2018 Recipients Scholars of Color Mid-Career Contribution Award Kakali Bhattacharya Kansas State University
Dr. James L. Moore III, Distinguished Professor of Urban Education and executive director of the Todd Anthony Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male at the Ohio State University, is known for his research in urban education, school counseling, multicultural education/counseling, gifted education, STEM education, and higher education. Dr. Moore is an outstanding education researcher and thought leader who is shaping the national discussion on African American male students through his interdisciplinary work across the behavioral and social sciences as well as informing education policy and school practices.
The Scholars of Color Mid-Career Contribution Award is awarded to a scholar who is beyond the first level of professional appointment and for whom at least 10 years have passed since receipt of the doctoral degree. Scholars of Color Early Career Contribution Award Nicole M. Joseph Vanderbilt University
The Scholars of Color Early Career Contribution Award is awarded to a scholar who is within the first ten (10) years of his or her career after receipt of the doctoral degree. Distinguished Career Contribution Award Rubén Donato University of Colorado-Boulder
Dr. Antonia Darder, Leavey Presidential Endowed Chair in Ethics and Moral Leadership in the School of Education at Loyola Marymount University and Professor Emerita of Educational Policy, Organization, and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is an internationally recognized Freirean scholar. She is known for her research on political questions and ethical concerns related to racism, class inequalities, language rights, critical pedagogy, Latino education, and social justice. Dr. Darder’s pedagogy, writings, public lectures, artistic endeavors, and community activism over nearly four decades have consistently anchored on the principles of critical consciousness and a commitment to the struggle for social justice, human rights, and economic democracy. The Scholars of Color Distinguished Career Contribution Award is awarded to a senior-level scholar, usually 20 years or more after his or her receipt of the doctoral degree.
These three awards are intended to recognize (1) scholars at different stages in their careers who have made significant contributions to the understanding of issues which disproportionately affect minority populations, and (2) minority scholars who have made a significant contribution to educational research and development.
Distinguished Career Contribution Award 2017 - Antonia Darder 2016 - Walter R. Allen 2015 - Patricia C. Gándara 2014 - Award not given 2013 - Jo-ann Archibald 2012 - Celia S. Genishi 2011-Henry T. Frierson 2010 - Carol Camp Yeakey 2009 - Caroline Sotello Viernes Turner 2008 - James D. Anderson 2007 - Karen Swisher 2006 - Sonia Nieto 2005 - Donna Ford 2004 - Enrique "Henry" T. Trueba 2003 - Okhee Lee 2002 - Samuel S. Peng 2001 - Richard R. Valencia 2000 - Joyce King 1999 - Flora Rodriguez Brown 1998 - Walter G. Secada 1997 - Valerie Ooka Pang 1996 - James Banks 1995 - Ronald Takaki 1994 - Edmund Gordon 1993 - Carl Grant
Distinguished Scholar Award 2017 - James L. Moore III 2016 - Sherick A. Hughes 2015 - Kevin K. Kumashiro 2014 - Janelle T. Scott 2013 - Sharon Nelson-Barber 2012 - Christine Jean Yeh 2011 - Jerlando F. L. Jackson 2010 - Dolores Delgado Bernal 2009 - Cynthia Hudley 2008 - Carol D. Lee and Francisco A. Rios 2007 - Kris Gutierrez 2006 - Madonna G. Constantine 2005 - Maria E. Franquiz 2004 - Michèle L. Foster 2003 - No award presented 2002 - No award presented 2001 - Christian J. Faltis 2000 - Lin Goodwin 1999 - Kofi Lomotey 1998 - Asa G. Hilliard III 1997 - Jacqueline Jordan Irvine 1996 - Celia Genishi 1995 - Christine Sleeter 1994 - Kenji Hakuta 1993 - Concepcion M. Valadez
Early Career Contribution Award 2017 - María C. Ledesma 2016 - Roberto G. Gonzales 2015 - Ebony O. McGee 2014 - Dorinda Carter Andrews and Eve Tuck 2013 - Vichet Chhuon 2012 - Brendesha M. Tynes 2011 - Bic H. Ngo 2010 - Valerie Kinloch 2009 - Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy 2008 - Lamont A. Flowers 2007 - Tyrone C. Howard & Michele S. Moses 2006 - Rich Milner 2006 - Gregory Tanaka 2005 - Cornel D. Pewewardy 2004 - Linda C. Tillman 2003 - Xin Ma 2002 - M. Christopher Brown II 2001 - Alfredo J. Artiles 2000 - William F. Tate 1999 - John W. Young 1998 - Vivian L. Gadsden 1997 - Oscar Kawagley 1996 - Donna Yvette Ford 1995 - Gloria Ladson-Billings 1994 - Ana Maria Villegas 1993 - Violet Harris