LLED-Archives-Student-Research


 * UGA COE LLED STUDENT RESEARCH AWARDS**


 * //Dissertation Awards//**

Jill Hermann-Wilmarth 2006
 * American Educational Research Association Queer Studies Special Interest Group Scholar-Activist Dissertation Award**

Jessica Van Cleave 2013
 * American Educational Research Association Qualitative Research Special Interest Group Outstanding Dissertation**

Lindy L. Johnson 2017
 * American Educational Research Association Writing and Literacies SIG Steve Cahir Early Career Award**

Lillian Bridwell Su-Yueh Wu 1998 Chandra Adkins (Power) 1998 Tara Star Johnson 2007
 * National Council of Teachers of English Promising Researcher AwardWinner**

Yu Ren Dong Sally Hudson-Ross 198x Ben Rafoth Jane West 1995 Jane Agee 1995
 * Runner-up**

Sally Hague 1988 Jane West 1995 Josephine Peyton Young 1998 Katherine Ann Dougherty-Stahl 2004 Jaye Johnson Thiel 2014
 * National Reading Conference/Literacy Research Association Outstanding Student Research Award** **Winner**

Karla J. Möller 2000 Jill Hermann-Wilmarth 2005
 * Runner-up**

Kristi Amatucci 2011
 * International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (Univ of IL-Urbana/Champaign) Outstanding Dissertation Award in the “experimental” category**

Andrew Huddleston - 2012 Finalist
 * International Reading Association**

Sharon Murphy Augustine (with Peter Smagorinsky, Laura Wright, Cindy O’Donnell-Allen, & Bonnie Konopak) 2008
 * //National Research Awards while at UGA//**
 * Association of Teacher Educators Distinguished Research Award**

Amy Alexandra Wilson 2007
 * College Reading Association’s Outstanding Masters Paper Award**

Tara Star Johnson & Andrea Lakly (with Peter Smagorinsky) 2003
 * NCTE Janet Emig Award (for best article in //English Education//)**

Maureen P. Boyd 1998
 * Ramon Veal Outstanding Research Award in Language Education**

Okim Kang 2006
 * University of Michigan SPAAN Fellowship for Studies in Second or Foreign Language Assessment**

Lindy L. Johnson 2013 **//State/Region Research Awards//** Michelle Zoss 2013
 * Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges**
 * Georgia State University Outstanding Faculty Research Award at the Asst/Assoc Professor level for the College of Education**

Christine Mallozzi 2010
 * Collaborative Center for Literacy Development, University of Kentucky**

Christine Mallozzi 2010
 * Dollar General Literacy Foundation (Family Literacy Grant)**

George Hruby - 6 grants between 2010-2012
 * Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education**

Alecia Y. Jackson 1998 Okim Kang 2005
 * Louise McBee Scholarship from The Georgia Association for Women in Education**

Jairus Joaquin Matthews 2009-2011 Soria Colomer 2011-2012
 * Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Dissertation Fellowship**

Lindy L. Johnson, 2013, $35,627 to study //Writing 2.0: Pathways to a 21st Century Writing Pedagogy// [with Peter Smagorinsky and Elizabeth Davis].
 * “No Child Left Behind” Title II Part A Higher Education IMPROVING TEACHER QUALITY Higher Education grant**

Alecia Y. Jackson 2002
 * //UGA Research Awards//**
 * Dianne C. Davison Scholar Award, The University Women’s Club**

George Hruby 2001
 * Excellence in Research by a Graduate Student in the Social Sciences**

Mariana Souto Manning 1999-2001
 * University of Georgia Presidential Scholar Award**

Maria Winfield 2006-7
 * J. William Fanning Graduate Award**

Mariana Souto Manning 2007
 * Robert C. Anderson Memorial Award**

Deborah R. Dillon 1985
 * The University of Georgia Phelps‑Stokes Graduate Fellowship**

Deborah R. Dillon 1985
 * The University of Georgia, Phi Delta Kappa Warren Findley Graduate Student Research Award**

Deborah R. Dillon, 2004
 * //UGA College of Education Research/Creative Scholarship Awards//**
 * COE Lifetime Achievement Alumni Award**

Mariana Souto Manning 2000
 * Perfect Scholar Award**

Amy Alexandra Wilson, 1st place, 2007
 * Graduate Student Research Conference, Qualitative Division**

Teri Holbrook, 2007
 * EDIT Studio Creative Interaction Award**

**//Department of Language and Literacy Education Research Awards//** Alecia Y. Jackson 2002 Leslie Susan Cook 2003 Jill Hermann-Wilmarth 2003 Tara Star Johnson 2004 Steve Bickmore 2005 Michelle Zoss 2006 Teri Holbrook 2006 Holly Isserstadt 2007 Amy Alexandra Wilson 2008 Christine Mallozzi 2009 Jennifer Wooton 2010 Elizabeth Daigle 2011 George Lovell Boggs 2012 Stephanie Baker 2013 Lindy L. Johnson 2013 Stephanie Anne Shelton 2015 Meghan Barnes 2016 Shim Lew 2017 Crystal Beach 2017
 * Carol Fisher Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research**

Jaye Thiel 2012 Stephanie P Jones 2015 Oksana Lushchevska 2016 Stephanie Shelton 2016 Stephen Adam Crawley 2017
 * Hugh Agee Award for Excellence in Research Focused on the Teaching of Literature**

Maureen P. Boyd 1998
 * Ramon Veal Outstanding Research Award in Language Education**

Josephine Young Marsh, 2013
 * //Other Awards//**
 * International Reading Association Esther Zolt Academic Research Grant**

2013 Ryan Lund Neumann, for //What Had Happened//
 * NCTE-CEE James N. Britton Award for Inquiry within the English Language Arts**

Deborah R. Dillon, 2000‑2001. University scholars are awarded $10,000 annually for five years to support their research program
 * University Faculty Scholar, Purdue University**

Deborah R. Dillon, April 1998. Externally reviewed research project with funding to release the scholar for one year to engage in concentrated scholarship
 * Robert L. Snodgrass Scholar Award** **School of Education, Purdue University**

Deborah R. Dillon, 1997
 * Fellow, National Conference on Research in Language and Literacy**

Deborah R. Dillon, B. Bruce and other collaborators, May 2001
 * “Rhetoric and Writing in K-12 Education” category,** **First Place Award, in the Technology Design Competition at the Computers and Writing Conference 2001, for the “Inquiry Page,” developed at the University of Illinois with a partnership grant at Purdue University**

Alecia Y. Jackson 2007/2008
 * Appalachian State University College of Education Outstanding Scholarship Award**

Alecia Y. Jackson 2007/2008
 * ASU Foundation Fellows Research Grant ($5000)**

Alecia Y. Jackson 2007/2008
 * ASU International Travel/Research Grant ($2000)**

Cheryl McLean 2013
 * Rutgers University Research Council Award**

**Fellowships and Grants** **//National//** Amy Alexandra Wilson 2012-present
 * National Science Foundation Grant - DRK-12 Grant**

Amy Alexandra Wilson 2012
 * National Center for Engineering and Technology Education Grant**

Josephine Young Marsh 2013
 * International Reading Association - Esther Zolt Academic Research Grant**

Josephine Young 2002
 * International Reading Association - Nila Banton Smith Research Grant**

Victoria Pettis 2002-4 Mariana Souto Manning 2006-8 Spencer Sallas 2008-10
 * NCTE Cultivating New Voices Among Scholars of Color**

Sherelle Jones 2006
 * NCTE Conference on English Education Diversity Grant**

Maureen Boyd 2013
 * Spencer Foundation Fellowship**

Karla J. Möller Alecia Y. Jackson 2001-2
 * Spencer Foundation Pre-Dissertation Fellow**

Lindy L. Johnson 2014
 * NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Finalist **

Paul Matthews 1999
 * American Psychological Association Division 15 Graduate Student Award**

Soria Colomer 2009-2010
 * American Evaluation Association, Graduate Education Diversity Internship**

Soria Colomer 2007
 * American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Graduate Fellowship**

Spencer Salas, 2004
 * Conference on College Composition and Communication** **Scholar for the Dream Travel Award**

Spencer Salas 2007
 * Conference on College Composition and Communication Chairs´ Memorial Scholarship**

Okim Kang January 2006
 * Spaan Fellowship, The University of Michigan**

Spencer Salas, Argentina—September 2003 Spencer Salas, Kazakhstan—April 2004 Spencer Salas, Brazil—July 2004 Spencer Salas, Saudi Arabia—September 2004 Spencer Salas, Madagascar—October 2004 Spencer Salas, Turkey—August 2005 Spencer Salas, Peru—July 2005 Spencer Salas, Chile—May 2005 Spencer Salas, Turkey—October 2006 Spencer Salas, Morocco—September 2006 Spencer Salas, Argentina—July 2006 Spencer Salas, Chile—May 2006
 * U.S. Department of State English Language Specialist Program Grants**

Spencer Salas, Guatemala, University of San Carlos—Summer 2007
 * Fulbright Senior Specialist Award**

Small Grants for Exploratory Research, “The wider social context of innovation in mathematics education.”Deborah R. Dillon, June 1990 ‑ September 30, 1991, $50,000.
 * The National Science Foundation**

NSF (DRK-12 Division) "Community-Based Engineering Design Challenges for Adolescent English Learners." PI - Amy Alexandra Wilson, $403,423.

.”Deborah R. Dillon and David G. O’Brien (and colleagues at Lawrence North Township Schools in Indianapolis, IN.) 2000‑2002, $30,000.
 * Spencer Foundation**: Practitioner Research Communication and Mentoring Program Grant, “Building a community of inquiry to enhance teaching and learning

Deborah R. Dillon and Steven Yussen, 3-year grant for $1 million (funded July 2002-December 2006). No Cost extension granted for January 2007 through August 2007.
 * Bush Foundation**, “‘Minnesota Reads’: A Higher Education Partnership to Better Prepare Faculty and Future Teachers for Literacy Instruction.”

Deborah R. Dillon, Co-Pi with Martha Thurlow, Director of the National Center on Educational Outcomes, U of Minnesota. A six-year grant; funded October 2004-2010, $6,534,643.
 * IES and U. S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services**, “Center for research on accessible reading assessments.”

Jairus Joaquin Matthews 2008 Stephanie Jones 2011
 * Southern Regional Education Board Doctoral Scholar**

Soria Colomer 2011
 * Southern Regional Education Board Dissertation Year Fellowship**

Okim Kang 2013
 * TOEFL Outstanding Young Scholar by the TOEFL Grants and Awards Committee **

**//State of Georgia/Southeast USA//**

Mariana Souto Manning 2004
 * Southeastern Women’s Studies Association Award**

Mariana Souto Manning 2003 Federica Goldoni 2006 Soria Colomer 2007 Lourdes Cardozo Gabaisso 2016 Jason Mizell 2017
 * Tinker Foundation Field Research Fellowship**

**//The University of Georgia//** Spencer Salas 2003-2007 Marianne Snow 2013-2016
 * UGA Presidential Fellow**

Alecia Y. Jackson 2000
 * Graduate School Research Grant**

Leslie S. Rush, 1998-2000 Tara Star Johnson 2001-3 Xiao-Lin Peng 2002-200 Michelle Zoss 2003-5 Tricia Cameron 2005-7 Jennifer Wooten 2005-7 Soria Colomer: 2006-8 George Lovell Boggs 2008-10 Dawan Coombs 2008-10 Andrew Huddleston 2008-10 Mary Alvarez 2008-10 Lindy L. Johnson 2010-2012 Chris Clayton 2011-2013 Shim Lew 2011-2013
 * UGA Initial University-Wide Assistantship/Graduate School Assistantship**

Violet Jones Maria Inez Winfield Jarius-Joaquin Matthews 2008
 * Graduate Recruitment Opportunity Assistantship**

Margaret C. Hagood 2000-1 Paul Matthews 2000-1 Althea Ashe 2001-2 Alison Heron 2001-2 Leslie Rush 2001-2 Alecia Y. Jackson 2002-3 Rachel Norwood 2002-03 Leslie Susan Cook 2003-4 Kristiina Montero 2003-4 Sayamon Singto 2003-4 Jonathan Eakle 2004-05 Tara Star Johnson 2004-5 Elizabeth Edwards 2005-6 Michelle Zoss 2006-7 Teri Holbrook 2006-7 Spencer Salas 2006-7 Mary Love 2006-7 Rachel Pinnow 2007-8 Harriett Allison 2007-8 Federica Goldoni 2008-9 Elizabeth Friese 2011-12 Jaye Thiel 2013-14 Soojin Ahn 2017-2018
 * UGA Final Year Dissertation Completion Fellowship**

Mariana Souto Manning 2004
 * University of Georgia Research Foundation Grant**

Michelle Zoss 2005 (Seville, Spain) Dan Kirk 2006 (Bulgaria) Dan Kirk 2007 (United Arab Emirates)
 * University of Georgia Research Foundation Travel Grant**

Mariana Souto Manning 2003 Michelle Zoss 2007
 * University of Georgia Graduate School Travel Grant**

Mariana Souto Manning 2003 Michelle Zoss 2007
 * University of Georgia College of Education Travel Award**

Steven Bickmore 2003 Steven Bickmore 2004 Spencer Salas 2004
 * Teacher Quality Grant**

Steven Bickmore 2002
 * Georgia Systemic Teacher Education Program**

**//UGA College of Education//** Deborah R. Dillon 1985
 * The University of Georgia, Kappa Delta Pi Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies**

Greg McClure 2008
 * UGA COE Centennial Scholarship**

**//Other//** Deborah Dillon 2010-present
 * Guy Bond Endowed Chair, University of Minnesota**

Margaret Hagood 2006-2010
 * Commission on Higher Education, South Carolina - Grant for Center of Excellence - New Literacies**

Mariana Souto Manning 2001
 * Foundation for Excellence Grant**

Leslie S. Rush 2002
 * University of Wyoming, Mary Ellbogen Garland Research Fellowship**

Victoria Ridgeway Gillis 2012 - present
 * University of Wyoming - endowed position - Wyoming Excellence in Literacy Chair**

Alison Heron-Hruby 2013-2014
 * Morehead State University (KY) Matching Grant Award**

Sharon Murphy & Stergios Botzakis 2004-5 Stergios Botzakis & Melanie Hundley 2005-6 Okim Kang, Jessica van Cleave, & Cheryl McLean 2006-7 Jennifer Wooten & Kinga Varga-Dobai 2007-8 Kinga Varga-Dobai & Amy Alexandra Wilson 2008 Amy Alexandra Wilson 2009 Dawan Coombs and George Boggs 2010 Amber M. Simmons 2011 Lindy L. Johnson 2012-present
 * Journal Editorships**
 * Journal of Language and Literacy Education**

Jim Cope
 * Signal (journal of the IRA’s SIG on Literature for the Adolescent Reader)**

Deborah R. Dillon & David G. O’Brien (Editor: James Baumann; other associate editors: Carol Hopkins and Jack Humphrey).
 * Associate Editors, The Reading Teacher**


 * Associate Editor, Linguistics and Education**
 * V**ictoria Ridgeway Gillis 2012 - present

Michelle Zoss 2007-2011
 * Co-Web Editor for** **Conference on English Education (CEE), a division of the NCTE**

Deborah R. Dillon 2010-2012
 * Educational Researcher** **(Associate Editor)**

Leslie Rush (with Lisa Scherff) 2010-present
 * English Education**

Steven Bickmore & Melanie Hundley (with Jacqueline Bach) 2009-present
 * ALAN Review**

Margaret C. Hagood 2011-present
 * Co-Editor, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy**

Teri Holbrook 2011-present
 * Language Arts**

Violet Harris 2011-2014
 * American Educational Research Journal**

Michelle Zoss 2007-present
 * Editorial Boards**
 * Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education**

Michelle Zoss 2006-2007
 * Journal of Language and Literacy Education**

Jaye Thiel
 * International Endeavour Research Fellowship from the Australian Government/Department of Education 2014 **