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Current Award Recipients

Teacher of the Year
2025Bhawna Sharma
2024Jessica Minton
2023Anne Katherine Griffin (KY)
2022Sarah Staley
2021Srinivas Pannela
2019Barbara Putnam
2017Barbara Putnam
2005Jo MacDonald (MD), Melanie Abad (GA)
2004Pamela K DeLoach
2003Marcy Murray (FL),
Beverly Wallace (GA)
2002Debbie Wickmanowski (FL),
Marilyn MacLean (ON),
Leisa Morreau-Cummins (IL)

 

Para-Educator of the Year
2025Jody Vititoe
2024Isabella Vitatoe
2022Sue Krennrich
2017Heather Murphy
2016Barbara Harris
2005Nancy Stowe (GA),
Sandy Aronis (NY)
2004Betty-Sue Garrish
2003Ruth Hannon
2002Linda Byrlowski

 

Shriver-Kennedy Student Achievement Award
2025Pilar Rivera
2024Cameron Birch
2023Jiya Rai
2022William Fitzgerald
2021Scott Fisher
2020Michael Johnson
2016Marissa Schletzbaum
2014Eric Kirschner
2013Jesse Harbison
2011Jordan Obrecht

 

John W. Kidd Subdivision Award
2020 Arkansas
2016 Arkansas
2014 Florida
2013 Ontario
2008 Ontario
2004 Georgia

 

Legislative Award
2022 Alison Tant (FL)
2015 David C. Onley (Ontario, Canada)
2014 Sen. Tom Harkins (Iowa)
2013 Michael Fasano (FL)
2008 Sen. Edward Kennedy
2002 Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD)

 

Tom E. C. Smith Early Career Award
2024Seyma Intepe Tingir, University of Maryland
2023Leslie Bross, University of North Carolina Charlotte
2022​Annemarie Horn, Old Dominion University
2021Suzanne Kucharzyk, University of Arkansas
2019Jenny Root, Florida State University
2018Melissa Spence, California Lutheran University
2017Carly Roberts, Washington State University
2016Jordan Shurr, Central Michigan University
2015Jason Travers, University of Kansas

 

Burton Blatt Humanitarian Award
2024 Darlene Perner
2023 James Thompson
2022 Karrie Shogren
2021 Michael Wehmeyer
2020 Teresa Taber Doughty
2019 Dianne Zager
2018 Diane Browder
2017 Stan Zucker
2016 Paul Alberto
2015 Stan Zucker
2014 Brenda Smith Myles
2013 Tom Smith
2012 Tina Dyches
2010 Nikki Murdick
2009 Barbara Gartin
2008 Andy Berg
2007 Bob Stodden
2006 Ann & Rub Turnbull
2004 Brenda Smith Myles
2003 Sharon Kramer
2002 Scott Sparks
2001 Jim Patton
Unknown Dave Smith
John Kidd
1998 Ed Polloway
1995 Pam Gillet

 

Research Award
2025Kara Hume, UNC Chapel Hill
2024Sarah Douglas, Michigan State University
2023Veronica Fleury, Florida State University
2022Shawnee Wakeman, UNC Charlotte
2021Matthew Brock, Ohio State University
2020Juliet Hart Barnett, Arizona State University 
2019Vicki Knight, Vanderbilt University
2018Kevin Ayres, University of Georgia
2017Emily Bouck, Michigan State University
2016Erik Carter, Vanderbilt University
2015Linda Mechling, UNC at Wilmington
2014Diane Browder, UNC at Charlotte
2013Stan Zucker, Arizona State University
2006Michael Wehmeyer, University of Kansas

 

Social Justice Award
2025Dr. Jamie Pearson
2024Dr. Staci Carr
Early Career Research Award
2025Dr. Emily Gregori
2024Dr. Catharine Lory
Last Updated:  2 September, 2025

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