Early Career Researcher Best Paper Award

Civic Action and Social Engagement Best Paper Award

Graduate Student Research Award

Early Career Researcher Best Paper Award

2025 Award Winner

Lillian Bentley
George State University

Do Diverse Field Placements Matter? Examining Pre-Service Elementary Teachers' Self-Efficacy Related to Equitable Science Education. Paper presented at the 2025 AERA Annual Conference, Denver, CO.

2022 Award Winner 
 

Dr. Melissa A. Navarro Martell
San Diego State University

Civic Action and Social Engagement Best Paper Award

2025 Award Winner

Zainab K. Adeniyi
Prep Public Schools

Chandel Burgess
The University of Texas at Austin

Nkasano R. Fullerton
The University of Texas at Austin

Sidney Holland
The University of Texas at Austin

Yasmiyn Irizarry
The University of Texas at Austin

Ricardo H. Lowe
The University of Texas at Austin

Tia C. Madkins
The University of Texas at Austin

Briana Owirodu
The University of Texas at Austin

Tyra Timm
The University of Texas at Austin

"I Often Feel a Lot of Pressure": Examining Black Students' Postsecondary STEM Experiences. Paper presented at the 2025 AERA Annual Conference, Denver, CO.

2023 Award Winner 
 

Giulia Tasquier
University of Bologna

Graduate Student Research Award

2025 Award Winner

Nadia Qureshi
University of Toronto

Integrating Racial Justice in Science Teacher Education: Preparing Teacher Candidates for Science Teaching. Paper presented at the 2025 AERA Annual Conference, Denver, CO.

2023 Award Winner 
 

Tingting Li
Michigan State University

2022 Award Winner 
 

Ayca Karasahinoglu Fackler
University of Georgia

2021 Award Winner 
 

Mark Akubo
Florida State University

Paper Title: Gender Dynamics in Small Group within a Student-Centered Physics Course: A Single Case Study

2020 Award Winner 
 

Harini Krishnan
Florida State University

Initiation and Sustenance of Disciplinary Engagement in Biology: How do Students Sense-make in Science