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Early Career Award Recipients

The Alumni Council established the Early Career Award in 1998 to honor recent graduates (within the past 10 years) who have shown distinction in their fields. 
 
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1998

Norman Atkins, M.A. 1997, Educational Administration.

Grace E. Shen, Ed.D. 1988, Arts in Education.

1999

Alice A. Wilder, Ed.D. 1998, Educational Psychology.

Angela C. Santomero, M.A. 1995, Developmental Psychology.

2002

Ian K. Smith, M.A. 1993, Science Education. 

2003
Frances McCue, Ed.D. 2001, English Education.

2004

Sheila Amato, M.A. 1975, Health Education. Ed.M. 1996, Instructional Practices in Special Education.  Ed.D. 2000, Blind and Visual Impairment.
 
2005

Michael Bitz, Ed.M. 1996, Ed.D. 1998, Music and Music Education.

Adeyinka Akinsulure-Smith, M.A. 1991, Ed.M. 1992, MPHIL 1995, Ph.D. 1997, Counseling Psychology.

Hawthorne Smith, MPHIL 1996, Ph.D. 1999, Counseling Psychology.

2006

Erick Gordon, M.A. 1996, Ed.M. 2005, Teaching of English
 
2007

Michael Lowry, M.A. 2005, Educational Administration
 
Sharon K. Ryan, Ed.D. 1998, Early Childhood Education
 
2008

Keiichi Ogawa,  Ph.D. 1999, M. Phil 1997, M.A. 1997, Ed. M. 1995,
Comparative International Ed. / Economics of Ed.
 

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