Awardees
Elementary, Secondary, & Post-Secondary Award
Oscar Jiménez-Castellanos, Ph.D.
Goizueta Endowed Professor and Executive Director for the Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education (CLASE)
Mary Frances Early College of Education
University of Georgia, Athens
Early Career Award
Monica Gonzalez Ybarra, PhD
Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Instruction
College of Education
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Outstanding Dissertation Award
Edgar Lopez, Ph.D.
Research and Grant Development Officer | Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP)
California State University, Northridge
2018 Award Recipients
Outstanding Dissertation Award:
Dr. Cati de los Rops, University of California, Riverside, dissertation title, "Literacies of Power: Exploring Multilingual & Multiliterate Practices in Secondary Chicanx/Latinx Studies Course"
Dr. Crystal Garcia, Auburn University, dissertation title, "Latinx College Student Sense of Belonging: The Role of Campus Subcultures"
Honorable Mentions:
Dr. Nydia Sanchez, University of Texas, Austin
Dr. Vincent Carales, University of Houston
Early Career Scholar Award:
Dr. Gina Ann Garcia, University of Pittsburgh
Elementary, Secondary and Post-Secondary Education Award:
Dr. Maria "Cuca" Robledo Montecel, Executive Director of the Intercultural Development Research Association in San Antonio, Texas
Dr. Victor Saenz, The University of Texas at Austin
Honorable Mention:
Dr. Betty Rosa, Regent for the Twelfth Judicial District (Bronx County)
2017 Award Recipients
Outstanding Dissertation Award: Dr. Marco A. Murillo whose dissertation is entitled Marking Legal Status: A High School’s Response to Issues of Documentation and the Needs of Undocumented Students.
Runners Up:
Second place, Dr. Eric Bybee, dissertation title: “Lucky” Mexicans and White Hispanics: Latina/o Teachers and Racial Identity.
Third place, Dr. Venus R. Vela, dissertation title: Super-mujeres: A narrative inquiry of Latina Assistant superintendents in South Central Texas.
Early Career Scholar Awards: Dr. Oscar Jimenez-Castellanos, Arizona State University.
2016 Award Recipients
Outstanding Dissertation Award: Dr. Elva Cortez-Covarrubias, dissertation title, "Latinas Leading for Social Justice: Resistance and Recognition Through Dual Language Programs"
Dr. Ruth María López, dissertation title, "Through No Fault of Their Own? A Critical Discourse Analysis of the DREAM Act and Undocumented Youth in Evening Television News"
Dr. Eligio Martinez Jr., dissertation title, "When Boys Become Men: Chicano/Latino Middle School Students and their Identities"
Early Career Scholar Awards: Dr. Roberto Gonzales, Harvard University
Elementary, Secondary and Post-Secondary Education Award: Dr. María Fránquiz, University of Utah
2015 Award Recipients
Hispanic Research Issues SIG Research in Elementary, Secondary or Postsecondary Education Award Recipients: Dr. Belinda Bustos Flores, University of Texas at San Antonio
Hispanic Research Issues SIG Research in Early Career Scholar Award Recipient: Dr. Michelle M. Espino, University of Maryland
Hispanic Research Issues SIG Research in Outstanding Dissertation Award Recipient: Dr. Sheryl Cox Maxsom, University of Texas at El Paso
2014 Award Recipients Hispanic Research Issues SIG Research in Elementary, Secondary or Postsecondary Education Award Recipients: Dr. Alejandro Gallard, Georgia Southern University
Hispanic Research Issues SIG Research in Emerging Scholar Award Recipient: Dr. Eduardo Mosqueda, University of California-Santa Cruz
Hispanic Research Issues SIG Research in Outstanding Dissertation Award Recipient: Dr. Daniel Rubin, New Mexico State University
2013 Award Recipients Hispanic Research Issues SIG Research in Elementary, Secondary or Postsecondary Education Award Recipients: Dr. Cecilia Rios-Aguilar, Claremont Graduate University and Dr. Rene Antrop-Gonzalez, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Hispanic Research Issues SIG Research in Early Career Scholar Award Recipient: Dr. William Perez, Claremont Graduate University
Hispanic Research Issues SIG Research in Outstanding Dissertation Award Recipient: Dr. Denise Davila,University of Georgia
2012 Award Recipient Hispanic Research Issues SIG Research in Elementary, Secondary or Postsecondary Education Award Recipient: Ellen Riojas Clark, The University of Texas at San Antonio
2011 Award Recipient Hispanic Research Issues SIG Research in Elementary, Secondary or Postsecondary Education Award Recipient: Angela Valenzuela, Professor at The University of Texas at Austin
2010 Award Recipient Hispanic Research Issues SIG Research in Elementary, Secondary or Postsecondary Education Award Recipient: Kris Gutierrez, Professor Emerita at University of Colorado at Boulder
2008 Award Recipient Hispanic Research Issues SIG Research in Elementary, Secondary or Postsecondary Education Award Recipient: Alma Flor Ada, Professor Emerita at the University of San Francisco
2007 Award Recipient Hispanic Research Issues SIG Research in Elementary, Secondary or Postsecondary Education Award Recipient: Robert S. Rueda, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
2006 Award Recipients Hispanic Research Issues SIG Service Award Recipient: Juan Gutierrez, California State University, San Bernardino
Henry T. Trueba Lifetime Achievement Recipient: Sonia Nieto, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2005 Award Recipients Hispanic Research Issues SIG Research in Elementary, Secondary or Postsecondary Education Award Recipient: Martha Montero-Sieburth, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Henry T. Trueba Lifetime Achievement Recipient: Luis C. Moll, University of Arizona