2023

Lindsey Rowe, Clemson University

mentor: Steve Graham, Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University

Tairan Qiu, University of Houston

mentor: Kathryn Au, Professor Emerita, University of Hawaii at Manoa

2022

Lori Bruner, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa

mentors: Camille Blachowicz, Professor Emerita, National Louis University

      Judith Scott, Professor Emerita, University of California-Santa Cruz  

Rosalyn Harvey-Torres, Georgia State University

mentors: Jeanne Paratore, Professor Emerita, Boston University

      Robert Rueda, Professor Emeritus, University of Southern California         

2021

Blythe E. Anderson, SUNY Buffalo
mentors: Elfrieda (Freddy) Hiebert, President/CEO, TextProject, &
               James Baumann, Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri--Columbia

Renata Love Jones, Georgia State University
mentors: Carol D. Lee, Professor Emeritus Northwestern University &
                Kris Gutierrez, Carol Liu Chair & Professor, University of California, Berkeley

2020

Lisa Domke, Georgia State University
mentor: Georgia Garcia, Professor Emerita, University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign

John Strong, SUNY Buffalo
mentor: Jill Fitzgerald, Professor Emerita, University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill

2019

Kelly C. Johnston, Baylor University
mentor: Peter Afflerbach, University of Maryland-College Park

Joanne Marciano, Michigan State University
mentor: Donna Alvermann, University of Georgia

2018

Courtney Hattan, Illinois State University
mentor: Jill Fitzgerald

Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, University of Nebraska
mentor: Shirley Brice Heath

2017

Sara Lupo, James Madison University
mentor: Sheila Valencia

Jennifer Reichenberg, Medialle College
mentor: Taffy Raphael

2016

Michiko Hikida, The Ohio State University
mentor: Robert Jiménez

Laura Tortorelli, Michigan State University
mentor: Elfrieda (Freddy) Hiebert

2015

Eliza Allen, University of South Carolina, Columbia
mentor: Judith Green

Tracey Hodges, University of Southern Mississippi
mentor: Timothy Shanahan

Jaye Thiel, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
mentor: Hilary Janks

2014

Katherine Batchelor, Miami University
mentor: Jane Hansen

Robert Price Gardner, Mary Washington University
mentor: Kathryn Au

Logan Manning, University of Texas, San Antonio
mentor: JoBeth Allen

Sandra Osorio, Illinois State University
mentor: Nancy Roser

Blaine Smith, University of Miami
mentor: Donald Leu

Yang Wang, University of South Carolina
mentor: Yetta Goodman

Phillip Wilder, Clemson University
mentor: Jan Dole

2013

Dawan Coombs, Brigham Young University
mentor: Judith Langer

Katherine Frankel, Boston University
mentor: Donna Alvermann

Kelly Puzio, Washington State University
mentor: Gerald Duffy

Dana Robertson, University of Wyoming
mentor: Peter Afflerbach

Patriann Smith, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
mentor: Vicki Risko