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Awards

Division A gives out three awards annually in recognition of members’ achievements and contributions consistent with the Division’s purpose and priorities and AERA’s policies and priorities. The three awards are as follows.

Outstanding Dissertation Award

This award is given by the division to recognize outstanding dissertation research appropriate to the field, including the leadership, organization and administration of schools and the preparation of educational leaders. Studies embracing both traditional and alternative conceptualizations and methodologies are welcomed.

Outstanding Dissertation Award Winners

  • 2023 -- Dr. Cheyenne E. Batista (Awardee), Firefly Worldwide, Inc.; Dr. Kate Kennedy (Honorable Mention), RAND Corporation; Dr. Sarah Odell (Honorable Mention), The Hewitt School
  • 2022 -- Dr. Joonkil Ahn (Awardee), doctorate from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Dr. Mariama Nagbe (Honorable Mention), doctorate from The University of Texas at Austin; Dr. Portia Newman (Honorable Mention), doctorate from Virginia Commonwealth University
  • 2021 -- Dr. René Espinoza Kissell (Awardee); Dr. Julie M. Kallo (Honorable Mention); Dr. Alexis Patrice Little (Honorable Mention)
  • 2020 --  Dr. Phillip A. Smith,  Columbia University (awardee);  Dr. Mollie McQuillan,  Northwestern University (Honorable Mention)   ;  Dr. Shaneé Washington, Boston College (Honorable Mention)   
  • 2019 --
  • 2018 -- Laura E. Hernández (awardee);  Anne Lackritz (Honorable Mention); Amanda Heffernan (Honorable Mention)                                                                                    
  • 2017 -- Lauren Bailes
  • 2016 -- Steven Courtney
  • 2015 -- Huriya Jabbar
  • 2014 -- John Meyer
  • 2013 -- Jessica Rigby
  • 2012 -- Catherine O'Brien
  • 2011 -- Anish Sayani
  • 2010 -- Mary de Leon-Denton and Karen Moriyama
  • 2009 -- Vicki Park

Emerging Scholar Award

This award is given by the division in recognition of a pre-tenure scholar who is in the first five years of her his/her career in the professorate and who has made outstanding contributions to the field of leadership, administration, or organizational theory.

Emerging Scholar Award Winners

  • 2023 -- Dr. Nakia Gray-Nicolas, Queens College & Dr. Mollie T. McQuillan, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • 2022 -- Dr. Elizabeth Leisy Stosich, Assistant Professor, Fordham University
  • 2021 --  Dr. Miriam Ezzani; Dr. Jason Salisbury
  • 2020 -- Dr. Carrie Sampson – Assistant Professor, Arizona State University (doctorate from UNLV) & Dr. Yinying Wang – Assistant Professor, Georgia State University (doctorate from University of Cincinnati)
  • 2019 --
  • 2018 -- Angela Urick
  • 2017 -- Terrance Green
  • 2016 -- Melissa Martinez
  • 2015 -- Morgaen Donaldson and Moosung Lee 
  • 2014 -- Sarah Diem
  • 2013 -- Jill Koyama
  • 2012 -- Alex Bowers
  • 2011 – Sonya Douglass Horsford
  • 2010 – no award
  • 2009 – George Theoharis

 


Excellence in Research Award

This award is given by the division in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of administration, organizational theory, or leadership.

Excellence in Research Award Winners

  • 2023 -- Dr. Khalid Arar, Texas State University
  • 2022 -- Dr. Michelle Young, Dean, School of Education, Loyola Marymount University
  • 2021 -- no award
  • 2020 -- Dr. Charol Shakeshaft, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • 2019 -- no award
  • 2018 -- no award
  • 2017 -- no award
  • 2016 -- Martha McCarthy, Loyola Marymount University
  • 2015 -- Megan Tschannen-Moran, William and Mary
  • 2014 -- Phillip Hallinger,  Chulalongkorn University, Thailand 
  • 2013 - no award
  • 2012 - Perry Zirkel, Lehigh University
  • 2011 – Kenneth Leithwood, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
  • 2010 – no award
  • 2009 - Joseph Murphy, Vanderbilt University

 

 
 
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2024 Award Committees

Outstanding Dissertation:

Chair: 

Dr. Joonkil Ahn

Institution: 

University of Arizona

Email: 

ahnj@arizona.edu

2024 Call


Emerging Scholar:

Chair: 

Dr. Jason Salisbury

Institution: 

University of Illinois-Chicago

Email: 

jsalis2@uic.edu

2024 Call


Excellence in Research:

Chair:

Dr. Daniel Liou

Institution: 

Arizona State University

Email: 

dliou@asu.edu

2024 Call