Awards

The Magnitude of Us	Society of Professors of Education (SPE) Outstanding Book Award	2025
Civic Engagement in Communities of Color	Society of Professors of Education (SPE) Outstanding Book Award	2025
Supporting Korean American Children in Early Childhood Education	Society of Professors of Education (SPE) Outstanding Book Award, Honorable Mention	2025
Teaching Data Literacy in Social Studies	Society of Professors of Education (SPE) Outstanding Book Award, Honorable Mention	2025
Enacting Praxis	AESA Critics’ Choice Book Award	2024
Supporting Korean American Children in Early Childhood Education	NAME Philip C. Chinn Multicultural Book Award	2024
Black Immigrant Literacies	Modern Language Association (MLA) Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize Honorable Mention	2024
Art Education for a Sustainable Planet	National Art Education Association (NAEA) Ecology and Environment Interest Group (EEIG) Outstanding Publication Award	2024
Teens Choosing to Read	Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist in Education	2023
Culturally Sustaining Language and Literacy Practices for Pre-K–3 Classrooms	Literacy Research Association's Edward B. Fry Book Award Finalist	2023
Toward a Stranger and More Posthuman Social Studies	AERA Division B Curriculum Studies Outstanding Book Award Honorable Mention	2023
The Hip-Hop Mindset	NAME Philip C. Chinn Multicultural Book Award	2023
Reimagining The Call to Teach	AESA Critics’ Choice Book Award	2023
Toward a Stranger and More Posthuman Social Studies	AESA Critics’ Choice Book Award	2023
Lesson Planning with Purpose	Society of Professors of Education (SPE) Outstanding Book Award Honorable Mention	2023
Advancing Racial Literacies in Teacher Education	Divergent Publication Award for Excellence in Literacy in a Digital Age Research	2023
The Civil Rights Road to Deeper Learning	Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Bronze Award in Education	2022
Advancing Racial Literacies in Teacher Education	NCTE David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English	2022
Advancing Racial Literacies in Teacher Education	Literacy Research Association's Edward B. Fry Book Award	2022
Understanding the Transnational Lives and Literacies of Immigrant Children	Literacy Research Association's Edward B. Fry Book Award	2022
Understanding the Transnational Lives and Literacies of Immigrant Children	American Educational Studies Association (AESA) Critics' Choice Book Award	2022
Reexamining the Federal Role in Higher Education	Royal Dragonfly Book Award for Politics and Education	2022
Native Presence and Sovereignty in College	Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Outstanding Book Award	2022
Radical Care	Choice Outstanding Academic Title	2022
Reimagining the Call to Teach	Choice Outstanding Academic Title	2022
Reexamining the Federal Role in Higher Education	American Educational Studies Association (AESA) Critics' Choice Book Award	2022
Schooling Teachers	American Educational Studies Association (AESA) Critics' Choice Book Award	2022
Generation Mixed Goes to School	Delta Kappa Gamma Educators Book Award	2022
Emotionally Responsive Practice	Delta Kappa Gamma Educators Book Award Honorable Mention	2022
Reclaiming Democratic Education	Education Law Association's Steven S. Goldberg Award for distinguished scholarship in education law	2022
Moral Education for Social Justice	AERA Moral Development and Education SIG Book of the Year Award	2022
A Search for Common Ground	Prose Award in Education Practice & Theory	2022
Civic Education in the Age of Mass Migration	NAME Philip C. Chinn Book Award	2022
Moral Education for Social Justice	AERA Moral Development and Education SIG Book of the Year Award	2022
Transformative Ethnic Studies in Schools	Association for Ethnic Studies Outstanding Book of the Year	2021
Protecting the Promise	Council on Anthropology and Education Outstanding Book Award Honorable Mention	2021
The Essential Renewal of America’s Schools	Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title Award	2021
Trauma Doesn’t Stop at the School Door	Delta Kappa Gamma Educators Book Award	2021
about Museums, Culture, and Justice to Explore in Your Classroom	Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award	2021
Classroom Talk for Social Change	Initiative for 21st Century Literacies Research Divergent Book Award for Excellence	2021
Learning to Teach in an Era of Privatization	AESA Critics’ Choice Book Award	2020
Does Compliance Matter in Special Education?	American Sociological Association Outstanding Publication in the Sociology of Disability Award	2020
Same As It Never Was	Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award	2020
The New Democratic Professional in Education	Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award	2020
Educating for Empathy	Initiative for 21st Century Literacies Research Divergent Book Award for Excellence	2020
Jim Crow Campus	Association of American Colleges and Universities Frederic W. Ness Book Award	2020
The Power of Teacher Talk	AERA Division K Exemplary Research in Teaching and Teacher Education Award	2020
Reclaiming Accountability in Teacher Education	AACTE Outstanding Book of the Year Award	2020
Teaching Transnational Youth	Literacy Research Association's Edward B. Fry Book Award	2019
Beyond Testing	AESA Critics' Choice Book Award	2019
Educating for Empathy	NCTE David H. Russell Award for Disttinguished Research in the Teaching of English	2019
It's Not About Grit	Foreword Indies Book of the Year Gold Award in Education	2019
It's Not About Grit	Prose Award in Education Finalist	2019
Reclaiming Accountability in Teacher Education	AERA Division K Exemplary Research in Teaching and Teachers Education Award	2019
Reclaiming Accountability in Teacher Education	Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award	2019
Jim Crow Campus	Foreword Indies Book of the Year Finalist in Education	2019

Author Awards

Gloria Swindler Boutte	AERA Social Justice in Education Award	2025
Valerie Kinloch	AERA Scholars of Color Distinguished Career Contribution Award	2025
Sonia Nieto	2024 Multistate Association for Bilingual Education (MABE) Lifetime Service Award	2024
Ofelia García	Literacy Research Association Distinguished Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award	2024
Patricia A. Edwards	International Literacy Association (ILA) William S. Gray Citation of Merit for outstanding contributions to multiple facets of literacy development, including research, theory, and practice	2024
Bruce A. Lesh	Society of Professors of Education (SPE) Charles DeGarmo Award	2024
Chezare A. Warren	National Council for History Education (NCHE) Paul Gagnon Prize for a Significant Contribution to the Promotion of History Education	2024
Caitlin L. Ryan	NCTE Outstanding Elementary Educator in the English Language Arts Award	2023
Jill M. Hermann-Wilmarth	NCTE Outstanding Elementary Educator in the English Language Arts Award	2023
James A. Banks	AERA Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award	2023
Linda Darling-Hammond	National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) Policy Leader of the Year	2023
Linda Darling-Hammond	AERA Distinguished Public Service Award	2023
Geneva Gay	AERA Division B (Curriculum Studies) Lifetime Achievement Award	2023
Marc Lamont Hill	AERA Social Justice in Education Award	2023
Federico R. Waitoller	AERA Special and Inclusive Education SIG Distinguished Researcher Award	2023
Linda Darling-Hammond	Yidan Prize for Education Research	2022
James A. Banks	Friday Institute for Educational Innovation Friday Medal Award	2022
LaGarrett King	National Council for the Social Studies Spirit of America Award	2022
T. Philip Nichols	Literacy Research Association (LRA) Early Career Achievement Award	2022
Cornel Pewewardy	NIEA Lifetime Achievement Award	2022
Guadalupe Valdes	LRA Distinguished Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award	2022
Socorro G. Herrera	AERA Division K Legacy Award	2022
Arlette Willis	LRA Oscar S. Causey Award for Outstanding Contributions to Reading Research	2021
Carol D. Lee	AERA Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award	2021
Carol D. Lee	NCTE James R. Squire Award	2021
Carol D. Lee	Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education for Learning Science Research	2021
Frank Serafini	International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA) Education Award	2021
Elizabeth J. Meyer	AERA Distinguished Contributions to Gender Equity in Education Research Award	2021
Okhee Lee	AERA Exemplary Contributions to Practice-Engaged Research Award	2021
Zeus Leonardo	AERA Scholars of Color Distinguished Career Contribution Award	2021
Pasi Sahlberg	Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL) Hedley Beare Award for Educational Writing	2021
Pasi Sahlberg	Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL) Dr. Paul Brock Memorial Medal	2021
Sonia Nieto	Mass Humanities Governor’s Award	2021
Lisa Donovan	Arts \| Learning Irene Buck Service to Arts Education Award	2021
Christy McConnell	American Association for Teaching and Curriculum (AATC) O.L. Davis Outstanding Book Award	2021
Troy Hicks	Initiative for 21st Century Literacies Research Divergent Award for Excellence	2021
Patricia Edwards	Literacy Research Association's Oscar S. Causey Award to recognize a LRA member for outstanding contributions to literacy research	2020
Rachel Karchmer-Klein	Albert J. Kingston Award for Distinguished Service to the Literacy Research Association	2020
Rachel Savitz	Association of Literacy Educators & Researchers (ALER) Jerry Johns Promising Researcher Award	2020
Troy Hicks	American Sociological Association Outstanding Publication in the Sociology of Disability Award	2020
Patricia Edwards	AERA Scholars of Color Distinguished Career Contribution Award	2019
Sonia Nieto	LRA Distinguished Scholar Lifetime Award	2019
Marilyn Cochran-Smith	AERA Division K Exemplary Research in Teaching and Teacher Education Award	2019
Mollie Blackburn	NCTE LGBTQ+ Advocacy and Leadership Award	2019
David E. Kirkland	NCTE Advancement of People of Color Leadership Award	2019
Ernest Morrell	NCTE Distinguished Service Award	2019
sj Miller	AERA Distinguished Contributions to Gender Equity in Education Research Award	2019
Wayne Journell	NCSS Exemplary Research Award	2019