Previous Distinguished Achievement Award Winners
2012 Nancy Kendall – Educational Policy Studies
2013 Carmen Valdez – Counseling Psychology
2014 Tim Gattenby – Kinesiology
2015 Melissa Braaten – Curriculum & Instruction
2016 Aydin Bal – Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education
2017 Travis Wright – Counseling Psychology
2018 Stephanie Budge – Counseling Psychology
2019 Erica Halverson – Curriculum & Instruction
2020 Annalee Good – Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative
2021 Erica Turner – Educational Policy Studies
2022 Luis Columna – Kinesiology
2023 Andy Garbacz – Educational Psychology
2024 Bailey Smolarek and Matthew Wolfgram – WCER and Educational Policy Studies
2025 Katie Eklund – Educational Psychology
2012 Alberta Gloria – Counseling Psychology
2013 Mary Schneider – Occupational Therapy Program
2014 Stephen Quintana – Counseling Psychology & Educational Psychology
2015 François Tochon – Curriculum & Instruction
2016 Mindi Thompson – Counseling Psychology
2017 Daniel Timm – Kinesiology
2018 Carmen Valdez – Counseling Psychology
2019 Stephanie Graham – Counseling Psychology
2020 Rachelle Winkle-Wagner – Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
2021 Shahanna McKinney-Baldon – Wisconsin Center for Education Research
2021 Mariana Pacheco – Curriculum and Instruction
2021 Linn Posey-Maddox – Educational Policy Studies
2022 Stephanie Budge – Counseling Psychology
2023 Brian Burt – Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
2024 Anjalé D. Welton – Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
2025 Diego Román – Curriculum and Instruction
2011 Jenna Ormson – MERIT
2012 Michelle Bass – MERIT
2013 Jackson Dahlquist – External Relations Office
2014 Emily Keuler – Business Office
2015 Nikelle Morris – Business Office & The Network
2016 Josh Peschek – MERIT
2017 Afton Crowley – Wisconsin Center for Academically Talented Youth
2018 Miah Gatzke – Morgridge Center for Public Service
2019 Nasitta Keita – Morgridge Center for Public Service
2020 Lauren Hoffarth – Morgridge Center for Public Service
2021 Thomas (Tommy) Heidinger – Business Office
2021 Victoria (Vic) Soto -Morgridge Center for Public Service
2021 Amanda Fowler – MERIT
2022 Jenna Harb – Morgridge Center for Public Service
2022 Regan Trinastic – Educational Psychology
2023 Hailey Ens – Communications and Advancement
2024 Sofie Schachter – Communications and Advancement
2025 Callah Dornfeld – Student Services
1992 Jo Ann Carr – Instructional Materials Center and Norman Webb – WCER
1993 James Stephen Head – EPCS and Anne Lockwood – WCER
1994 Roger Lambert – Center on Education & Work
1995 Charlene Tortorice – Testing & Evaluation; Jerome Grossman – WCER; Linda Shriberg – Education Outreach
1996 Jean Hauser – Academic Services and Dorothy Klinefelter – Business Office
1997 Minerva Coyne – WCER and Andrew Rubin – Tandem Press
1998 George Kliminski – Educational Administration and Virginia Moore Kruse – Cooperative Children’s Book Center
1999 Timothy O’Connor – Testing & Evaluation
2000 Linda Newman – Education Academic Services and Deborah Stewart – WCER
2001 Bruce Howdle – Art and Julia McGivern – Educational Psychology
2002 Judith Ettinger – Center on Education & Work and Sarah Mason – WCER
2003 Kathleen Boebel – External Relations Office; Joseph Connelly – Art; Brenda Spychalla – Dean’s Office Information Technology
2004 Karen McShane-Hellenbrand – Dance and Christopher Thorn – WCER
2005 Doreen (Holmgren) Adamany – Dance and Anthony Milanowski – WCER
2006 James Shaw – Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis and Andrew Winterstein – Kinesiology
2007 Frances Breit – Center on Education & Work and Corissa Lotta – Counseling Psychology
2008 Nancy Blake – Education Outreach and Claude Heintz – Dance Program
2009 Joyce Hemphill – Educational Psychology and Catherine Loeb – WCER Ann Ward – Kinesiology
2010 Dang Chonwerawong – Student Diversity Programs and Julie Ganser – Art
2011 Shari Smith – Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis and Jesse Winters – MERIT
2012 Timothy Boals – WCER, WiDA and Jill Klotz Flitter – Educational Psychology
2013 Kathy Blomker – Curriculum & Instruction and Benjamin Fortney – Testing & Evaluation Services
2014 Bonnie Griffin – WCER and Jackie Roessler – WCER
2015 Debbie Bebeau – Kinesiology/OT and Jerry Jordan – OURR
2016 Alison Bowman – Wisconsin HOPE Lab and Virginia Waddick – Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education
2017 Lorenzo Contreras – Kinesiology and Kathleen (K.T.) Horning – Cooperative Children’s Book Center
2018 H. Gary Cook – WIDA at WCER and Marc Kuklinski – Kinesiology
2019 Todd Finkelmeyer – Communications & Advancement and Jason Ruhl – Tandem Press
2020 Mariana Castro – Wisconsin Center for Education Research and Beth Tryon – Morgridge Center for Public Service
2021 Kurt Brown – Wisconsin Center for Education Research and Tim Gattenby – Kinesiology
2022 Danielle Maillette – Wisconsin Center for Education Research
2022 Maria Widmer – Media, Education Resources, and Information Technology (MERIT)
2022 Tim O’Neill – Art
2023 Anna Lewis – Media, Education Resources, and Information Technology (MERIT)
2024 Shari Clark – Kinesiology, Master of Science in Athletic Training Program
2025 Barb Sramek – Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
* Denotes Claire Shaffer Award recipient
1995 Joyce Kemper – Curriculum & Instruction and Lois Opalewski – WCER
1996 Patrick Gavin – Business Office and Mary Jo Gessler – Educational Policy Studies
1997 Sharon Brown – Educational Psychology and Michael Duckwitz – Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education
1998 Lisa Armstrong – WCER and Sandra Treptow – WCER
1999 Barbara Lienau – Educational Psychology and Terri Pope – Kinesiology
2000 Jane Kwiecinski – Center on Education & Work and Christine Kruger – Curriculum & Instruction
2001 Nancy Bubier – Testing & Evaluation and Diana Taylor – Kinesiology
2002 Kristin Falk – Counseling Psychology and Ruth Landes – Educational Psychology
2003 Karen Fiske – Education Outreach* Joyce Kemper – Curriculum & Instruction Patricia Nehm – Educational Administration
2004 Mary Jo Gessler – Educational Policy Studies; Janet Kuehl – Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education*; Karen O’Connell – Educational Psychology
2005 Kathleen Bertin – EPCS*; Rose Budig – Business Office; Joyce Zander – Curriculum & Instruction
2006 Gary Koch – Art; Kathleen Schuster – Education Outreach*; Phyllis Sierra – Kinesiology
2007 Maureen Garity – Counseling Psychology; Kathleen Kruger – Business Office; Lynn Lunde – WCER*
2008 Mary Fish – WCER*; Susan LaLuzerne – WCER; Donna Meicher – Center for Instructional Materials & Computing
2009 Lisa Armstrong – WCER and Martha Fisher – Student Diversity Programs
2010 Diane Falkner – Curriculum & Instruction*; Linda Diring – WCER; Pat Gavin – Business Office
2011 Catlin Foy – WCER and Donna Littel – Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education*
2012 Ryan Kirk – MERIT and Kelly Krahenbuhl – WCER*
2013 Gwen Goplin – WCER and Sarah Gomez Rendon – Business Office*
2014 Lisa Blochwitz – Occupational Therapy* and Pam Odorizzi – Curriculum & Instruction
2015 Susan Thideman – Counseling Psychology* and Lori Zradicka – MERIT
2016 Susan O’Rourke – Education Academic Services* and Jeannine Nicolai-Heckmann – Kinesiology
2017 Heidi Udelhoven – Educational Psychology* and Barbara Wipperfurth – Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis
2018 Bonnie Sullivan – WCER and Shirley Wright – WCER*
2019 Mary Hegge – WCER* and Jeff Wunderlin – Education Academic Services
2020 Greg Dierks – Kinesiology and Jacob Leonard – ducational Policy Studies
2021 Robin Fisher – Theatre and Drama
2022 Claire Carlson – Communications and Advancement
2023 Chhangla Ruit – Kinesiology, Physical Plant Services
2024 Michael Dixon – Educational Policy Studies
2025 Adam Chase – Wisconsin Center for Education Research
1994 Elizabeth Fennema – Curriculum & Instruction and Thomas Kratochwill – Educational Psychology
1995 Robert Enright – Educational Psychology and Thomas Romberg – Curriculum & Instruction
1996 Herbert Kliebard – Curriculum & Instruction/ Educational Policy Studies and Andrew Porter – WCER/Educational Psychology
1997 Carl Grant – Curriculum & Instruction and Joel Levin – Educational Psychology
1998 Jack Damer – Art and Kenneth Thomas – Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education
1999 Alan Knox – Educational Administration/CAVE
2000 Jim Escalante – Art and Kenneth Zeichner – Curriculum & Instruction
2001 Philip Hamilton – Art and Patricia Wolleat – Counseling Psychology
2002 Mary Alice Brennan – Dance and Deborah Lowe Vandell – Educational Psychology
2003 Thomas Carpenter – Curriculum & Instruction and Bruce Wampold – Counseling Psychology
2004 Ronald Serlin – Educational Psychology and Mary Schneider – Kinesiology
2005 Allen Phelps – Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis and Francis Schrag – Educational Policy Studies
2006 Michael Apple – Curriculum & Instruction and Mary Haywood Metz – Educational Policy Studies
2007 B. Bradford Brown – Educational Psychology and Stephen Quintana – Counseling Psychology & Educational Psychology
2008 Leonard Abbeduto – Educational Psychology and Thomas Popkewitz – Curriculum & Instruction
2009 Jin-Wen Yu – Dance and Cheryl Hanley-Maxwell – Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education
2010 Norman Berven – Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education and Amy Stambach – Educational Policy Studies
2011 Sharon Derry – Educational Psychology and Alberta Gloria – Counseling Psychology
2012 Adam Nelson – Educational Policy Studies
2013 Gary Diffee – Kinesiology and Ruth Lynch – Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education
2014 William T. Hoyt – Counseling Psychology and Carolyn Kelley – Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis
2015 Fong Chan – Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education and Li-Chiao-Ping – Dance
2016 David Kaplan – Educational Psychology and Nancy Kendall – Educational Policy Studies
2017 Richard Halverson – Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis and Gloria Ladson-Billings – Curriculum & Instruction
2018 Chuck Kalish – Educational Psychology and Bill Reese – Educational Policy Studies
2019 Ruth Benedict – Kinesiology and Kate Corby – Dance
2020 Fredrick Stonehouse – Art Department and Xueli Wang – Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
2021 Beth Graue – Curriculum and Instruction and Julie Mead – Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
2022 Lesley Bartlett – Educational Policy Studies
2022 Sadhana Puntambekar – Educational Psychology
2023 David Rosenthal – Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education
2024 Linn Posey-Maddox – Educational Policy Studies
2025 James Wollack – Educational Psychology