Graduate Student Award

The Middle Level Education Research SIG's Graduate Student Award is intended to promote and recognize outstanding research in middle-level education and is presented annually to a graduate student or recent graduate of a masters, specialist, or doctoral program.

Graduate students are encouraged to apply for the
MLER Graduate Student Award!

Specific informaiton about eligibility and proposal submission are listed on the Graduate Student Award Application. Direct questions to Shawn Faulkner at faulkners1@nku.edu

Graduate Student Award Application

CONGRATULATIONS to ...

Meixun

2013 Graduate Student Award Recipient
Meixun Zheng

North Carolina State University

FIFTH GRADERS' FLOW EXPERIENCE IN A DIGITAL GAME-BASED
SCIENCE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT


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Past recipients:


2012 Graduate Student Award Recipient
Hilary Hughes-Decatur

University of Georgia

RETHINKING GIRLS: PHENOMENOLOGY AND THE BODY

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2011 Graduate Student Award Recipient
Jacqueline J. Gale

University of Vermont

EXAMINING PRINCIPALS’ PERCEPTIONS OF MIDDLE GRADES LEADERSHIP

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2010 Graduate Student Award Recipient
Tarra Ellis

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

EFFECTS OF THE SHARED PRINCIPLES OF MIDDLE SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE EDUCATION ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIVEMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS

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2009 Graduate Student Award Recipient
Kathleen Brinegar

University of Vermont, 2008

"I FEEL LIKE I'M SAFE AGAIN": THE MIDDLE
SCHOOL EXPERIENCES OF IMMIGRANTS IN A
MULTILINGUAL/MULTICULTURAL SETTING

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2008 Graduate Student Award Recipient
Molly Lawrence

University of Georgia, 2007

PRESERVICE TEACHERS' NEGOTIATION OF MIDDLE
GRADES
SCIENCE TEACHING IDENTITY

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2007 Graduate Student Award Recipient
Emily Nelson, M.S.

Massey University, New Zealand

CO-CONSTRUCTING EARLY ADOLESCENT EDUCATION
THROUGH IMAGE-BASED RESEARCH

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2006 Graduate Student Award Recipient
Bogum Yoon, Ph.D.

University at Buffalo, State University of New York

UNINVITED GUESTS: THE IMPACT OF ENGLISH AND
ESL TEACHERS’ BELIEFS, ROLES, AND PEDAGOGIES
ON THE IDENTITIES OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

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2005 Graduate Student Award Recipient
Lauren Liang
University of Minnesota, 2004

USING SCAFFOLDING TO FOSTER MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS' COMPREHENSION OF AND RESPONSE TO SHORT STORIES
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2004 Graduate Student Award Recipient
Jennifer S. Goodwin, Ed.D

Teachers College, Columbia University, 2003

URBAN STUDENTS' EXPERIENCES
WITH ADVISORY:
A CASE STUDY
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2003 Graduate Student Award Recipient
Nancy Barnes Mansberger, Ed.D

Western Michigan University, 2002

AFTER TURNING POINTS: EVIDENCE OF THE ADOPTION OF
MIDDLE SCHOOL REFORMS IN THE UNITED STATES 1987-2000

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Awards | Graduate Student Award | Lipka Lifetime Achievement Award | Research Award