Outstanding Research Symposium Award

The Outstanding Research Symposium Award is chosen each year from the symposiums presented at the ACTER Research and Professional Development Conference. Each symposium 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 research symposium award include:

1982 - Donna Coomer, Judith Jax, Brandon Smith, George Copa
1983 - William L. Hull
1984 - James A. Knight
1985 - George H. Copa, James A. Knight, Steve Scholl, Jeannette Daines,
Gary Leske, Linda Ernst, John Persico, Jane Plihal (AVA), Harry F.
Silberman, Ruth P. Hughes, L. Allen Phelps (AERA)
1987 - William Richardson, Michael Burnett, Jerome T. Kapes, Jerelyn
Schultz, Robert Warmbrod, Ruth P. Hughes (AVA), Jane Plihal, George
H. Copa, Charles Buzzel, Dena Stoner (AERA)
1991 - Charles Benson, Morgan Lewis, Gordon I. Swanson, Nevin Frantz, Jr.
1996 - Victor M. Hernandez (AERA)
1997 - Jay W. Rojewski, Roger B. Hill
2003 - James Gregson, Lynn Reba, Ariene Garcia (AERA)
2005 - Donna Pearson, James R. Stone III
2010 - Neil Knobloch
2013 - James Bartlett, Jay Rojewski, Tara Schollenberger, Howard Gordon
2016 - Katherine Kandalec, James Bartlett, Adam Manley, Travis Park
2019 - Elaine Adams, Cynthia Pellock, Mary Jo Self, Alexis Williams
2020 - James Bartlett, Michelle Bartlett, Jordon Dolfi, Patrick Bourke
2021 - James Bartlett, Michelle Bartlett, Mark Threeton
2022 - Jeffrey Sun, Jodi Adams, Kristen Wingfeld, Jason Graves
Runner up: S. Godbey, H. Gordon, L. Martinez, S. Shaw, H. O’Lawrence
2023 - Gresham Collum, Zach Hyder, Audrey Boochever, Jonathan Montoya
Runner up: James Bartlett, II, Michelle Bartlett, Michelle Conrad, Jodi Adams,
Sara Shaw, Lisa Martino