Honors, Awards, Fellowships (2023)

Join us in congratulating these students, faculty, and staff members for their contributions and successes. These honors, awards, and fellowships were received or to be used January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023.

See the honors, awards, and fellowships from 2022. If you know of others for the current year, send an e-mail to bsenews@berkeley.edu.

Michelle D. Young, Dean and Professor

Best article, "Program Capacity for Redesign in Educational Leadership Preparation,"Journal of Research on Leadership Education, University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA)

Thomas M. Philip, Professor

Fellow, American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Berkeley Teacher Education Program (BTEP) team

Innovations in Research on Equity and Social Justice in Teacher Education award, from Division K (Teaching & Teacher Education) of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

Patricia Baquedano-López, Associate Professor

Outstanding Mentor Award, Division G, Social Contexts of Education, American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Janelle Scott, Professor

Voted president-elect of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Professor Scott joins the AERA Council in 2023–2024 as president-elect. Her presidency begins at the conclusion of the association’s 2024 Annual Meeting.

Critic's Choice book, "World Yearbook of Education 2023: Racialization and Educational Inequality in Global Perspective," by the American Educational Studies Association.

Tolani Britton, Assistant Professor

2023 Early Career Award, Association for Education Finance and Policy

CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (NSF)

Tu Moua Carroz, EdD Student

Asian American Research Center (AARC) Research Grant, AARC, UC Berkeley

Student Research Grant, Center for Race and Gender (CRG), UC Berkeley

Kevin Quintero, PhD Student

Outstanding GSI in the BSE, UC Berkeley

Cristina Méndez, PhD Student

Outstanding GSI in the BSE, UC Berkeley

Poetry & the Senses Fellow, Berkley Arts Research Center

Ja'Nya Banks, PhD Student

Mentored Research Award, Graduate Division, UC Berkeley

María Eugenia Rojas, PhD Student

National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship

Caleb Dawson, PhD Student

Carla Trujillo Leadership in Graduate Diversity Award, Graduate Division, UC Berkeley

Karen Villegas, PhD Student

2023 David M. Howard Memorial Prize in American Politics, Institute of Governmental Studies

Eric Assan, MA Student

2023 Davis Project for Peace, International House, UC Berkeley

Hua (Elaine) Luo, PhD Student

Student Research Grant, Center for Race and Gender (CRG), UC Berkeley

Asian American Research Center (AARC) Research Grant, AARC, UC Berkeley

Jin Hyung Lim, PhD Student

Asian American Research Center (AARC) Research Grant, AARC, UC Berkeley

Meg Everett, PhD Student

Outstanding GSI in the BSE, UC Berkeley

C. Darius Gordon, PhD Student

Outstanding GSI in the Geography Dept., UC Berkeley

National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship

Catherine Park, PhD Student

National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship

Joy Esboldt, PhD Student

National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship

Haider Ali Bhatti, PhD Student

Outstanding Peer Advisor, Mentor, Counselor, or Ambassador, UC Berkeley

Samuel Santos, Jr., EdD Student

CRG Student Research Grant, Center for Race and Gender, UC Berkeley

Enrique Valencia López, PhD Student

Dissertation Fellowship, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE), UC Berkeley

Student Research Grant, Center for Race and Gender (CRG), UC Berkeley