Honors, Awards, Fellowships (2022)

Please join us in congratulating these students, faculty, and staff members for their contributions and successes. These honors, awards, and fellowships were received January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.

See the honors, awards, and fellowships from 2020-2021. If you know of others for the current year, send an e-mail to bsenews@berkeley.edu.

FACULTY + LECTURERS

Zeus Leonardo, Professor

Elected to the National Academy of Education (NAEd).

Dor Abrahamson, Professor

Dr. Arthur I. Karshmer Award for Assistive Technology Research from the CSUN AT Conference.

Best research paper, REN Conference 2022 (Research on Educational Neuroscience), "A Tangible Manipulative for Inclusive Quadrilateral Learning."

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Geoffrey B. Saxe, Professor of the Graduate School

Presidential Citation, AERA President's Office

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Kris Gutierrez, Associate Dean and Professor

2022 Berkeley Faculty Service Award, Berkeley Academic Senate

Cati de los Ríos, Assistant Professor

Emerging Scholar from AERA's Language and Social Processes SIG, which recognizes outstanding scholarship for early career faculty.

Early Career Award from AERA's Grassroots Community & Youth Organizing for Education Reform SIG (GCYO), which recognizes a scholar whose initial career shows a high level of productivity as reflected in the quality and impact of their research.

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Tolani Britton, Professor

Early Career Award, AERA Division L, Educational Policy & Politics

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Travis J. Bristol, Professor

Outstanding Reviewer award, AERA Journal Publications Committee, Educational Researcher 

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Chunyan Yang, Associate Professor

Lightner-Witmer Early Career Award, American Psychological Association, Division 16 (School Psychology)

STUDENTS

Marqez Bimage, MA student

Jonathan & Judy Hoff Scholar-Athlete of the Week, UC Berkeley

Jonathan and Judy Hoff Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year, UC Berkeley

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Sofia Tancredia, PhD student

2022 Bell Burkhardt Daro Shell Centre Award for Aspiring Educational Designers in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics, from the International Society for Design and Development in Education

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Aukeem Ballard, PhD student

Outstanding GSI in the GSE, UC Berkeley, Graduate Division

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Allison Bradford, PhD student

Outstanding GSI in the GSE, UC Berkeley, Graduate Division

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Laleh Coté, PhD student

Wheelhouse Summer Scholar,  The Center for Community College Leadership and Research, UC Davis

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Caleb Dawson, PhD student

2022 Outstanding Graduate Peer Mentor, UC Berkeley, Graduate Division

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Erin Foley, PhD student

Best Student Paper Award, AERA's Joint Special Interest Groups in Learning Sciences and Advanced Technologies for Learning (SIG-LS/ATL)

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Nate Gong, PhD student

ISSI Graduate Fellow (2nd year), Asian American Research Center

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Mers Tran, MA + Teaching credential student

Educator Preparation Student Liaison, California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC)

Tu Moua Carroz, EdD student

2022 scholarship for outstanding graduate students in educational administration, from the AASA, The School Superintendents Association

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Arlyn Moreno Luna, PhD student

Chancellor’s Award - Robert J. and Mary Catherine Birgeneau Recognition Award for Service to Underrepresented Students, from UC Berkeley's Public Service Center

Outstanding GSI in the GSE, UC Berkeley, Graduate Division

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Brittney Cooper, PhD student

Outstanding GSI in the Interdisciplinary Social Science Programs (ISSP), UC Berkeley, Graduate Division

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Catherine Park, PhD student

Outstanding GSI in the GSE, UC Berkeley, Graduate Division

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Isaac Felix, PhD student

Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

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Talia Leibovitz, PhD student

National Academy of Education/Spender dissertation fellowship

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Lauren Adams, education minor student

American Cultures Student Prize, The American Cultures Center, UC Berkeley

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Martha Ortega Mendoza, PhD Student

ISSI Graduate Fellow (1st year)