Congratulations to the co-recipients of the SIG 11 Award for Literacy Research Excellence!

Dr. Allison Phillipe, Assistant Professor, Elementary Education, Grand Valley State University

Integrating transformative SEL and literacy with read alouds: A design-based study

Dr Phillipe is pictured below with Dr John Strong, Program Chair.

Dr. Kierstin Giunco, Assistant Professor of Elementary Education 

University of Cincinnati

Adapting a language arts curriculum in pursuit of social justice standards: Portraits of three elementary literacy teachers’ sensemaking.

Pictured below: Dr Laura Tortorelli, Dr Giunco's advisor, accepted the award on her behalf.

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