coe-staff: A Pattern of National Award-Winning Dissertations

[Lisa Fortin]

Sent on behalf of Lisa Mazzei

A Pattern of National Award-Winning Dissertations

I am writing to share some important news about the Ph.D. in Critical and Sociocultural Studies in Education (CSSE) program located in the Department of Education Studies. This year (2017) two of our students have won dissertation of the year awards in their areas of study from the American Education Research Association AERA and will be recognized at the Annual Meeting in San Antonio. Last year (2016) two of our students also won similar awards from AERA, and one was runner-up for a dissertation of the year award.  Three years earlier, the first graduate of our program won a similar national award for her dissertation.  (Awards listed below.)

As some of you may be aware, ours is a small and relatively new program compared to others in the College.  Founded in 2009, the CSSE program admits 5-10 students every other year.  We have admitted four cohorts to the program, only two of which have matriculated.  Our fifth cohort will begin their studies in the fall of 2017. Having five dissertation of the year awards earned by a pool of 14 graduates thus far says a great deal about the quality of the program we have established.  It is earning our Department, College, and University a reputation as a leader in advanced qualitative studies of education practice and policy.  This is in addition to our College’s strong reputation in Special Education and large data-base quantitative studies in education and counseling.

In an article which appeared in Around the O, Graduate Dean Scott Pratt was quoted as saying “Collaborative and interdisciplinary projects are key to the future of research<http://around.uoregon.edu/content/tech-data-founder-gives-5-million-boost-overall-excellence>.” It is such an approach to the curriculum offered in our department that we believe is contributing to the development of ambitious and excellent dissertations that are winning recognition in our field.  Consistent with the Accelerating Excellence strategic framework for the CoE, the Education Studies department is advancing innovation in interdisciplinary studies of education and in qualitative research methodology preparation.

Many thanks to the Graduate School Dean’s Office, and the CoE Dean’s Office for the support they have given our program.  We look forward to continued support for the tradition we have established of producing nationally recognized doctoral students.


Lisa A. Mazzei, Program Director
Critical and Sociocultural Studies in Education
Department of Education Studies

Award
2017

·         Tristan Gleason, Scientific Literacy and the Ontology of Science Education: A Case Study of Learning in the Outdoors, AERA Qualitative Research Special Interest Group Dissertation of the Year Award

·         Leilani Sabzalian, “Business as Usual”: Using Counterstorytelling to Engage the Complexity of Urban Indigenous Education, AERA Narrative Research Special Interest Group Dissertation of the Year Award

2016

·         Courtney Rath, Not a Thing but a ‘Doing': Decomposing Teacher Knowledge through Diffractive Storytelling, AERA Qualitative Research Special Interest Group Dissertation of the Year Award

·         Leilani Sabzalian, “Business as Usual”: Using Counterstorytelling to Engage the Complexity of Urban Indigenous Education, AERA Division B—Curriculum Studies Dissertation of the Year Award

·         Leilani Sabzalian, “Business as Usual”: Using Counterstorytelling to Engage the Complexity of Urban Indigenous Education, Runner-up AERA Qualitative Research Special Interest Group Dissertation of the Year Award


2013

·         Julie Heffernan, The Sound of Silence: Educators Managing and Reproducing Heteronormativity in Middle Schools, AERA LBGTQ Studies Special Interest Group Dissertation of the Year Award.

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