Outstanding Conference Paper Award

The Outstanding Conference Paper Presentation Award is chosen each year from the research papers presented at the ACTER Research and Professional Development Conference. Each paper session is evaluated by multiple blind judges. The Conference Program Chair is responsible for coordinating, recruiting, assigning, and preparing judges, tabulating the results, and presenting the awards at the closing meeting of the conference. This award is presented in the form of a certificate.

*note: years with award winners missing indicate incomplete information in our archives. We are actively seeking to find and properly acknowledge all past award winners. If you have information to assist in this process, please contact the webmaster or historian.

past recipients of the Outstanding conference paper presentation award include:

1984 - Patricia M. Copa, James R. Stone III

1985 - George H. Copa (AVA), Roger G. Gabb (AERA)

1987 - James Greenan (AVA), James R. Stone III (AERA)

1990 - Jack Elliot (AVA), Douglas Strickland (AERA)

1991 - Laurie A. Stenberg, Lou Riesenberg (AVA), Mary M. Wagner (AERA)

1993 - Debra D. Bragg, C. Michael Harmon

1994 - Curtis R. Finch, June Schmidt, Susan Faulkner (AERA)

1997 - Carol A. Conroy (AERA)

1998 - Kathleen Stasz, Tessa Kaganoff

2003 - Heeja Kim (AERA)

2005 - Donna Moore, Jennifer Rivera, William G. Camp (AERA)

2009 - Sinan Gemici, Jay W. Rojewski, In Heok Lee

2010 - Laura Santamaria, Travis Park, Barrett Keene, Elizabeth van der
Mandele, Marissa Taylor, Antonia Richards, Shawn Anderson,
Jonathan Velez, Greg Thompson

2019 - Carley Snider, J. Shane Robinson, M. Craig Edwards, Robert Terry
Runner up: Kyungin Kim, Areum Han

2022 -  Kayla Marsh, Christopher Eck, Dale Layfield
Runner up: Scott Straub, John Cannon, Carol Billing

2023 - James R. Stone, Jon Schmidt-Davis, Lisa Shannon, Jen Gruber
Runner up: Patricia Leibfreid

2024 - Emily Sewell, Christopher Eck, Jon Ramsey