Winner of the 2025 Graduate Student Award for Literacy Research Excellence, Dr Marisa Segel (center), pictured with SIG #11 Chair Dr Emily Rodgers (right) and advisor Dr Jon Wargo (left).

Submissions for the 2026 Graduate Student Award for Literacy Research excellence are now open. 

Please see here for more details on submission requirements and eligibility.

The deadline for submissions is January 5, 2026. 

Past Winners:

• 2025: Marisa Segel, Boston College. Runners up: Ashley Stack, Texas A&M University, & Elizabeth Zagata, University of Connecticut 
• 2024: Patrick Burke from Dublin City University
• 2023: Cheryl Lyon, University of Connecticut, and Lori Bruner, University of Alabama
• 2022: Alison Douglas from Northern Illinois University (click here to see research abstract) & Vilma Liliana LePelch from George Mason University (click here to see research abstract)
• 2021: Amarilis Castillo from Texas State University San Marcos. Click here to view her research abstract.
• 2020: Catherine Lammert from the University of Iowa