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2025 Division Award Winners
Division A: Administration, Organization, and Leadership
Excellence in Research Award: Jianping Shen
Outstanding Dissertation Award: Kemi Oyewole
Emerging Scholar Award: Taeyeon Kim and Lam Pham
Division B: Curriculum Studies
Lifetime Achievement Award: Jonathan D. Jansen
Outstanding Book Award: Wilson Kwamogi Okello and Maya Wind
Outstanding Dissertation Award: Jessica Marshall
Division C: Learning and Instruction
Graduate Student Research Excellence Award: Korinthia D. Nicolai
Jan Hawkins Award for Early Career: Arturo Cortez
Outstanding Early Career Scholar Award: Patrick Beymer
Sylvia Scribner Award: Geoffrey B. Saxe
Division D: Measurement and Research Methodologies
In-Progress Research Award: Zachary A. Myers, Hanna Kim, Paulina Grekov, Joseph E. Miller, Margaret de Leon, and DeWana Hadder
Early Career Award: Maureen A. Flint and Mayra Puente
Outstanding Dissertation Award: Kylie Gorney and Songhee Han
Robert L. Linn Distinguished Address Award: Daniel McCaffrey
Significant Contributions to Research Methodology Award: April E. Cho, Jiaying Xiao, Chun Wang, and Gongjun Xu
Division E: Counseling and Human Development
Distinguished Research Award - Counseling: Sonyia C. Richardson
Distinguished Research Award - Human Development: Christina Cipriano
Outstanding Dissertation Award - Human Development: Korinthia D. Nicolai
Outstanding Dissertation Award - Counseling: Kate Watson
Division F: Historical Inquiry in Education
New Scholar’s Book Award: Laura K. Muñoz
Graduate Student Paper Award: Christopher J. Getowicz
Division G: Social Context of Education
Distinguished Dissertation Award: Preeti Nayak and Michelle Taylor
Early Career Award: Roderick L. Carey and Cati de los Rios
Mentoring Award: Ayana Allen-Handy and Mary McVee
Lifetime Achievement Award: Joyce King and Laurence Parker
Division H: Research, Evaluation, and Assessment in Schools
Outstanding Publications Award - Applied Research Reports: Will Hardaway, Gleb Furman, David Osman, and AnnaCarolina Garza
Outstanding Publications Award - Outstanding Dissertation/Thesis: Laura Thomsen Morello
Outstanding Publications Award - Program Evaluation: Stacia L. Long, Lisa McCulley, Brian Fitzpatrick, Jayce Warner, Judy Jennings, Kyle English, Michael Solis, Sonnur Ozturk, and Tori Nickerson
Outstanding Publications Award - Advances in Methodology: Baeksan Yu, Steven Finkel, and David Stevens
Outstanding Publications Award - Communicating Research, Accountability, Evaluation and/or Assessment: Rosa Ramirez Richter, Vanessa Gutiérrez, Jessica Tansey, Gregory Pollard, and Chen An
Division I: Education in the Professions
Established Investigator Award: Catherine Gabelica
New Investigator Award: Francesca Williamson
Outstanding Research Publication Award for an Article: Richard A. Feinberg
Distinguished Career Award: Wim Gijselaers
Division J: Postsecondary Education
Exemplary Research Award: Kristen A. Renn
Outstanding Dissertation Award: Joseph Romero-Reyes; Honorable Mention: Ellen Bryer
Outstanding Publication Award: Lauren Schudde and Huriya Jabbar; Honorable Mention: Jessica Harris
Division K: Teaching and Teacher Education
Early Career Award: Lauren Kelly
Exemplary Research in Teaching and Teacher Education Award: Jon Wargo; Honorable Mention: Lora Bertlett
Innovations in Research on Equity and Social Justice in Teaching and Teacher Education Award: Patricia Martínez-Álvarez
Mid-Career Award: Sohyun An
Legacy Award: Cheryl E. Matias
Outstanding Dissertation Award: Maeve Wall
Division L: Educational Policy and Politics
Early Career Award in Educational Policy and Politics: Mollie McQuillan
Outstanding Dissertation Award in Educational Policy and Politics: Jennifer Cowhy and Maya Kaul
Outstanding Short Policy Report in Educational Policy and Politics Award: John Rogers, Rachel S. White, Robert Shand, and Joseph Kahne