Current Award Recipients
| Teacher of the Year | |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Bhawna Sharma |
| 2024 | Jessica Minton |
| 2023 | Anne Katherine Griffin (KY) |
| 2022 | Sarah Staley |
| 2021 | Srinivas Pannela |
| 2019 | Barbara Putnam |
| 2017 | Barbara Putnam |
| 2005 | Jo MacDonald (MD), Melanie Abad (GA) |
| 2004 | Pamela K DeLoach |
| 2003 | Marcy Murray (FL), Beverly Wallace (GA) |
| 2002 | Debbie Wickmanowski (FL), Marilyn MacLean (ON), Leisa Morreau-Cummins (IL) |
| Para-Educator of the Year | |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Jody Vititoe |
| 2024 | Isabella Vitatoe |
| 2022 | Sue Krennrich |
| 2017 | Heather Murphy |
| 2016 | Barbara Harris |
| 2005 | Nancy Stowe (GA), Sandy Aronis (NY) |
| 2004 | Betty-Sue Garrish |
| 2003 | Ruth Hannon |
| 2002 | Linda Byrlowski |
| Shriver-Kennedy Student Achievement Award | |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Pilar Rivera |
| 2024 | Cameron Birch |
| 2023 | Jiya Rai |
| 2022 | William Fitzgerald |
| 2021 | Scott Fisher |
| 2020 | Michael Johnson |
| 2016 | Marissa Schletzbaum |
| 2014 | Eric Kirschner |
| 2013 | Jesse Harbison |
| 2011 | Jordan Obrecht |
| John W. Kidd Subdivision Award | |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Arkansas |
| 2016 | Arkansas |
| 2014 | Florida |
| 2013 | Ontario |
| 2008 | Ontario |
| 2004 | Georgia |
| Legislative Award | |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Alison Tant (FL) |
| 2015 | David C. Onley (Ontario, Canada) |
| 2014 | Sen. Tom Harkins (Iowa) |
| 2013 | Michael Fasano (FL) |
| 2008 | Sen. Edward Kennedy |
| 2002 | Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) |
| Tom E. C. Smith Early Career Award | |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Seyma Intepe Tingir, University of Maryland |
| 2023 | Leslie Bross, University of North Carolina Charlotte |
| 2022 | Annemarie Horn, Old Dominion University |
| 2021 | Suzanne Kucharzyk, University of Arkansas |
| 2019 | Jenny Root, Florida State University |
| 2018 | Melissa Spence, California Lutheran University |
| 2017 | Carly Roberts, Washington State University |
| 2016 | Jordan Shurr, Central Michigan University |
| 2015 | Jason Travers, University of Kansas |
| Burton Blatt Humanitarian Award | |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Darlene Perner |
| 2023 | James Thompson |
| 2022 | Karrie Shogren |
| 2021 | Michael Wehmeyer |
| 2020 | Teresa Taber Doughty |
| 2019 | Dianne Zager |
| 2018 | Diane Browder |
| 2017 | Stan Zucker |
| 2016 | Paul Alberto |
| 2015 | Stan Zucker |
| 2014 | Brenda Smith Myles |
| 2013 | Tom Smith |
| 2012 | Tina Dyches |
| 2010 | Nikki Murdick |
| 2009 | Barbara Gartin |
| 2008 | Andy Berg |
| 2007 | Bob Stodden |
| 2006 | Ann & Rub Turnbull |
| 2004 | Brenda Smith Myles |
| 2003 | Sharon Kramer |
| 2002 | Scott Sparks |
| 2001 | Jim Patton |
| Unknown | Dave Smith John Kidd |
| 1998 | Ed Polloway |
| 1995 | Pam Gillet |
| Research Award | |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Kara Hume, UNC Chapel Hill |
| 2024 | Sarah Douglas, Michigan State University |
| 2023 | Veronica Fleury, Florida State University |
| 2022 | Shawnee Wakeman, UNC Charlotte |
| 2021 | Matthew Brock, Ohio State University |
| 2020 | Juliet Hart Barnett, Arizona State University |
| 2019 | Vicki Knight, Vanderbilt University |
| 2018 | Kevin Ayres, University of Georgia |
| 2017 | Emily Bouck, Michigan State University |
| 2016 | Erik Carter, Vanderbilt University |
| 2015 | Linda Mechling, UNC at Wilmington |
| 2014 | Diane Browder, UNC at Charlotte |
| 2013 | Stan Zucker, Arizona State University |
| 2006 | Michael Wehmeyer, University of Kansas |
| Social Justice Award | |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Dr. Jamie Pearson |
| 2024 | Dr. Staci Carr |
| Early Career Research Award | |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Dr. Emily Gregori |
| 2024 | Dr. Catharine Lory |
Last Updated:
2 September, 2025