2018 Award Recipients: Sarah Dryden-Peterson Harvard University Negin Dahya University of Washington Elizabeth Adelman Harvard University
Sarah Dryden-Peterson, Negin Dahya, & Elizabeth Adelman. (2017). “Pathways to Educational Success Among Refugees: Connecting Locally and Globally Situated Resources.” American Educational Research Journal, 54(6), 1011–1047.
The authors investigated the educational opportunities of Somali children in a Kenyan refugee camp by employing survey and interviews grounded in social capital, local and global resources, and ecological systems models. They found that children who succeeded had both locally situated emotional and academic support and transitions to distal assistance from former teachers through telecommunications. The authors have embedded their study in rich description of relevant armed conflict, camp life, and a moving life story of one child. The timely importance of their research questions, meticulous methodology, prodigious effort, self-examination of interpretations, and elegant writing together raise the standard of educational research quality.
College students from low-income families typically work to support themselves, and their workplace obligations often reduce time available for study and sleep. Does grant support reduce work hours or disruptive work schedules? An experimental study of Wisconsin public university students chosen by lottery to receive a $3,500 grant showed that grant recipients were less likely to work at all, less likely to work more than 20 hours per week, and less likely to work overnight. Grant recipients reduced work by 1.7 hours per week overall, and first generation college goers by 3.1 hours. These results of a well-designed experiment offer clear guidelines for improving the college experience of low-income students.
This award is in recognition of the lifelong achievement of Palmer O. Johnson as a dedicated educator, and further in recognition of his pioneer work in educational research and methodology. His former colleagues and students founded this award to be given for an outstanding article appearing in an AERA-sponsored publication. It was first awarded in 1967 for an article appearing in the American Educational Research Journal. In 2000, the scope of articles eligible for the award was expanded to include those published in the American Educational Research Journal, the Journal for Educational and Behavioral Statistics, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, and Educational Researcher.
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