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.
Major Student Awards
Spring 2020
| AWARD | RECIPIENT |
| NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship | Huimin Wang |
| NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship | Qing Liu |
| NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship | Choua Xiong |
| Center for Southeast Asian Studies’ Fellowship | Jennifer Otting |
| 4W Engagement Grant for Emerging Scholars | Khrysta Evans |
| Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship | Tyler Hook |
| Mary Washburn Willets Award for Excellence in the Social Sciences | Tarsha Herelle |
EPS Student Awards
2019-2020
| AWARD | RECIPIENT |
| Sterling Fishman Memorial Award | Amato Nocera |
| Herbert Kliebard Award For Outstanding Scholarly Achievement in Educational Policy Studies | Jennifer Otting Abby Beneke |
| John R. Palmer Graduate Fellowship Award | Eric Luckey |
| Eric Flanagan Community-Engaged Scholarship Award | Mira Grinsfelder |
| Outstanding Research in Education Studies Award | Mira Grinsfelder |
| Outstanding Paper in Educational Studies Award | Libby Sattler |
| Mary Metz Award | Kathy Villalón Maria Velazquez Joan Hong |
Learn more about the EPS department awards here.
Other Student Awards
2019-2020
| AWARD | RECIPIENT |
| Education Graduate Research Scholars (EdGRS) | Anthony Hernandez Emily Anaya Juan Medina Selah Agaba Diana Famakinwa Linda Pheng Kathy Villalon |
| Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship from the Social Science Research Council | Tyler Hook |
| 2019 National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Foundation Research Development Award | Anthony Hernandez |
| Morgridge Center for Public Service Excellence in Engaged Scholarship Graduate Student Award | Marlo Reeves |
| National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship | Ashley Smith |
Select Student Publications
Agyepong, M. (2017). The struggles of invisibility: The perception and treatment of 1.5 and 2nd generation Black African students in the United States. In O. Ukpokodu (Ed.), Erasing invisibility: Educational excellence and social justice for African immigrants. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Amato Nocera, “Negotiating the Aims of African American Adult Education: Race and Liberalism in the Harlem Experiment, 1931–1935,” History of Education Quarterly, 58:1.
Faculty Awards 2019-20
Jordan Conwell, Spencer Postdoctoral Award
Lesley Bartlett, George Bereday Award for Best Article in Comparative Education Review
Nancy Kendall, UW Vilas Mid-Career Investigator Award
Diana Rodríguez-Gómez
- 2020 Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) Junior Faculty Teaching Award
- 2019 Concha Delgado Gaitán Early Career Presidential Fellowship, Council on Anthropology and Education
- 2019 Honored Instructor Award, University Housing, UW-Madison
Linn Posey-Maddox, Honored Instructor Award, University Housing, UW-Madison
Stacey Lee, WARF Named Professorship
Bianca J. Baldridge, American Educational Studies Association Critic’s Choice Book Award; Spencer Foundation Scholar-In-Residence (June, 2020)
Matthew Hora, 2018 Frederic W. Ness Book Award (AAC&U)
Staff Awards 2019-20
Jacob Leonard, SOE Distinguished Achievement Award
Graduate Student Awards 2019-20
Alexandra Pasqualone, FLAS fellowship
Allison Shepherd, Community-based Research Grant, Morgridge Center for Public Center
Ariel Borns, Fulbright Fellowship
Pamela Reyes Galgani, Fulbright Fellowship
Antonella Pappolla, Fulbright Fellowship
Choua Xiong, AAUW and Spencer Dissertation Award
Gabrielle Hernandez, 2020 Honored Instructor’s Award, University Housing, UW Madison
Huimin Wang, Spencer Dissertation Award
Jon Marino, Boren Fellowship
Regina Fuller, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholars Fellowship
Becca Meza, FLAS Scholarship
Kelsey Dalrymple, FLAS Scholarship
Khrysta Evans, 4W Women & Wellbeing Initiative’s Engagement Grant for Emerging Scholars
Qing Liu, Spencer Dissertation Award
Qing Liu, article published in the flagship journal: History of Education Quarterly
Tarsha Herelle, Department of Gender & Women’s Studies’ Mary Washburn Willets Award for Excellence in the Social Sciences
Tyler Hook, SSRC International Dissertation Research Fellowship
Yaa Ampofo, Planetary Health Graduate Scholarship
Linda Pheng, Barr Graduate Fellowship
Jennifer Otting, Center for Southeast Asian Studies Fellowship
Matthew Farrelly, Top 10% Most Downloaded Article in Philosophy of Education
Matthew Farrelly, Summer Institute in Philosophy of Education
Eleni Schirmer, Zeidler award from the WI Labor History Society
Palmer Award: Eric Luckey
Kliebard Award
Fishman Award: Amato Nocera
Undergraduate Awards 2019-20
Jiangnan Wang, Outstanding Education Studies Paper Award
Mira Grinsfelder, Outstanding Research Paper in Education Studies
Tina Marshalek, Truman Scholar
Aaron Kinard, McNair Scholar