Outstanding Dissertation Award
1. The Outstanding Dissertation Award recognizes the work of a student whose dissertation demonstrates contribution to the career and technical education body of knowledge, appropriate use of research techniques and statistics, accurate and clear representation of data, and compelling text.
2. The recipient of this award must be a member of ACTER.
3. Candidates for consideration for the award may self-nominate or be nominated by other members.
4. Nominations must be received via e-mail no later than September 31. Nominations must include the appropriate cover page and a copy of the dissertation with all identifying information (author’s name, institution, etc.) removed.
note: years without an awardee indicate no nominations received for that time period
past recipients of the outstanding dissertation award include:
1983 - Betty Dixon
1984 - Janine A. Watts
1987 - Jeanette Davis
1991 - Donald M. Johnson, Leon G. Shumacher, and Bob R. Stewart
1998 - Rhonda S. Black
2003 - Heeja Kim
2020 - Laura G. Maldanado
2021 - Lauren Lapinski
2022 - Nzingha Williams
2023 - Kesha Valentine