Awards
Awards
 
Renew Your Membership!
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As many of you are likely renewing your AERA membership when registering for the conference, we encourage you to renew with the Educational Change SIG as well. Our Executive Committee is dedicated to providing valuable opportunities for our members. Here's how we use your membership fees to serve our community: Our international membership fosters a global perspective on educational change. We offer prestigious awards recognizing excellence in educational change research. Our professional development webinars and virtual panels from recent years provide ongoing learning opportunities. Our monthly Lead the Change series, running for over a decade, features leading scholars advancing innovative knowledge creation and equity and justice in educational change. Panel discussions and events at our AERA business meetings center international and equity-focused perspectives. We host a well-attended and beloved joint evening reception at AERA, providing excellent networking opportunities. We are currently developing new initiatives to respond to our members' evolving needs. All these offerings provide valuable opportunities for connection, visibility, and professional development for emerging scholars. They foster a community of researchers committed to supporting equity and justice in educational change research and practice, especially in the face of historic threats and challenges.
 
 
Webinar: Epistemic In/Justice in Higher Education
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On December 3, we hosted Webinar: Exploring Epistemic In/Justice in Higher Education with Dr. Leslie Gonzales and Dr. Penny Pasque. 

To find the slides with research from this webinar, click here

To find the video recording from this webinar, click here

 
 
2025 Award Information
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Please find information regarding our 2025 Awards on the flyer below: 

2025 Awards Flyer

 
 
2024 Award Winners
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We are thrilled to announce the 2024 Ed Change SIG award winners. 

Dr. Taeyeon Kim, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Emerging Scholar Award 

Dr. Jackie Pedota, University of Texas Austin, Doctoral Student Research Award

Rosa Nabandyan, Stanford University ,  Student Travel Award 

 
 
2023 Award Winners
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We are thrilled to announce the 2023 Ed Change SIG award winners. We look forward to celebrating their accomplishments at the 2023 AERA annual meeting in Chicago! 

Dr. Patricia Virella, Montclair State University, Emerging Scholar Award 

Dr. Whitney Hegseth, Boston College, Graduate Student Research Award

Kate Steilen, University of Buffalo SUNY,  Student Travel Award 

 
 
Past Winners
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2022 Educational Change SIG Award Winners:

Dr. Lauren Bailes, University of Delaware, received the Emerging Scholar Award 

Dr. Cynthia Wise, New Mexico State University, received the Doctoral Student Pracademic Award

Reut Liraz, Hebrew University, received the Doctoral Student Scholar Award


Kate Kennedy, Doctoral Student Travel Award 
Sarah Beach, Doctoral Student Travel Award (Runner Up)  
Jackie Pedota, Doctoral Student Travel Award (Runner Up)  


2021 Educational Change SIG Award Winners:

Deborah Netolicky, Murdoch University, received the Emerging Scholar Award

Jennifer Karnopp, Indiana University, received the Graduate Student Research Award 


2020 Educational Change SIG Award Winners

Izhak Berkovich,  Associate Professor, Open University of Israel (OUI), received the Emerging Scholar Award.

Alexandra Lamb Doctoral Candidate, Department of Educaitonal Leadership, University of Connecticut, received the Graduate Student Research Award


2019 Educational Change SIG Award Winners

 

The awards were presented during our Educational Change SIG Business Meeting at AERA Toronto.


2018 Educational Change SIG Award Winners

Dr. Mireille Hubers, Assistant Professor, Education Science, University of Twente, The Netherlands, received the Emerging Scholar Award.

Juan Cristóbal García-Huidobro, Doctoral Student, Boston College, received the Graduate Student Research Award.

The awards were presented during our Educational Change SIG Business Meeting at AERA New York City.


2017 Educational Change SIG Award Winners

Dr. Jennie Weiner, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Connecticut, received our Emerging Scholar Award. 

Meixi, Doctoral Student, University of Washington, received the Graduate Student Research Award. 

Thank you to our Awards Committee on their service: Drs. Na Mi Bang (Univ. of Central Arkansas); Jeff Blacklock (Midwestern State Univ.), Alma Harris (Univ. of Bath), and Emily Klein (Montclair State Univ.).  

 The awards were presented during our Educational Change SIG Business Meeting at AERA San Antonio, TX.


2016 Educational Change SIG Award Winners

Dr. Santiago Rincon-Gallardo, Post Doctoral Fellow, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto (Canada), received our Emerging Scholar Award. 

Na Mi Bang, Doctoral Candidate, The University of Iowa (USA), received the Graduate Student Travel Award. 

We thank our 2016 Awards Committee: Dr. Susan Elliott-Johns, Nipissing University (Canada); Dr. Pak Tee Ng, National Institute of Education (Singapore); and Dr. Chriss Walther-Thomas, Virginia Commonwealth University (USA)

The awards were presented during our Educational Change SIG Business Meeting at AERA Washington, DC.


2015 Educational Change SIG Award Winners

Dr. Chris Brown, the Institute of Education (UK), received our Emerging Scholar Award.

Michael Thier, the University of Oregon (USA), received the Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award.

The awards were presented during our Educational Change SIG Business Meeting at AERA Chicago.