Recent Awards and Publications

Students and faculty in the Department of Educational Policy Studies are highly accomplished scholars, engaged in meaningful research and study that makes an impact on Wisconsin, the nation, and beyond. Explore the number of awards and honors we have received at the department, university, and national levels.

SoE/EPS Awards

AWARD	RECIPIENT
Andreas Kazamias Graduate Award	Aruna Kallon Mariam Sedighi Ally Shepherd
Sterling Fishman Memorial Award	Alexandra Pasqualone
Virginia Landwehr Award	Virginia Downing Ally Shepherd
Herbert Kliebard Award For Outstanding Scholarly Achievement in Educational Policy Studies	Anshu Jain Emily Tran Emily Young
Mary Metz Award	Batu Aydagul Farah Basit Mili Bhatnagar Virginia Downing Jacques Lesure Lina Rangel Diaz Mariam Sedighi Micaela Wensjoe Villaran Emily Young
John R. Palmer Graduate Fellowship Award	Mili Bhatnagar Antonella Pappolla

AWARD	RECIPIENT
Outstanding Research in Education Studies Award	Lindsey Kourafas
Outstanding Paper in Educational Studies Award	Amelia Catucan
Eric Flanagan Community-Engaged Scholarship Award	Jada Young

AWARD	RECIPIENT
SoE Staff Innovation Grant Award	Michael Dixon
Named Honored Instructor for Fall 2022 and Spring 2023	Anthony Hernandez
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant Award	Matthew Hora
Planetary Health Team Research Award	Nancy Kendall
Vilas Research Professorship AESA TAylor & Francis Lifetime Achievement Award	Stacey Lee
Vilas Faculty Early Career Investigator Award	Ran Liu
OVCRGE Fall Research Competition Award American Family Insurance Data Science Institute faculty affiliate OVCRGE Fall Research Competition Award	Taylor Odle
OVCRGE Fall Research Competition Award	Diana Rodriguez-Gomez
Tenure – Promotion to Associate Professor 2023 Distinguished Honors Faculty Award 2023-24 Vilas Associate Award Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity (REI) Fellowship	Walter Stern

Book Publications

Title	Author
Humanizing Education for Immigrant and Refugee Youth: 20 Strategies for the Classroom and Beyond	Lesley Bartlett
Resisting Asian American Invisibility: The Politics of Race and Education	Stacey Lee
Two Volumes on the New Economic History of American Higher Education. V1: Exchange of Ideas: The Economy of Higher Education in Early America V2: Capital of Mind: The Idea of a Modern American University	Adam Nelson

SoE/EPS Awards

AWARD	RECIPIENT
Andreas Kazamias Graduate Award	Kelsey Dalrymple Zaira Magana Carbajal
Sterling Fishman Memorial Award	Brianna Lafoon
Virginia Landwehr	Khrysta Evans Alexandra Pasqualone
Herbert Kliebard Award For Outstanding Scholarly Achievement in Educational Policy Studies	Mili Bhatnagar Kelsey Dalrymple Joan Hong Tyler Hook Morgan Mayer-Jochimsen
Mary Metz Award	Joan Hong Kyoungjin Jang-Tucci Zaira Magana Carbajal Antonella Pappolla
2022 Graduate Educational Policy Engagement Grant (EPEG)	Antonella Pappolla and Claudia Triana
John R. Palmer Graduate Fellowship Award	Abby Beneke Rosie Miesner

Other Awards

AWARD	RECIPIENT
2021 Equity and Inclusion Fellow	Wallace Grace
Foreign Language & Area Studies	Kelsey Dalrymple
4W Initiative Engagement Grant for Emerging Scholars	LaShanda Harbin
2022 Scott Kloeck-Jenson Fellowship	Pamela Reyes Galgani
British Journal of Sociology of Education Best Early Career Article Award	Shanshan Jiang (Alumna)
Wenner Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant	Yaa Opareabea Ampofo
AAUEW International Fellowship	Yaa Opareabea Ampofo
Critical Language Scholarship Refresh Award	Alexandra Pasqualone
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Grant	Claudia Triana Jonathan Marino

AWARD	RECIPIENT
Outstanding Research in Education Studies Award	Donny (Aoyu) Xu
Outstanding Paper in Educational Studies Award	Curtis Feldner
Eric Flanagan Community-Engaged Scholarship Award	Audrey Glock
2022 Undergraduate Educational Policy Engagement Grants (EPEG)	Rowan Shi and Magnolia (Xinyi) Zhang Iris Zhou

AWARD	RECIPIENT
School of Education Faculty-led Study Abroad Scholarship Award	Lesley Bartlett and Simone Schweber
School of Education Distinguished Faculty Award	Lesley Bartlett
2021 American Educational Research Association Fellow	Stacey Lee
2021 Spindler Award (Council on Anthropology and Education, American Anthropological Association)	Stacey Lee
AERA-NSF Research Grant	Ran Liu
UW-Madison Fall Competition Grant	Ran Liu
AESA Critics’ Choice Award	Erica Turner for her book Suddenly Diverse: How School Districts Manage Race and Inequality
Outstanding Ethnography in Education Book Award	Erica Turner for her book Suddenly Diverse: How School Districts Manage Race and Inequality

SoE/EPS Awards

AWARD	RECIPIENT
Michael Apple Fellowship	Abby Beneke
Sterling Fishman Memorial Award	Qing Liu
Theodora Herfuth Kubly Minority Fellowship	Rachel Johnson
Herbert Kliebard Award For Outstanding Scholarly Achievement in Educational Policy Studies	Tarsha Herelle Rachel Johnson Maria Velazquez
Mary Metz Award	Mili Bhatnagar Rachel Johson
John R. Palmer Graduate Fellowship Award	Anthony Hernandez

Other Awards

AWARD	RECIPIENT
NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship	Liz Hauck Rachel Johnson
Planetary Health Scholars Award	Yaa Ampofo
P.E.O. Scholar Award	Kelsey Dalyrymple
Deborah A. Hobbins Graduate Student Award in Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice	Regina Fuller
Foreign Language & Area Studies(FLAS) Fellowship	Kelsey Dalyrymple Alexandra Pasqualone
Edward A. Bouchet Award	Tarsha Herelle
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Grant	Tyler Hook
Sir James Lougheed Award of Distinction	Emily Tran
Graduate Student Service Scholarship	Claudia Triana
Wenner Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant	Tyler Hook

AWARD	RECIPIENT
Outstanding Research in Education Studies Award	Aaron Kinard
Outstanding Paper in Educational Studies Award	Pablo Aquiles Sanchez
Eric Flanagan Community-Engaged Scholarship Award	Abigail Robinson
Educational Policy Engagement Grants (EPEG)	Yuhan Li, Yimeng Sun and Wenwen Zhong Cristhabel Martinez

AWARD	RECIPIENT
2021 RHSU Ed-Scholars List	Bianca J. Baldridge
School of Education’s Award for Community-Engaged Scholarship	Erica Turner
Spencer Foundation Grant	Kathryn Moeller Simone Schweber
School of Education’s Excellence in Diversity Award	Linn Posey-Maddox
NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship	Diana Rodríguez-Gómez
UW-Madison “Understanding and Reducing Inequality Initiative” Award	Matthew Hora Stacey Lee
Outstanding Reviewer for 2020 from American Educational Research Association and Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis	Erica Turner
Madison Education Partnership Research Award	Lesley Bartlett Linn Posey-Maddox Amy Claessens Erica Turner

SoE/EPS Awards

AWARD	RECIPIENT
Sterling Fishman Memorial Award	Amato Nocera
Herbert Kliebard Award For Outstanding Scholarly Achievement in Educational Policy Studies	Abby Beneke Jennifer Otting
Mary Metz Award	Joan Hong Maria Velazquez Kathy Villalón
John R. Palmer Graduate Fellowship Award	Eric Luckey

Other Awards

AWARD	RECIPIENT
Education Graduate Research Scholars (EdGRS)	Selah Agaba Emily Anaya Diana Famakinwa Anthony Hernandez Juan Medina Linda Pheng Kathy Villalon
Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship from the Social Science Research Council	Tyler Hook
National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Foundation Research Development Award	Anthony Hernandez
Deborah A. Hobbins Graduate Student Award in Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice	Regina Fuller
Foreign Language & Area Studies(FLAS) Fellowship	Kelsey Dalyrymple Alexandra Pasqualone
Edward A. Bouchet Award	Tarsha Herelle
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Grant	Tyler Hook
Morgridge Center for Public Service Excellence in Engaged Scholarship Graduate Student Award	Marlo Reeves
NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship	Qing Liu Ashley Smith Choua Xiong Huimin Wang
FLAS fellowship	Kelsey Dalrymple Becca Meza Alexandra Pasqualone
Morgridge Center for Public Center Community-based Research Grant	Allison Shepherd
Fulbright Fellowship	Ariel Borns Antonella Pappolla Pamela Reyes Galgani
AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship	Choua Xiong
UW-Madison University Housing Honored Instructor Award	Gabrielle Hernandez
Boren Fellowship	Jon Marino
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholars Fellowship	Regina Fuller
4W Women & Wellbeing Initiative’s Engagement Grant for Emerging Scholars	Khrysta Evans
Department of Gender & Women’s Studies’ Mary Washburn Willets Award for Excellence in the Social Sciences	Tarsha Herelle
SSRC International Dissertation Research Fellowship	Tyler Hook
Planetary Health Graduate Scholarship	Yaa Ampofo
Barr Graduate Fellowship	Linda Pheng
Center for Southeast Asian Studies Fellowship	Jennifer Otting
WI Labor History Society Zeidler award	Eleni Schirmer
Top 10% Most Downloaded Article in Philosophy of Education	Matthew Farrelly

EPS Awards

AWARD	RECIPIENT
Outstanding Research in Education Studies Award	Mira Grinsfelder
Outstanding Paper in Educational Studies Award	Libby Satler Tiger Wang
Eric Flanagan Community-Engaged Scholarship Award	Mira Grinsfelder

Other Awards

AWARD	RECIPIENT
McNair Scholar	Aaron Kinard
Truman Scholar	Tina Marshalek

AWARD	RECIPIENT
Spencer Postdoctoral Award	Jordan Conwell
George Bereday Award for Best Article in Comparative Education Review	Lesley Bartlett
UW Vilas Mid-Career Investigator Award	Nancy Kendall
2020 Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) Junior Faculty Teaching Award	Diana Rodríguez-Gómez
2019 Concha Delgado Gaitán Early Career Presidential Fellowship, Council on Anthropology and Education	Diana Rodríguez-Gómez
UW-Madison University Housing Honored Instructor Award	Linn Posey-Maddox
WARF Named Professorship	Stacey Lee
American Educational Studies Association Critic’s Choice Book Award	Bianca J. Baldridge
Spencer Foundation Scholar-In-Residence (June, 2020)	Bianca J. Baldridge
2018 Frederic W. Ness Book Award (AAC&U)	Matthew Hora

Jacob Leonard, SOE Distinguished Achievement Award