Below are awards and honors College of Education faculty and staff have earned between September 2023 and August 2024:
Department Abbreviations
CHSE | Counseling, Higher Education and Special Education
HDQM | Human Development and Qualitative Methodology
TLPL | Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership
Melanie Killen, Distinguished University Professor (HDQM), and Allen Wigfield, professor emeritus (HDQM), were elected to membership in the National Academy of Education, one of the highest honors that an education researcher can achieve.
Tara Brown, associate professor (TLPL), was awarded the Kofi Lomotey Outstanding Reviewer Award by Urban Education.
Alberto F. Cabrera, professor emeritus (CHSE), was named a Top Scholar in Higher Education by ScholarGPS.
Natasha Cabrera, professor (HDQM), was named editor of Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development.
Meghan Comstock, assistant professor (TLPL), was awarded the Outstanding Dissertation Award by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division A (Administration, Organization and Leadership).
Susan De La Paz Ph.D. 鈥95, professor (CHSE), was recognized with the Distinguished Researcher Award from the Special and Inclusive Education Research Special Interest Group (SIG) of AERA.
Brittany Devies, program manager for leadership studies and development and lecturer (CHSE), received the Dr. Susan R. Komives Research Award from NASPA鈥擲tudent Affairs Administrators in Higher Education.
James Fey, professor emeritus in the Center for Math Education (TLPL), was honored with a special recognition award from 糖心少女for donating his share of royalties from his children鈥檚 mathematics workbooks and curricula to support the Fey-Graeber Fellowship program.
Nathan Fox, Distinguished University Professor (HDQM), was awarded Postdoc Faculty Mentor of the Year by UMD.
Sharon Fries-Britt 鈥81, Ph.D. 鈥94, Distinguished University Professor (CHSE), was appointed to the Advisory Committee for the National Science Foundation Directorate for STEM Education.
Amy Green 鈥02, M.A. 鈥10, Ph.D. 鈥17, assistant clinical professor (TLPL), was appointed to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee.
Kimberly Griffin M.A. 鈥01, dean and professor (CHSE), was named to the Rick Hess Straight Up Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings by Education Week for the third year in a row.
, associate clinical professor (TLPL), was awarded the UTeach STEM Educators Association鈥檚 Special Award.
Shenika Hankerson, assistant professor (TLPL); Laura Mahalingappa, associate professor (TLPL); Melinda Martin-Beltran, associate professor (TLPL); Colleen O鈥橬eal, associate professor (CHSE); Rachel Romeo, assistant professor (HDQM); Sehrish Shikarpurya, assistant professor (CHSE); and Cixin Wang, associate professor (CHSE) were granted Faculty-Student Research Awards from the 糖心少女Graduate School. The award supports faculty-led projects that directly involve graduate students.
Seyma Intepe Tingir, assistant clinical professor (CHSE), received the Tom E. C. Smith Early Career Award from the Council for Exceptional Children's Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities.
Loren Jones, associate clinical professor (TLPL), and co-author Luciana de Oliveira鈥檚 book, 鈥淭eaching Young Multilingual Learners,鈥 was the top downloaded title in Cambridge University Press鈥檚 Cambridge Elements series across all subject areas in 2023.
Shannon Kane, assistant clinical professor (TLPL), was named a 2023 Clinical Fellow by the Association of Teacher Educators.
Melanie Killen was named a Distinguished University Professor. As the highest appointment 糖心少女bestows upon tenured faculty, the professorship recognizes excellence, impact and significant contributions to the field. Killen also received the Distinguished Contributions to Development Science Award from the Jean Piaget Society.
Jeongeun Kim, associate professor (CHSE), was named an AERA Congressional Fellow for 2024鈥25.
Dennis M. Kivlighan, Jr., professor (CHSE), received a Fulbright Global Scholar Award to increase access to mental health care for children and adolescents in Sicily, Italy, by adapting a group therapy model developed in Taiwan.
Jioni Lewis, associate professor (CHSE), was named an American Psychological Association (APA) Fellow in Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women) and Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race).
William Ming Liu M.A. 鈥95, Ph.D. 鈥00, chair and professor (CHSE), was awarded the 2024 CSES Award for Distinguished Leadership in Psychology by APA鈥檚 Committee on Socioeconomic Status (CSES).
Jeff MacSwan, professor (TLPL), and Kellie Rolstad, associate professor (TLPL), were named co-recipients of the James E. Alatis Prize for Research in Language Policy and Planning in Educational Contexts. Rolstad also received the Mid-Career Research Award from the Second Language Research SIG of AERA.
Sarah McGrew, assistant professor (TLPL), was awarded the Harry J. Carman Award by the Middle States Council for Social Studies.
Julie Park, professor (CHSE), and Margaret Walker 鈥91, associate clinical professor (TLPL), along with staff member Kiyah McDermid M.Ed. 鈥20, project coordinator (CHSE), were named Do Good Innovators by UMD鈥檚 Do Good Institute for their contributions to tackling the world鈥檚 grand challenges.
Megan Madigan Peercy, professor (TLPL), received the Leadership Through Research Award from the Second Language Research SIG of AERA.
Rachel Romeo, assistant professor (HDQM), was recognized for her outstanding achievement in mentoring students with UMD鈥檚 Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Faculty Mentor of the Year Award. She was also named the 2024 Young Investigator Award Winner by Flux: The Society for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.
Kenneth Rubin, professor emeritus (HDQM), was awarded the Distinguished Contributions to Developmental Psychology Award by APA Division 7 (Developmental Psychology).
Delida Sanchez, associate professor (CHSE), was named an APA Fellow in Division 17 (Society for Counseling Psychology) and Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race).
Sehrish Shikarpurya, assistant professor (CHSE), was awarded the Family and Multicultural Concerns Network Interest Network Award by the American Association for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
Ebony Terrell Shockley Ph.D. 鈥12, associate dean for undergraduate studies and educator preparation, and clinical professor (TLPL), was named editor of the Chronicle of Middle-Level Education Research SIG and awards chair for the Research for Black Education SIG by AERA.
Laura Stapleton Ph.D. 鈥01, chair and professor (HDQM), was elected president of the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology.
Christy Tirrell-Corbin, clinical professor (HDQM), and David Weintrop, associate professor (TLPL), were chosen as the College of Education鈥檚 2023 Dean鈥檚 Impact Professors in recognition of their rigorous research that has made a significant impact on policy, practice, schools and society.
Jennifer Turner, associate professor (TLPL), was awarded the Africana Studies Institute Faculty Fellowship at the University of Connecticut.
Margaret Walker 鈥91, associate clinical professor (TLPL), received the Pearl Greenberg Award for Teaching and Research in Art Education from the National Art Education Association鈥檚 Committee on Lifelong Learning.
Cixin Wang, associate professor (CHSE), was awarded the Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship Award by the Asian American Psychological Association.
Peggy Wilson, assistant clinical professor (TLPL), was named editor of the Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar Journal.
Zeena Zakharia, associate professor (CHSE), was honored as a 糖心少女Graduate Faculty Mentor of the Year.
The Center for 糖心少女 and Inclusion in Higher Education won NASPA鈥檚 Gold Award in the Equity, Inclusion, Social Justice, and Related category.
