The American Educational Research Association (AERA) announced the winners of its 2020 awards for excellence in education research earlier this summer, and UW–Madison’s Annalee Good and Huiping “Emily” Cheng were recognized with top honors.
Good is an assistant scientist with the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), the co-director of WCER’s Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative, and director of the WCER Clinical Program. Cheng is an associate researcher in the Value-Added Research Center (VARC) housed within WCER.
Good and Cheng are co-recipients of the Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award, along with Carolyn J. Heinrich and Jennifer Darling-Aduana of Vanderbilt University. The award’s namesake was a dedicated educator and pioneer in educational research and methodology.
“I feel so fortunate to have the chance to work with our incredible colleagues on this project and to be supported in this work by a place like WCER,” said Good.
The researchers were honored for their journal article, “A Look Inside Online Educational Settings in High School: Promise and Pitfalls for Improving Educational Opportunities and Outcomes,” which was published in the American Educational Research Journal in December 2019.
To recognize this year’s award winners, AERA is hosting a 2020 Awards Virtual Celebration on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. CDT. This AERA celebration will broadcast live on ZOOM. Register to attend this virtual event here.
In addition, UW–Madison alumna Adrienne D. Dixon was honored by AERA with a Scholars of Color Mid-Career Contribution Award. Dixon received received her PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction in 2002 and is currently an associate professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
The Scholars of Color Mid-Career Contribution Award is presented to a scholar who is beyond the first level of professional appointment, and for whom 10 or more years have passed since receipt of the doctoral degree. It is intended to recognize (a) scholars who have made significant contributions to the understanding of issues that disproportionately affect minority populations, and (b) minority scholars who have made a significant contribution to education research and development.
Learn more about all of this year’s award winners on the AERA website, here.