Department of Language and Literacy Education
Honors and Leadership Positions-Faculty
RESEARCH
Dissertation Award Winners
Research Awards – National
Research
Awards – The University of Georgia
National Awards for Creative Scholarship
Fellows of National or International Associations
Journal Editorships
Journal Editorships – Associate or Category
Editor
Journal Editorial Board Service
Book Series Editorships
Book Series Editorial Boards
Chairs of National/International Conferences
Research Fellowships
National Research Center Directorships
Grants
TEACHING
Teaching Fellowships
University of Georgia Teaching Awards
UGA College of Education Teaching Awards
State of Georgia Teaching Awards
SERVICE
National Leadership Positions
National Service Awards
UGA Service and Outreach Awards
State Leadership Positions
OTHER
Honorary Doctorates
UGA College of Education
RESEARCH
Dissertation Award Winners
* denotes departed or retired faculty member
AERA Writing SIG Steve Cahir Award for Research in Writing
Peter Smagorinsky 1991
Carrie Hunter Tate Award for Outstanding Anthropology Studies
Melisa Cahnmann, 2000
International Reading Association Outstanding Dissertation Award
Winner
Jennifer Graff 2009
Finalist
Donna Alvermann 1980
Linda D. Labbo 1994
National Council of Teachers of English Promising Researcher Award
Winner
*Anne Haas Dyson (winner)
*Lee Galda (winner)
*Yolanda Majors 2002 (winner)
*Don Rubin 1979 (winner)
Finalist
Peg Graham (finalist)
*Sally Hudson-Ross 198x (finalist)
Speech Communication Association Dissertation Award
*Don Rubin 1979
Research Awards-National
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
Paul Pimsleur Award for Research in Foreign Language Education
*Tom Cooper 1978
*Tom Cooper 1982
American Educational Research Association
Raymond B. Cattell Early Career Award for Programmatic Research
Peter Smagorinsky 1999
Interpretive Scholarship Award
*Steven Stahl 2001
Language and Social Processes SIG Emerging Scholar Award
Ruth Harman 2009
American Library Association
Outstanding Academic Book of the Year
Linda D. Labbo, *David Reinking, Michael McKenna, *Ron Kieffer 1998
Association of Teacher Educators
ATE Distinguished Research Award
Peter Smagorinsky (with Laura Wright, Sharon Murphy Augustine, Cindy O'Donnell-Allen,
& Bonnie Konopak) 2008
College Reading Association
College Reading Association’s Laureate Award
Donna Alvermann 2004
H.B. Herr Award for Contributions to Research in Reading Education
Donna Alvermann 1993
Conference of Southern Graduate Schools
Achievement Award for New Scholars
Donna Alvermann 1986
Education Press Association of America
Distinguished Achievement, Learned Article Award
JoBeth Allen 1991
Hispania for the best pedagogical article in Spanish in the U.S.
*Ted Kalivoda 1978
International Reading Association
Reading Hall of Fame
*Ira E. Aaron 1983
Donna Alvermann 1999
*Steven Stahl 2004
William S. Gray Citation of Merit
Donna Alvermann 2006
*Steven Stahl 2004
*Ira E. Aaron 1994
Technology in Literacy Education SIG award for outstanding research
Linda D. Labbo 2000
Journal of Educational Research
Award for Meritorious Contribution to Educational Practice Through Research
Donna Alvermann 1988
Harold E. Mitzel Award
*Steven Stahl
National Council of Teachers of English
NCTE Janet Emig Award (for best article in English Education)
Peter Smagorinsky (with Andrea Lakly & Tara Star Johnson) 2003
NCTE Alan C. Purves Award (for article in Research in the Teaching of
English most likely to affect educational practice)
Bob Fecho 2002
NCTE Richard Meade Award (for distinguished research in English Education)
Bob Fecho 1992 (Co-authored with Susan Lytle)
NCTE/CEE James N. Britton Award (for exemplary studies that encourage
teacher development through reflective inquiry)
Bob Fecho 2004
NCTE Edwin M. Hopkins Award (for best article in English Journal written
by a university-based author)
Peter Smagorinsky (with Cindy O'Donnell-Allen) 2000
NCTE English Journal Writing Award (for best article in English Journal
written by a K-12 based author)
Peter Smagorinsky 1989
English Leadership Quarterly Best Article Award
Peg Graham, James Marshall, Chandra Power, and Patti McWhorter 2008
National Reading Conference
Oscar S. Causey Award for Outstanding Contributions to Reading Research
Donna Alvermann 1997
Ed Fry Book Award Winners
*David Reinking (1999)
Linda D. Labbo (1999)
*Ronald Kieffer (1999)
Stephen Freeman Award for the best pedagogical article in foreign languages
published in the U.S.
*Robert Elkins, *Ted Kalivoda, & *Genelle Morain 1971 (article published
in Foreign Language Annals)
*Robert Elkins, *Ted Kalivoda, & *Genelle Morain 1972 (article published
in Modern Language Journal)
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
TESOL Heinle & Heinle Distinguished Research Award
Linda Harklau 1995
Research Awards-The University of Georgia
Research Professor
Donna Alvermann 1993-2000
Distinguished Research Professor
Donna Alvermann 2001- present
William A. Owens Creative Research Award
Donna Alvermann 1998
Warren G. Findley Research Award
Donna Alvermann 1985
Creative Research Medal awarded by the College of Arts and Sciences
*Tom Cooper l983
Phi Delta Kappa Faculty Research Award
Linda D. Labbo 2000
URA Research Foundation Early Career Faculty Grant
Laurent Cammarata 2009
Viktoria Driagina-Hasko 2009
Ruth Harman 2009
National Awards for Creative Scholarship
Sow’s Ear Poetry Prize
Melisa Cahnmann, 2004 (runner-up)
Anthropology & Humanism Poetry Prize
Melisa Cahnmann, 2003
Anna Davidson Rosenberg Award for Poetry on the Jewish Experience
Melisa Cahnmann, 2000
Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry contest
Melisa Cahnmann, 2004, 2005
Barbara M. Kelly Peace Organization Waging Peace Poetry Award
Melisa Cahnmann 2005
Fellows
National Conference on Research in Language and Literacy
JoBeth Allen
Donna Alvermann
Peter Smagorinsky
Journal Editorships
The Advocate
Joel Taxel 1981-1985
Communication Education
*Don Rubin 2002-2005
Journal of Literacy Research
*David Reinking & Donna Alvermann (with Cynthia Hynd & Penny Oldfather)
1996-2001
New Advocate
Joel Taxel 1987-1995
Reading Research Quarterly
Donna Alvermann & *David Reinking 2001-2007
The Reading Teacher
*James F. Baumann, 1989-1993
Research in the Teaching of English
*Roy O'Donnell 1978-1983
Peter Smagorinsky (with Michael W. Smith) 1996-2003
Journal Editorships-Associate or Category
Editor
Associate Editor-Critical Inquiry in Language Studies
Misha Cahnmann 2006-present
Book Review Editor-Linguistics and Education
*Betsy Rymes xxxx-present
Review Editor-Reading Psychology
*James F. Baumann, 1982-1985
Journal Editorial Board Service
Action in Teacher Education
Michelle Commeyras 1994-1997
American Educational Research Journal
Peter Smagorinsky 2008-present
American Journal of Education
Peter Smagorinsky 1994-1997
Anthropology and Education Quarterly
Linda Harklau 1995-1997
Educational Researcher
Donna Alvermann 2007-2010
Peter Smagorinsky 2007-2010
Bettie St. Pierre 2007-2010
English Education
Bob Fecho 2004-present
Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies (Sage)
Bettie St. Pierre 2005-2007
International Journal of Early Childhood Literacy
Linda D. Labbo 2000-present
International Journal of Leadership in Education
Bettie St. Pierre 2006-present
Journal of Reading Behavior/Literacy Research
*James F. Baumann 1984-1989, 1992-1994; 1996-2002
Bob Fecho 1998-2002
Linda D. Labbo 1995-present
Bettie St. Pierre 1999-present
JoBeth Allen 1989-1993
Michelle Commeyras 1992-2001
Journal of Teacher Education
Bob Fecho 2001-present
L1 - Educational Studies in Language and Literature
Peter Smagorinsky 2000-present
Language Arts
Linda D. Labbo 1990-1998, 2001-2002
Literacy, Teaching and Learning: An International Journal of Early Literacy
*James F. Baumann, 1998-2006
The Open Communication Journal
Peter Smagorinsky 2007-present
Primary Voices
JoBeth Allen 1998-2001
The Reading Teacher
JoBeth Allen 1996-1998
*James F. Baumann, 1998-2003
Michelle Commeyras 1995-1997
Reading Online
Linda D. Labbo 1997-present
Reading Psychology
*James F. Baumann, 1982-present
Reading Research and Instruction
*James F. Baumann, 1985-87, 1996-2005
Reading Research Quarterly
*James F. Baumann, 1995-present
Bob Fecho 2002-2007
Linda Harklau 2002-2007
Linda D. Labbo 1996-2007
Peter Smagorinsky 2003-present
Bettie St. Pierre 2002-2007
JoBeth Allen 1991-1997
Michelle Commeyras, 1994-2002
Reading & Writing Quarterly
Peter Smagorinsky 1996-present
Research in the Teaching of English
Bob Fecho 1997-2003
James Marshall 2003-2007
Peter Smagorinsky 1995-1996; 2007-present
JoBeth Allen 1993-1994
Mark Faust 2007-present
Review of Educational Research
Peter Smagorinsky 1997-1999; 2009-2011
TESOL Journal
Linda Harklau 1997-2003
TESOL Quarterly
Linda Harklau 2000-2003
Written Communication
Peter Smagorinsky 1995-1999; 2003-present
Yearbook of the National Reading Conference
Michelle Commeyras 1993-1997
Book Series Editorships
NCRLL Approaches to Language and Literacy Research
JoBeth Allen & Donna Alvermann 1998-present
Book Series Editorial Boards
ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Linda Harklau 2000-present
Practitioner Inquiry Series, Teachers College Press
JoBeth Allen 2002-present
Bob Fecho
Chairs of National/International Conferences
Assembly for Research of NCTE-Midwinter Conference
James Marshall 1991
Peter Smagorinsky 1996
Qualitative Research in Education Conference (QUIG)
Linda D. Labbo (with Sherry L. Field) 1997
*Yolanda Majors & *Betsy Rymes 2004
Melisa Cahnman 2005
JoBeth Allen (with Jude Preissle 1988), 1989, 1992
Sociocultural Perspectives on Teacher Education and Development: New
Directions for Research, Oxford, U.K.
Peter Smagorinsky 2008
Research Fellowships
American Educational Research Association-Institute of Educational Sciences
Post Doctoral Fellowship
Rebecca Callahan 2003-2006
Keizai Koho Center Fellowship
Linda D. Labbo 1997
NCTE Cultivating New Voices Among Scholars of Color
*Yolanda Majors 2000-2002
Robert L. Snodgrass Award for Excellence in Research
*James F. Baumann 1987-1988
University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute Post
Doctoral Fellowship
Rebecca Callahan 2003-2004
Wilson Center Research Fellowship
Viktoria Driagina-Hasko 2009
National Research Center Directorships
National Reading Research Center
Donna Alvermann & *James Baumann 1992-1997
Grants
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Donna Alvermann, 2002
Department of Education Transition to Teaching Grant
*Betsy Rymes, 2003-7
Melisa Cahnmann, 2007-present
Ford and Spencer Foundations: Texas Higher Education Opportunity Program
Rebecca Callahan 2005-2006
International Reading Association
JoBeth Allen 1989
*James Baumann and Donna Ware, 2002, Elva Knight Research Award
Michelle Commeyras, 2007-8
Michelle Commeyras, 2004-5
Michelle Commeyras, Elva Knight Research Grant, 1993
National Council of Teachers of English Research Foundation
Donna Alvermann (with Rick Umpleby) 1989
*Fenice Boyd
Peter Smagorinsky 1995
Bettie St. Pierre
National Endowment for the Humanities
*Genelle Morain
National Science Foundation
Linda D. Labbo 2000-2005
Rebecca Callahan 2009-2011
National Writing Project
Bob Fecho and JoBeth Allen 2003-present
Russell Sage Foundation
Rebecca Callahan 2006-2009
Rebecca Callahan 2008-9
Spencer Foundation/AERA/National Academy of Education
Donna Alvermann, 1999-2000
Mark Faust and *Ronald Kieffer
Linda D. Labbo & JoBeth Allen, 1999
Linda D. Labbo (With *D. Reinking & C. Hynd) 2000
Peter Smagorinsky 2001-2
JoBeth Allen 1988
Rebecca Callahan 2009-10
U. S. Department of Education
*Genelle Morain
U. S. Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI)
*James F. Baumann, Field Initiated Studies Research Grant, 1999-2002
*James F. Baumann, National Reading Research Center, 1993-1997
Linda D. Labbo 1993-94
Linda D. Labbo (With *D. R. Reinking & M. McKenna) 1994-1995
Linda D. Labbo (With *D. R. Reinking & M. McKenna) 1995-1996
Peter Smagorinsky 1996-2001
University of Georgia Research Foundation
Rebecca Callahan 2007
TEACHING
Teaching Fellowships
Fulbright Scholar
Michelle Commeyras, University of Botswana 1997-1998
University of Georgia Teaching Awards
The University of Georgia Teaching Academy
Donna Alvermann 2000
JoBeth Allen 2001
Peg Graham 2007
Senior Teaching Fellow
Donna Alvermann 1998-1999
JoBeth Allen 2001
Josiah Meigs Award for Excellence in Teaching
Genelle Morain
JoBeth Allen (Honorable Mention) 2001
JoBeth Allen (Honorable Mention) 2002
Richard B. Russell Undergraduate Teaching Award
Peg Graham 1997
Graduate School Outstanding Mentoring Award in Humanities and Fine and
Applied Arts
Peter Smagorinsky 2007
Graduate School Outstanding Mentoring Award in Professional and Applied
Sciences
JoBeth Allen 2008
Outstanding Faculty Member Award - UGA Disabilities Service
**James F. Baumann 2004
UGA College of Education Teaching Awards
D. Keith Osborn Faculty Senate Teaching Excellence Award
Peg Graham 1997
Peg Graham 2002
Mark Faust
Linda D. Labbo 2000
Bettie St. Pierre 2000
Melisa Cahnmann, 2005
Ira E. Aaron Award for Teaching Excellence and Collegiality
Michelle Commeyras, 2005
Linda Labbo, 2006
State of Georgia Teaching Awards
Georgia Association of Teachers of English
Distinguished Program in Teacher Education Award
Peg Graham, *Sally Hudson-Ross, and the UGA-NETS mentor teachers 1999
Georgia chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German
Professor of the Year Award
*Tom Cooper 1989
*Tom Cooper 2002
SERVICE
National Leadership Positions
American Association for Applied Linguistics
Executive Board
Linda Harklau 2004-2007
Program Committee
Linda Harklau 1999, 2005-2006
*Betsy Rymes 1999
International Reading Association
President
*Ira E. Aaron 1983-4
Reading Hall of Fame-President
*Ira E. Aaron 1987-1988
Member, Board of Directors
**James F. Baumann 1995-1998
Chair, Technology in Literacy Education Special Interest Group
Linda D. Labbo 1997-1999
Chair, Technology, Communications and Literacy Committee
Linda D. Labbo
Chair, Literacy Development in Young Children
JoBeth Allen 1984-1986
Co-chair, Publications Committee
JoBeth Allen 1991-1993
Chair, Teacher Educator Awards Committee
**James F. Baumann 1998-1999
National Reading Conference
Co-chair, Literacy and Language Diversity Committee
Linda Harklau 1998
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Chair TESOL Applied Linguistics Interest Section
Linda Harklau 1998
National Council of Teachers of English
Chair NCTE Standing Committee on Research
James Marshall 1992-1995
Peter Smagorinsky 1995-1996
Chair NCTE Assembly for Research
James Marshall 1991
Peter Smagorinsky 1996
Chair NCTE Research Forum
Peter Smagorinsky 2003-present
Trustee NCTE Research Foundation
James Marshall 1992-1995
Peter Smagorinsky 1998-2003
Chair NCTE Research Foundation
Peter Smagorinsky 2001-2003
Secretary/Treasurer NCTE Assembly for Research
Peg Graham 1995-1997
National Reading Conference
President
Donna Alvermann 1992
Chair - Technology Committee
Linda D. Labbo 2004-2007
Board of Directors
JoBeth Allen 1992-1994
National Conference on Research in Language and Literacy
President
*Roy C. O'Donnell 1981
JoBeth Allen 1996
Peter Smagorinsky 2001
James Marshall 2003
National Service Awards
American Educational Research Association
Outstanding Reviewer Award
Bettie St. Pierre (Educational Researcher) 2005, 2007, 2008
Peter Smagorinsky (Educational Researcher) 2006, 2007, 2008
Rebecca Callahan (Educational Researcher) 2007
Donna Alvermann (Educational Researcher) 2007
International Reading Association
John Chorlton Manning Public School Service Award
JoBeth Allen, 2005
National Reading Conference
Albert J. Kingston Award for Distinguished Service
Donna Alvermann, 1997
UGA Service and Outreach Awards
UGA Walter Barnard Hill Award
*Sally Hudson-Ross 1999
Carl Glickman Fellowship for Outstanding Research, Teaching, & Service
Bettie St. Pierre, 2006
Bob Fecho, 2008
UGA Student Government Association Faculty Recognition Award
Bettie St. Pierre, 2005
UGA Career Center Career Development of UGA Students
Michelle Commeyras 2005
State Leadership Positions
Georgia chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German
Lifetime Achievement Award for service and leadership
*Tom Cooper 2004
Foreign Language Association of Georgia
Post-Secondary Leadership Award for outstanding support for foreign languages
and learning in the state of Georgia
*Tom Cooper 2006
OTHER
Honorary Doctorates
Donna Alvermann, Long Island University 2005
UGA College of Education
Aderhold Distinguished Professor
*Genelle Morain
JoBeth Allen 1997
Joel Taxel, 2007
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