Past SIG Awards
List of AERA-Approved Awards (PDF)
View past SIG awardees below: A–G | H–Q | R–Z | All
A-G
Action Research SIG
Dissertation Award
2020
Shawn Loescher
Urban Discovery Schools
Hope as Strategy: The Effectiveness of an Innovation of the Mind
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Best Paper Award
2019
Kelli E. Woodrow & Cristen Jensen Lasser
Regis University
Fostering Inclusive Knowledge Democracies: Layering Identities and Situating Practices of Novice Teacher
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Adult Literacy and Adult Education SIG
Exemplary Paper Award
2020
Margaret B. Patterson
Research Allies for Lifelong Learning
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Outstanding Early Scholar Award
2020
Caroline Thouin
University of Houston
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Advanced Studies of National Databases SIG
Outstanding Dissertation Award
2020
Kenneth E. Graves, Ph.D.
Teachers College, Columbia University
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Arts and Inquiry in the Visual and Performing Arts in Education SIG
Arts and Inquiry Outstanding Dissertation Award
2020
Elena Hadjipieri
Ministry of Education, Culture, and Athleticism
Dia Rhythm and Light, Colour, Form and Compassion: An Iconographical Journey into Reading Byzantine Ecclessial Monuments
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Arts and Learning SIG
Dissertation Award
2020
Jordan Morris
University of California, Los Angeles
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Outstanding Achievement in Arts and Learning Award
2020
Peter Gouzouasis
The University of British Columbia
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Dissertation Award
2019
Alison Shields
University of British Columbia
For the Dissertation: ""Painting as Thinking; Painting as Conversation: An Examination of Learning through Painting through Studio Visits with Canadian Artists
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Arts-Based Educational Research SIG
Outstanding Dissertation Award
2020
Silvia Rodriguez Vega
University of California, Los Angeles
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Tom Barone Award for Distinguished Contributions to Arts Based Educational Research
2020
Richard Siegesmund
Northern Illinois University
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Outstanding Dissertation Award 2018
2019
Porshe Renee Garner
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
for her thesis entitled PRESENT DAY PROPHETS: DEFINING BLACK GIRLHOOD SPIRITUALITY IN SAVING OUR LIVES HEAR OUR TRUTHS (SOLHOT)
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Bilingual Education Research SIG
Dissertation Award in Bilingual Education Research - First Place
2020
Erica Saldívar García, Ed.D.
New York University
Dissertation Title: ""Racioliteracies: Race and Subjectivity in the Teaching of Spanish to Bilingual Latinx Students"" Degree Granting Institution: University of Pennsylvania Dissertation Chair: Nelson Flores, Ph.D.
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Dissertation Award in Bilingual Education Research - Second Place
2020
Chris K. Chang-Bacon, Ph.D.
University of Virginia
Title: Monolingual Language Ideologies: Rethinking Equity and Language Policy in Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Teacher Education Degree Granting Institution: Boston College Dissertation Chair: C. Patrick Proctor, Ph.D.
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Dissertation Award in Bilingual Education Research - Third Place
2020
María Cioè Peña, Ph.D.
Montclair State University
Title: ""Yo Soy Su Mama:"" Latinx Mothers Raising Emergent Bilinguals Labeled As Dis/Abled Degree Granting Institution: The Graduate Center, The City University of New York Dissertation Chair: Ofelia García, Ph.D.
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Early Career Award
2020
Mary Amanda (Mandy) Stewart, Ph.D.
Texas Woman's University
For Exceptional Contributions to Research in Second Language Literacy Development; Biliteracy and Bilingualism; Adolescent Literacy; and Multicultural Literature
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Lifetime Achievement Award
2020
Kenji Hakuta, Ph.D.
Stanford University
For Outstanding Contributions and Influence on the Field of Bilingual Education Research, Policy and Practice
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1st Place Dissertation Award in Bilingual Education Research
2019
Dr. Laura Carolina Chavez-Moreno
University of Wisconsin-Madison
In recognition of her outstanding dissertation research: "A Critical Race Ethnography Examining Dual-language Education in the New Latinx Diaspora: Reinforcing and Resisting Bilingual Education's Racial Roots"
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2nd Place Dissertation Award in Bilingual Education Research
2019
Dr. Laura Hamman-Ortiz
University of Wisconsin, Madison
In recognition of her outstanding dissertation research: "Reframing the Language Separation Debate: Language, Identity, and Ideology in Two-Way Immersion"
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3rd Place Dissertation Award in Bilingual Education Research
2019
Dr. Idalia Nunez
The University of Texas at Austin
In recognition of her outstanding dissertation research: "Literacies of Surveillance: Transfronterizx Children Translanguaging Identity Across Borders, Inspectors, and Surveillance"
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Early Career Award
2019
Dr. Claudia G. Cervantes-Soon
Arizona State University
In recognition of her scholarship and contributions to issues of equity and access in Bilingual Education Research, Policy, and Practice
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Lifetime Achievement Award
2019
Dr. Belinda Bustos Flores
The University of Texas at San Antonio
In honor of her significant contributions to the field of Bilingual Education Research, Policy, and Practice throughout her career
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Caribbean and African Studies in Education SIG
Outstanding Research Paper Award
2020
O. Matthew Odebiyi
University of Alabama
Youn-Jeng Choi
University of Alabama
"Democratizing Evidence: Epistemological Beliefs Profile and United States-based Scheme for Nigerian Teacher Candidates"
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Classroom Assessment SIG
Dissertation Award
2019
Dr. Julie Dallavis
University of Notre Dame, Institute for Educational Initiatives and Alliance for Catholic Education
In Recognition of the Outstanding Dissertation: Does a School's Mission Matter? Exploring Changes in Statement Content, Use and Understanding, and Links to Student Achievement.
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Classroom Assessment SIG
Emerging Scholar Award in Classroom Assessment
2020
Amirhossein Rasooli
Queen's University
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Distinguished Paper Award
2019
Agni Stylianou-Georgiou
Elena C. Papanastasiou
University of Nicosia
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Classroom Management SIG
Carol Weinstein Outstanding Research Paper Award
2020
Courtney G. Mayakis
Campbell University
Felicia Dangerfield-Persky
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Jennifer N. Johnson
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
John A. Williams III
Texas A&M University at College Station
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Carol S. Weinstein Outstanding Research Paper Award
2019
Olivia Marcucci
Department of Education, Washington University in St. Louis
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Cognition and Assessment SIG
Outstanding Contribution to Practice in Cognition and Assessment
2020
Russell George Almond
Florida State University
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Computer and Internet Applications in Education SIG
In Recognition of Scholarship 2019
2019
Albert D. Ritzhaupt
Zhen Xu
University of Florida
"Block-based versus text-based programming environments on novice student learning: A meta-analysis study"
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Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Education
Early Career Outstanding Research Award
2019
Weili Zhao
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Constructivist Theory, Research and Practice SIG
Outstanding Conference Submission
2020
Jeremy Dietmeier
University of Iowa
Salim George
University of Iowa
A Constructivist Examination of How an Online Game Shapes Undergraduate Perspectives on Poverty
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Outstanding Conference Submission
2019
Candy L. Skyhar
Brandon University
Using Social Constructivist Principles for the Design and Evaluation of Rural Teacher Professional Development Models
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Critical Educators for Social Justice SIG
Dissertation Award
2020
Yuliana Kenfield
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Semi-Finalist
Melissa Navarro
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Meredith McCoy
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Michael Singh
University of California, Berkeley
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Dissertation Award
2019
Joe Curnow
University of Manitoba
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Dissertation Award
2019
Stephanie Cariaga
California State University, Dominguez Hills
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Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in Education SIG
Senior Scholar Award
2020
Na'ilah Suad Nasir, Ph.D.
Spencer Foundation
For your outstanding scholarship in the academic community
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Mid-Career Award
2020
Dr. Michelle Salazar Pérez
New Mexico State University
This award is for your outstanding contributions as a mid-career scholar
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Outstanding Dissertation Award
2020
Jocyl Sacramento, PhD
California State University-Stanislaus
In recognition of exemplary scholarship in your dissertation
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Senior Scholar Award
2019
Donna Y. Ford, Ph.D.
Professor of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University; Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor, Department of Special Education
For your outstanding scholarship in the academic community
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Mid-Career Award
2019
Dr. Jeanine M. Staples
The Pennsylvania State University
This award is for your outstanding contributions as a mid-career scholar
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Outstanding Dissertation Award
2019
Jarrod E. Druery, Ph.D.
University of Louisville
In recognition of exemplary scholarship in your dissertation
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Critical Issues in Curriculum and Cultural Studies SIG
Early Career Award
2020
Gabriel Huddleston
Texas Christian University
Jeanne Dyches
Iowa State University
Lei Zheng
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Zheng, L. (2020). Can problem-solving be problematized? Performative phantasmagrams of crisis in US STEM education reform. Historia de la Educación.
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Early Career Award
2019
Hannah Spector
Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg
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Early Career Award
2019
Jacquelyn Chappel
University of Hawaii
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Outstanding Graduate Student Paper
2019
Tara Schwitzman
Teachers College, Columbia University
Schwitzman, T. (2018). St(r)uck by feminism: The implications of engaging a text of resistance. Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 33(1)
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Critical Perspectives on Early Childhood Education SIG
Distinguished Career Contribution Award
2020
Nicola Yelland
University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education
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Emerging Scholar Award
2020
Casey Myers
Kent State University
Nathaniel Bryan
Miami University, McGruff College of Education
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Dissertation Award
2020
Oona Fontanella-Nothom
California State University, Los Angeles
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Distinguished Career Contribution Award
2019
Sue Greishaber
Monash University
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Emerging Scholar Award
2019
Fikile Nxumalo
University of Texas at Austin
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Dissertation Award
2019
Emily Machado
University of Washington
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Dissertation Award
2019
Theresa Giorza
Wits School of Education
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Design and Technology SIG
Design & Technology Outstanding Design Case Award
2020
Jason K. McDonald
Brigham Young University
Designing for Informal Learning: The Case of a Mobile E-Reader
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Design & Technology Outstanding Research Paper Award
2020
Elena Novak
Kent State University
Sonya Wisdom
Kent State University
Effects of 3D Printing Project-based Learning on Preservice Elementary Teachers' Science Attitudes, Science Content Knowledge, and Anxiety About Teaching Science
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Outstanding Research Presentation Award
2019
Girlie Delacruz
University of California - Los Angeles
James Diamond
Johns Hopkins University
Noah Goodman
Education Development Center, Inc.
Paula Escuadra
LRNG
"Building a Better Dashboard: Evidence-Based Design Principles for an Educative Dashboard for Learning Games"
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Disability Studies in Education SIG
Outstanding Dissertation Award
2020
Amanda Miller, Ph.D.
The University of Kansas
Girls of Color with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Reinventing Education Through an Intersectional Photographic Lens
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Outstanding Dissertation Award
2019
Mercedes A. Cannon
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Because I am Human: Centering Black Women with Dis/abilities in Transition Planning from High School to College
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Outstanding Dissertation Award
2019
Yosung Song
Moravian College
Schooling at the intersection of refugee identity and (dis)ability: Implications from North Korean students with refugee backgrounds
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Districts in Research and Reform SIG
Outstanding Publication Award
2020
Sarah L. Woulfin
University of Connecticut
For her publication that features central office administrators and/or school board members as main actors in reform or that considers educational reforms and practices that are district-wide in nature. Title: Mediating Instructional Reform: An Examination of the Relationship Between District Policy and Instructional Coaching Journal: AERA Open
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Honorable Mention, Outstanding Dissertation Award
2019
Mary A. Bussman
Roseville Area Schools
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Outstanding Dissertation Award
2019
Chelsea P. Tracy-Bronson
Stockton University
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Early Education and Child Development SIG
Distinguished Contribution to Early Education/Child Development Research Award
2020
Dr. Nancy Barbour
James Madison University
Recognizing distinguished contributions to the field of Early Childhood.
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Early Career Research Award
2020
Katherine Delaney
University of Toledo
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Outstanding Dissertation Award
2020
Dr. Kathryn E. Boonstra
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Distinguished Contribution to Early Education/Child Development Research Award
2019
Amos Hatch
University of Tennessee
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Early Career Research Award
2019
Ji Young Choi
Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University
This award is presented as an acknowledgement of an individual's promising record as a researcher and scholar in the early childhood field, as evidenced through an emerging record of funded research, publications, and other scholarly activity
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Outstanding Dissertation Award
2019
Saida Lynneth Solis
Harvard University
Sociocultural Context of Play: Experiences of Indigenous Children in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
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Educational Change SIG
Emerging Scholar Award
2020
Izhak Berkovich
The Open University of Israel
For his outstanding record of original scholarship on educational change
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Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award
2020
Alexandra Lamb
University of Connecticut
For her exemplary and original research on educational change
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Emerging Scholar Award
2019
Sarah L. Woulfin
University of Connecticut, Neag School of Education
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Faculty Teaching, Evaluation and Development SIG
Robert J. Menges New Researcher Award
2020
Dr. Martin H. Daumiller
University of Augsburg
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Family, School, Community Partnerships SIG
Outstanding Dissertation Award
2020
Dr. Shaneé Adrienne Washington
Boston College Lynch School of Education
(Dis)Engagement: An Indigenous Community's Fight for Educational Equity and Cultural Reclamation in a New England School District
Honorable Mention
Christine Lauren Hancock
University of Kansas
Decision-Making by Families and Home Visitors During Early Head Start Home Visits
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Outstanding Dissertation Award
2019
Dr. Stephany Cuevas
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Apoyo Sacrificial, Sacrificing Support: Understanding Undocumented Latina/o Parents' Engagement in Students' Post-Secondary Planning and Success
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Graduate and Postdoctoral Education across the Disciplines SIG
Dissertation of the Year Award
2020
Dr. Mayra S. Artiles Fonseca
Virginia Polytechnic University
Dissertation Title: Choice in the Advisor Selection Processes of Doctoral Engineering Programs
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