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.
EPS Graduate Awards 2023-2024
SoE/EPS Awards
| AWARD | RECIPIENT |
| Michael W. Apple Fellowship | Rob Timberlake |
| Arvil S. Barr Fellowship | Antonella Pappolla |
| Andreas Kazamias Graduate Award | Batuhan Aydagül Farah Basit |
| Virginia Landwehr Award | Anshu Jain Emily Tran |
| Herbert Kliebard Award For Outstanding Scholarly Achievement in Educational Policy Studies | Sophie Cornfield Siyun Gan Jonathan Marino Alexandra Pasqualone |
| Mary Metz Award | Lina Rangel Diaz |
| John R. Palmer Graduate Fellowship Award | Khrysta Evans Elizabeth Hauck |
| Alexa Posny Award in Educational Policy Studies | Micaela Wensjoe |
| Educational Policy Engagement Grant | Virginia Downing |
EPS Undergraduate Awards 2023-2024
| AWARD | RECIPIENT |
| Outstanding Advocacy and Brief in Education Studies Award | Mariela Sida |
| Outstanding Paper in Educational Studies Award | Rachel Delmar |
| Eric Flanagan Community-Engaged Scholarship Award | Shelby Jantz |
EPS Faculty & Staff Awards 2023-2024
| AWARD | RECIPIENT |
| Egon G. Guba 2024 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Qualitative Research | Lesley Bartlett |
| Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award | Amy Claessens |
| University Staff Distinguished Achievement Award | Michael Dixon |
| Named Honored Instructor for Spring 2024 | Anthony Hernandez |
| Cooperative Education & Internship Association (CEIA) 2024 James W. Wilson Award – Advocacy of Research Activity | Matthew Hora |
| Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship | Nancy Kendall |
| 2023 Institute for Diversity Science Seed Grant for her project, “The Transformative Potential of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) in STEM Learning, Equality, and Inclusion: A Student-Centered Mixed Methods Study.” | Ran Liu |
| SoE Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award | Linn Posey-Maddox |
| 2023 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management’s (APPAM) Raymond Vernon Memorial Award | Taylor Odle |
| Exceptional Service Support Program Award Vilas Early-Career Investigator Award |
Diana Rodríguez-Gómez |
| AERA Outstanding Dissertation Award of Educational Policy and Politics RSF-Gates Foundation Pipeline Grant |
Rachel Williams |
| Award for Community Engaged Scholarship | Bailey Smolarek Matthew Wolfgram |
EPS Graduate Awards 2022-2023
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 |
EPS Undergraduate Awards 2022-2023
| 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 |
EPS Faculty & Staff Awards 2022-2023
| 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 |
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 |
EPS Graduate Awards 2021-2022
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 |
EPS Undergraduate Awards 2021-2022
| 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 |
EPS Faculty Awards 2021-2022
| 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 |
EPS Graduate Awards 2020-2021
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 |
EPS Undergraduate Awards 2020-2021
| 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 |
EPS Faculty Awards 2020-2021
| 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 |
EPS Graduate Awards 2019-2020
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 Undergraduate Awards 2019-2020
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 |
EPS Faculty Awards 2019-2020
| 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 |
Staff Awards 2019-20
Jacob Leonard, SOE Distinguished Achievement Award