Dissertation Award

First Place:

“Considering Academic Language in Practice: An Examination of Latino English Learners' Academic Competencies in Spanish.”

By Dr. Laura Alvarez, Program Associate, Teacher Professional Development Program WestEd

Second Place:

“Building on our Teaching Assets: Bilingual Educators' Pedagogy and Policy Implementation.”

By Dr. Megan Hopkins, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Education and Social Policy Northwestern University

Early Career Award

Luciana C. De Oliveira, Associate Professor of Language and Literacy Education at Purdue University

Lifetime Achievement Award (two awardees!)

Virginia Gonzalez, Professor at the School of Education, University of Cincinnati & 

Robert Milk, Professor, Division of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies University of Texas at San Antonio.