Outstanding Dissertation Award


About the Outstanding Dissertation Award

 

2023 Outstanding Dissertation Award Winner, Dr. Annie M. Wofford, University of California, Los Angeles with Professor David Felton. 

Rewriting the script for equity-minded graduate school pathways: Examining mechanisms of mentoring and psychosocial development in computing disciplines.

Special recognition to an outstanding dissertation or doctoral thesis written in English that contributes important knowledge to the study of doctoral education is given biennially. Nominated dissertations may use quantitative, qualitative, historical, ethnographic, or other analytical methods and be based on original data collection or secondary data analysis.

The nominations are reviewed by the Outstanding Dissertation Award (ODA) Committee. The award recipient will be invited to present his or her research at the annual AERA meeting and be reimbursed up to $500 in travel expenses.

Past Outstanding Dissertation Award Winners

2020 Mayra S. Artiles Fonseca, Virginia Tech University

2018 Catherine Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University

2016 Angela Hooser, University of Florida

2014 Julie Posselt, University of Michigan

2012 Erin D. Crede, Virginia Tech University

2012 Honorable Mention: Kimberly A. Truong, University of Pennsylvania and Baaska Anderson, University of North Texas

The next outstanding dissertation award will be given at the 2024 Annual Meeting.