2026 Qualitative Research SIG Outstanding Dissertation Award Winner

• 2026 Co-Awardee Winner: Venus Watson. Voices that Mother: The Lived Experiences of BlackMotherScholars in Doctoral Programs (University of Alabama, 2026) 
• 2026 Co-Awardee Winner: Maddie Neufeld. Haunting Whiteness in Teaching (Columbia University, 2026). No link available due to embargo until 2027.

2026 Qualitative Research SIG Book Award Winner

• 2026 Winner: Modes of Thinking for Qualitative Data Analysis (Routledge, 2025, 2nd ed.). by Melissa Freeman
• 2026 Honorable Mention: Embracing Queer and Trans Frameworks in Qualitative Research (Routledge, 2025) by LJ Slovin and Sam Stiegler

2026 Egon G. Guba Award Winner

• Dr. Penny Pasque, Professor of Educational Studies, College of Education and Human Ecology at Ohio State University.