Past EERA Award Winners
2026
Best Graduate Student Paper
Briana Edwards
Best Professional Paper
Zafer Unal
Distinguished Service Award
Shawn Fitzgerald
Emerging Scholar Award
David Okoth
Senior Scholar Award
Hyuksoon Song
2025
Best Graduate Student Paper
Chin-Yi-Huang
Best Professional Paper
Dr. Margareta M. Thomson
Outstanding Service Award
Carol Watson
2024
Best Graduate Student Paper
Sarah Ruth Morris
Emerging Scholar Award
Shiyi Chen
Outstanding Service Award
George Watson
2023
None
2022
Senior Scholar Award
Ithel Jones
Best Professional Paper
Robert Griffin
Diana Mindrila
2021
Best Graduate Student Paper
Ruiqin Gao
Best Professional Paper
Emily Learn
Timothy Pressley
2020
None
2019
Emerging Scholar Award
Grace J. Liang
Kansas State University
Senior Scholar Award
M. David Alexander
Virginia Polytechnic and State University
Distinguished Service Award
Michael T. Miller University of Arkansas
Best Graduate Student Paper
Sara Brooke Mullins
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Best Professional Paper
Helenrose Fives
Nicole Barnes
Kit Marie SaizdeLaMora
Montclair State University
2018
Emerging Scholar Award
Hannah Carson Baggett
Auburn University
Senior Scholar Award
Dr. Iman Chafik Chahine Georgia State University
Distinguished Service Award
Mary Alice Barksdale
Virginia Tech University
Best Professional Paper
Roque Neto, Davenport University
Vinicius Picanco Rodrigues, Technical University of Denmark
Shannon Panzer, Davenport University
Best Graduate Student Paper
Abdulaziz Sh. Alenezi
2017
Emerging Scholar
Everrett A. Smith, University of Cincinnati
Distinguished Service
Michael S. Green, Hudson Valley Community College
2016
Best Professional Paper
Susan Ramlo, University of Akron
Best Student Paper
Anita Valentina Franklin, Virginia Tech
Kusum Singh, Virginia Tech
Three Minute Thesis Award Winners
First Place and People's Choice: Anthony Setari, University of Kentucky
Runner Up: Janice Johnson Alexander, Capella University
Emerging Scholar
Kenda S. Grover, University of Arkansas
Senior Scholar
Barbara Lockee, Virginia Tech
Distinguished Service
Dennis King, University of Maine
David Shannon, Auburn University
2015
Best Professional Paper
Kathleen Ryan, Hellenic College
Lorraine Dagostino, University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Best Student Paper
Katarzyna Maleszewski, Central Connecticut State University
Three Minute Thesis Award Winners
First Place: Marie Smith, Dowling College and
Hector Ramirez Perez, Universidad Panamericana
People's Choice: Christina Alexander, St. Petersburg College
2014
Best Professional Paper
Yan Yang and Jeff Taylor, University of West Georgia
Best Student Paper
Amanda Andres and Jennifer Brown, Columbus State University
2013
Best Professional Paper
Jennifer Tagsold, William Peace University
Best Student Paper
Jeff Taylor and Yan Yang, University of West Georgia
Lifetime Achievement Award
John Burton, Virginia Tech