AERA Annual Meeting

Idalia Nuñez
Early Career Award, Bilingual Education Research SIG

Monica González Ybarra
Early Career Award, Latina/o/x Research Issues SIG

Paul Bruno
Outstanding Reviewer Award, AERA Open and Educational Researcher

Justin Kern
Outstanding Reviewer Award, Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Oliver Tapaha
2026 Bobby Wright Award for Early Career Contributions to Research in Indigenous Education, AERA Indigenous Peoples of the Americas SIG

Devon Hedrick-Shaw
Outstanding Dissertation Award (Third Place), Bilingual Education Research SIG

Leslie Ellis
Foster-Polite Scholarship, Division A

Aigul Rakisheva
Travel Award, Environmental Education SIG

Alumni who received awards:

Chezare Warren, '05 C&I
2026 AERA Scholars of Color Mid-Career Contribution Award

Elise McCarren, Ph.D. '24 EPSY
AERA-NSF Research Grantee

Taiylor Rayford, Ph.D. '25 EPSY
2026 Division E Outstanding Dissertation Awardee in Human Development

Destiny Williams-Dobosz, Ph.D. '25 EPSY
2026 Outstanding Dissertation Award, Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender SIG

Jiadi Zhang, Ph.D. '25 C&I
2026 Outstanding Dissertation Award, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Education and Research SIG