknowledge a body of research of an empirical, theoretical, or integrative nature rather than a single study.
Early Career Award Recipient: Julie R. Posselt (University of Southern California) Established to honor an individual in the early stages of his or her career no later than 10 years after receipt of the doctoral degree, this award is granted for study in any field of educational inquiry.
Outstanding Book Award Recipient: Ezekiel Dixon-Roman (University of Pennsylvania) Inheriting Possibility: Social Reproduction and Quantification in Education The Outstanding Book Award was established to acknowledge and honor the year’s best book-length publication in education research and development.
Social Justice in Education Award Recipient: Sylvia Hurtado (University of California, Los Angeles) Established in 2004, the Social Justice in Education Award honors an individual who has advanced social justice through education research and exemplified the goal of linking education research to social justice.
Distinguished Public Service Award Recipient: Donna E. Shalala (University of Miami) This award is granted annually in recognition of an individual who has worked to enact or implement policies that are well grounded in education research, or who has been at the forefront of efforts to increase recognition and support for education research.
Exemplary Contributions to Practice-Engaged Research Recipient: Angela Calabrese Barton (Michigan State University) This award is presented to an education research scholar or scholars in recognition of collaborative project(s) between researchers and practitioners that have had sustained and observable effects on contexts of practice.
Review of Research Award Recipients: Katherine Muenks (Indiana University Bloomington) and David B. Miele (Boston College) “Students’ Thinking About Effort and Ability: The Role of Developmental, Contextual, and Individual Difference Factors.” Review of Educational Research, Volume 87, Issue 4, February 2017. This award is given in recognition of an outstanding review of research article appearing in the Review of Research in Education or the Review of Educational Research.
Committee on Scholars of Color in Education Awards
The AERA Committee on Scholars of Color in Education awards are intended to recognize (a) scholars at different stages in their careers who have made significant contributions to the understanding of issues that disproportionately affect minority populations, and (b) minority scholars who have made a significant contribution to education research and development.
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