Award for Excellence in Research
2023 Recipient
Dr. Erin Washburn
The Department of Reading and Elementary Education
This award recognizes an outstanding data-based publication in a peer-reviewed journal published in the past year.
The recipient will receive a plaque and $1500 in faculty professional development funds.
Eligibility
The publication must be printed (not in press) in a peer-reviewed journal in education or a closely related field within one year of the award (e.g., the 2023 award could have a publication date of 2023 or 2022).
- First author must be an active member of the faculty of the College of Education at UNC Charlotte.
- The publication must be data-based.
- Members of the Selection Committee are not eligible during their year of service.
- Winners of the award may not submit another article/book within five (5) years of receiving the award.
Nomination Process
Nominations may be submitted by any faculty, staff, or students internal or external to the College.
The nomination for the College of Education Annual Research Award will include the following:
- A copy of the publication to be considered
- Evidence of peer-review status of the journal/publisher (e.g., Editorial Guidelines)
- Letter of Nomination Addressing the Criteria
- A written statement by the first author about the research process (e.g., What I learned from conducting this research; What I learned from members of our team or the review process; In what ways I hope this article will impact the field of education); statements by coauthors are encouraged but not required
- External reviews or a letter from the editor may also be submitted that note the quality and importance of the work (optional)
Books
Book entries/nominations will be considered for the first time in 2017. The Research Award Committee agreed upon the following guidelines:
- There are no publisher restrictions.
- The nominee must provide a description of how the publication was reviewed. A description of the review process must be provided if an external review is applicable.
- The first author has to be an active member of the faculty.
- The publication/chapter has to demonstrate a systematic-method of inquiry.
- Members of the selection committee are not eligible during their year of service.
- Nominations from external faculty, staff, or students are acceptable.
- The same requirements for submission apply, i.e., a scanned pdf, uploaded to website, etc.
- For book chapters, the preface, overview of book, and sample chapter should be submitted.
- If there are multiple chapters of a book by the same author, only one chapter may be submitted.
- Letters of support from the editor are optional.
The nomination deadline is March 1, 2024. Please use this form.
For questions regarding submission of nomination materials, please contact Dr. Lucy Arnold at lperkins@uncc.edu.
Previous Recipients:
2022- Kristin Davin
2021 – Carl Westine
2020 – Hilary Dack & Nicholas Triplett
2019 – Anne Cash, K. J. Debnam, T.E. Waasdorp, M. Wahl, and C.P. Bradshaw
2018 – Florence Martin in collaboration with Chuang Wang and Ayesha Sadaf
2017 – Lynn Ahlgrim-Delzel
2016 – Rich Lambert, Paul Fitchett, and Tina Heafner
2015 – Hank Harris
2014 – Mark D’Amico, Sandra Dika, and Bob Algozzine