UC Davis School of Education Board of Advisors Catalyst
Grant (2011)
Heidi Ballard
UC Davis Hellman Fellow
Jamal Abedi
Member of the Technical Advisory Committee of the
SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium, made up of 30 states
working collaboratively toward the goals of preparing all
students for college and careers by creating a comprehensive
assessment system for Math and English Language Arts.
2009-2010
Angela Booker
Council on Anthropology and Education (CAE) Presidential
Fellow (2010)
Council on Anthropology and Education (CAE) Outstanding
Dissertation Award, Honorable Mention (2009)
Council on Anthropology and Education (CAE) New Scholar
Travel Award (2009)
Kerry Anne Enright
Nominee, ASUCD Excellence in (Undergraduate) Education
Awards, UC Davis (2009)
Michal Kurlaender
National Academy of Education Spencer Postdoctoral
Fellowship, “Increasing College Readiness: An Investigation of
California’s Early Assessment Program”
Tobin White
National Science Foundation Early Career Development (CAREER)
Program Grant
Up to 2008
Jamal Abedi
California Educational Research Association: Lifetime
Achievement Award, December (2008)
American Educational Research Professional Service Award:
Outstanding Contribution Relating Research to Practice (2003)
Rebecca Ambrose
Markham Mathematics Collaborative, Improving Teacher Quality
Grant from California Post-Secondary Education Commission (2006)
Scholarship and Creativity Award. SDSU College of Education
(2000-2001, 1999-2000)
Steven Athanases
Distinguished Research Award, Association of Teacher
Educators (with Betty Achinstein) (2006)
Edwin M. Hopkins Award for Outstanding Article Published in
English Journal, Volumes 94 & 95, by Non-Secondary Teacher
(Honorable Mention) (2006)
Davis Humanities Institute Fellow (2002-03)
Spencer Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Academy of
Education (1999-2001)
Promising Researcher in English Education, National Council
of Teachers of English (1994)
Outstanding Dissertation Award in Curriculum Studies
(Honorable Mention), American Educational Research Association
(1994)
McDonnell Postdoctoral Research Fellow, James S. McDonnell
Foundation Program in Cognitive Studies for Educational Practice
(1993-95)
Award for Outstanding Teaching, Stanford Teacher Education
Program, Stanford University (1990)
Outstanding Chicago Area Writing Teacher, Retrospective Honor
from Gwendolyn Brooks, Illinois Poet Laureate (1990)
Spencer Dissertation Fellow, Spencer Foundation (1989)
Teacher of the Year Award, Township High School District 214,
Illinois (1985)
Award for Outstanding High School Writing Teacher, English
Department, Harper College, Illinois (1984)
Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award, Department of
Communication Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
(1982)
Heidi Ballard
University of California, Berkeley, University Fellowship
(2004)
Environmental Science, Policy and Management Departmental
Fellowship (2002-03)
Ford Foundation Community Forestry Research Dissertation
Fellowship (2002-03)
Angela Booker
IBM Distinguished Student Research (2003)
Stanford University School of Education Nicoll Fellowship and
Research Award (2002)
Cynthia Carter Ching
Jan Hawkins Early Career Award, AERA, Division C, Learning
& Instruction (2007)
Arnold O. Beckman Award for Research, University of Illinois
(2002)
Regents Dissertation Fellowship, University of California
(1999)
NIMH Doctoral Research Fellowship, UCLA (1997)
Kerry Anne Enright
Teaching and Mentoring Award, Graduate Group in Education, UC
Davis (2008)
Junior Faculty Development Grant Award, University of North
Carolina (2004)
Chris Faltis
Distinguished Scholar Award, AERA, Committee on the Role and
Status of Minorities in Educational Research (2001)
Recipient of Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research, College
of Education, Arizona State University (1997-98)
Michele Fortes
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Awards (2002)
Title VII Fellow, UC Davis (1997-2000)
Division of Education Fellowship (1996-97)
Teacher Education Fellow (1996-97)
Bilingual Teacher of the Year Honoree and District Bilingual
Teacher of the Year, California Association of Bilingual
Education (1991)
Joanne Galli-Banducci
The Chancellor’s Achievement Award for Diversity and
Community (2007)
Teacher of the Year, Dixon Unified School District (1990-91)
Celebrate Literacy Award, International Reading Association
(1991)
Barbara Goldman
Recipient, James H. Meyer Distinguished Achievement Award for
outstanding achievements in research, teaching, and public and
university service (2006)
Paul Heckman
Who’s Who in American Education (1988)
Who’s Who in the West (1985)
Anna Kato (Retired)
Fellow, Bilingual/Multicultural Education Program, Sacramento
State University (1975-77)
Michal Kurlaender
University of California, Davis, Faculty Development Award
(2008)
Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (2004-2005)
American Educational Research Association Dissertation
Fellowship (2003-04)
Roy Larsen Research Fellowship, Harvard University Graduate
School of Education (1999-2001)
Lee Martin
Travel Fellowship, 33rd Carnegie Symposium on Cognition:
Thinking with Data (2004)
Stanford University School of Education Fellowship (2002-03)
Lynn Martindale
Teacher of Teachers’ Gold Award, California Agricultural
Teachers’ Association (2004)
Teacher of Teachers’ Silver Award, California Agricultural
Teachers’ Association (2003)
Honorary America FFA Degree, National FFA Association (2002)
San Joaquin Regional Outstanding Teacher, California
Agriculture Teachers’ Association (2002)
California Agriculture Fellowship, California Chamber of
Commerce (2002)
Teacher of Teachers’ Bronze Award, California Agricultural
Teachers’ Association (2002)
Barbara Merino
National Exemplary Program of Academic Excellence, United
States Department of Education, 3rd-5th grades, BICOMP (1991-95)
Yolo County Office of Education, BICOMP Project – Exemplary
Program (1992)
State Designate, Exemplary Program of Academic Excellence,
California State Department of Education (1991)
California Association for Bilingual Education,
BICOMP Project – Exemplary Practice (1990)
Senior Award of Distinction, Mortar Board, University of
Southern California Faculty Development Award (1982)
Gloria Rodriguez
Teaching Award from the UC Davis Education Graduate Students
Association (2008)
Award for Excellence in Teaching, The University of Texas at
El Paso College of Education (2000)
Jean Flanigan Award for Outstanding Dissertation of 1997-98,
American Education Finance Association (1998)
James Lyons Award for Service (1996)
National Hispanic Scholarship Fund (1996)
Chicana/o Fellows Program – Dissertation and Teaching
Fellowship, Stanford University, School of Humanities and
Sciences (1994-95)
Thomas Timar
National Academy of Education Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship
(1990)
Yuuko Uchikoshi Tonkovich
International Reading Association Outstanding Dissertation of
the Year Finalist (2005)
International Reading Association Jeanne S. Chall
Dissertation Fellowship (2002)
Harvard Graduate School of Education Action for Children’s
Television Fellowship (2002)
Itochu Foundation Fellowship (1997-98)
Harvard Graduate School of Education Entering Award (1997)
Cary Trexler
Fulbright Scholar, Vietnam (2007-08)
Recipient, Western Region “Outstanding Young Member,”
American Association for Agricultural Education, Honolulu, HI
(2004)
Recipient, Central Region “Outstanding Young Member,”
American Association for Agricultural Education, St. Louis, MO
(2002)
Second Runner-Up Author of the Year, Journal of Agricultural
Education, Volume 42, American Association for Agricultural
Education (2002)
Recipient, College of Agriculture’s “Early Achievement in
Teaching,” Iowa State University (2002)
Miller Faculty Fellow, Iowa State University (2000)
First Place Research Presentation, 2nd Annual MSU Graduate
School Research Recognition Day, Michigan State University, East
Lansing (1999)
Second Place Research Presentation, 54th Annual Central
Region Research Meeting of the American Association for
Agricultural Education, St. Louis, MO (1999)
Second Runner-up Author of the Year, The Journal of
Agricultural Education, Volume 39, American Association for
Agricultural Education (1999)
Karen Watson Gegeo
Featured Author, UC Davis Campus Authors Celebration,
University of California, Davis (2004)
UC Davis Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award, University
of California, Davis (2003)
Phil Young
Co-recipient, William J. Davis Award, American Educational
Research Association, for most outstanding article published in
the Educational Administration Quarterly (2003)
National Dissertation Award, The University Council of
Professors of Educational Administration
