AATC Congratulates the 2024 Award Winners

Awardees were recognized at the AATC Annual Conference on October 6-8, 2022, in Chicago, IL. We extend our gratitude to the award committees for their service.

The 2024 O.L. Davis, Jr. Outstanding Book Award is presented to Michelle Tenam Zemach, Daniel Conn, and Paul Parkison for their book, Unraveling the Assessment Industrial Complex: Understanding How Testing Perpetuates Inequity and Injustice in America (Routledge).

The 2024 Francis P. Hunkins Distinguished Article Award in the category of teaching is presented to Gregory Samuels, Amy Samuels, and Brandon Hass, for their article, “Legislate to (Un)Educate: Examining the Impact of Divisive and Dehumanizing Education Policies” In the category of curriculum, the Hunkins Award is presented to Leah Davis, for their article, “Ideological Foundations, Curricular Models, and the Path of Bilingual Education”

The 2024 John Laska Dissertation Award in the category of teaching is presented to Karla Garza, for  “Migrant Students Following the Crops, Teachers Following Their Students: A Narrative Inquiry into Tw Migrant Children Who Became Teachers” In the category of curriculum, the Laska Dissertation Award is presented to Shaneka Ferrell, for “How Performing Arts High School Students Experienced Involvement in a Black, Student-created and Student-led Organization Focused on Uplifting Black Art and Artists: A Critical Phenomenological Study with Implications for Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Educational Practice.”

The 202 Distinguished Mentor is presented to Chara Bohan.