The award is highly coveted among Teachers College doctoral candidates. Due to a rigorous selection process, only a handful of awards are bestowed each year. Awardees receive $6,000 ($3,000/semester) for tuition, living, research, or travel expenses. Detailed application and eligibility information is available on the website.
Winners will be announced in June 2024.
Jennifer Caruso
Assessing Trauma Exposure and Mental Health Support for Teachers in Low-Income, Urban Schools in New York City
Department of Health Studies & Applied Educational Psychology (formerly HBS)
Josef Donnelly
Teaching Climate Change in the Pacific: Indigenous Knowledge and Place-Based Education
Department of Arts & Humanities
Tomas Esper
Reforming Schools via Autonomy and Accountability: A Multi-scalar Analysis of the Global Transformation of Education Governance
Department of International and Transcultural Studies
Lum Fube
The Storied Lives of WOC Graduate Students: A Collaborative Multimodal Inquiry
Department of Arts & Humanities
Katie Harlan Eller
White Abolitionist English Language Arts Teachers in the Post-2020 Era
Department of Arts & Humanities
Christopher Henderson
I Want the Freedom to be Professional:" The Relationship between Refugee Teacher Development, Wellbeing, and Motivation in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Department of International and Transcultural Studies
Hyungoo Lee
(Dis)similarities in Context: A Comparative Case Study of Sexual and Gender Diversity in Higher Education Institutions in South Korea and the US
Department of International and Transcultural Studies
David Lopez Molina
Anti-LGBTQ Policies and Suicidal Ideation: A Strong Intersectional Approach
Department of Counseling & Clinical Psychology
Elizabeth Melville
Different Shades of White: Heritage, Ethnicity, and Far Right Governance in Southern Brazil
Department of International and Transcultural Studies
Isabela Munevar Escalante
Catholic Schools: Academic Achievement, College Enrollment and Gender Gaps
Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis
Alissa Pacheco
The Use of Fitbit to Support a Physical Activity Coaching Program for People with Early-Stage Parkinson's Disease
Department of Biobehavioral Sciences
Rory Varrato
Mortal Foresight: Learning to Live Through Extinction
Department of Arts & Humanities
Sarah Vazquez
Latinx Media Worlds: Digital Media Practices of Immigrant Children in Northern New Jersey
Department of International and Transcultural Studies
Lauren Winterbottom
Impact of Self-Controlled Practice on Motor Learning for Individuals with Upper Limb Hemiparesis After Stroke
Department of Biobehavioral Sciences
Ying Xu
School Competition, Resource Allocation, and Inequality in Student Outcomes
Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis
Leana Cabral
Intergenerational Understandings of the Legacy of Antiblackness in Philadelphia’s Educational System
Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis
Catherine Cheng Stahl
Traveling With Asian American Gen Z Youth: Constructing Otherwise Identities In, Through, and Across Digital Spaces
Department of Curriculum & Teaching
Danielle Falk
Educators in Emergencies: The Lived Experiences and Professional Identities of Refugee and National Primary School Teachers in Uganda and South Sudan
Department of International and Transcultural Studies
Ngalula Fleurant
Using an Open-ended Item to Capture Information about the Selection Mechanism in a STEM-focused Quasi-experimental Design
Department of Human Development
Kelly Frantz
Fostering Voice in Writing Conferences: Consultant Strategies
Department of Arts & Humanities
Yesim Hanci
The Role of Turkish Teachers in Promoting Peace and Social Cohesion through the Inclusion of Refugee Students in Turkish Public Schools
Department of International and Transcultural Studies
Wajeeha Hazoor-Bajwa
Disaggregating the Low-Fee Private Schooling System in Pakistan
Department of International and Transcultural Studies
Corinne Kentor
For Me, Us, and Them: Immigrant Families Pursuing Higher Education in Southern California
Department of Arts & Humanities
Zahra Ladhani
Adverse Childhood Experiences among Adolescents with ASD: Implications for School-Based Interventions
Department of Health Studies & Applied Educational Psychology (formerly HBS)
Chelsea Macpherson
Delivery of a Remote Motor Priming Intervention in Cerebellar Ataxia
Department of Health Studies & Applied Educational Psychology (formerly HBS)
Maria Noland
A Phenomenology of Learning of Visual Impairment in a School for the Blind in France
Department of International and Transcultural Studies
TC students enrolled in a master’s or doctoral degree program are eligible to apply for funding up to $2,000 for outstanding projects. Detailed application and eligibility information is available on the website.
Winners announced in early January 2024.
Emily Bailey
Perceptions and Performance of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the French Workplace
Department of International and Transcultural Studies
Renna Bazlen
Fostering Community in Displacement: Teacher and Parent Experiences with Informal Early Childhood Education in Tijuana, Mexico
Department of International and Transcultural Studies
Ashley Beccia
The Effects of Task Complexity and Task Motivation on Young EFL Learner Development of English Question Formation
Department of Arts & Humanities
Avery Dakin
Expiratory Muscle Strength Training for Cough and Swallow Rehabilitation: The Impact of Time-Under-Tension
Department of Biobehavioral Sciences
Saloni Gupta
Can Innovation be Taught in Schools? Experimental Evidence from India
Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis
Samantha Juan
The Application of Virtual Simulation on Promoting Empathy in Undergraduate Nursing Students
Department of Health Studies & Applied Educational Psychology (formerly HBS)
Zeinab Khodaverdi
Acute Effects of Varying Intensities and Durations of Aerobic Exercise on Executive Function in Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Department of Biobehavioral Sciences
Karissa Lim
A Qualitative Exploration of NIAs’ Barriers and Motivations to Research Participation
Department of Health Studies & Applied Educational Psychology (formerly HBS)
Nathan Lowry
Looking into the Future: Uncovering Age-Related Differences in Episodic Future Thinking
Department of Counseling & Clinical Psychology
Gus Mayopoulos
Online Pseudonymous Text-Based Group Intervention for Depressive and Anxious Symptoms
Department of Counseling & Clinical Psychology
Alissa Pacheco
The Use of Fitbit to Promote Autonomy for People with Early Stage Parkinson's Disease
Department of Biobehavioral Sciences
Elena Peeples
The Impacts of History: An Anthrohistorical Approach to Urban Development in Trenton, NJ
Department of International and Transcultural Studies
Abrar Shamim
Reporting of Ethical Domains in Global Cleft Surgery Missions
Department of Mathematics, Science & Technology
Ying Xu
School Competition, Resource Allocation, and Inequality in Student Outcomes
Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis
Raul Armenta
Narratives of Resistance: System-Impacted Students, Educators, and Critical Consciousness in LA Community-Based Schools
Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis
Anna Boneberg
Assessing the Effectiveness of Gaming as a Teaching Strategy in an Undergraduate Nursing Pharmacology Course
Department of Health Studies & Applied Educational Psychology (formerly HBS)
Charlotte Caron
Teaching at the Margin: How can NGO Facilitators use Human Rights Education to Promote Social Change and Critical Thinking in the Youth Refugee Population of Canada?
Department of International and Transcultural Studies
Michal Clayton
Addressing Barriers to Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Dismantling Trial of Internet-Delivered Emotion Regulation Training
Department of Counseling & Clinical Psychology
Arnela Colic
Education and the State: Lessons in Legitimacy from the Post-Conflict Education Systems in Kosovo and Bosnia
Department of International and Transcultural Studies
Emily Dunkel
Understanding the Psycho-social Impacts and Structural Factors of Intergenerational Involvement with Child Protective Services
Department of Counseling & Clinical Psychology
Abby Emerson
Entanglements: An Arts-informed Exploration of White Emotionality in the Curricula of School-based Antiracist Professional Learning Spaces
Department of Curriculum and Teaching
Christopher Henderson
The Well-being of Host-Community Teachers Working with Rohingya Refugees: A Pilot Study of Bengali Idioms of Capability and Distress
Department of International and Transcultural Studies
Jolie Hoang
The Multilayer Brain Connectome in Psychotic Spectrum Disorders
Department of Counseling & Clinical Psychology
Tai Ishikawa
Effect of Shared Book Reading with Mobile Devices on Parent-child Interaction
Department of Mathematics, Science & Technology
Amelia Jones
Going Off-Book in the Secondary English Classroom: Feminist Theory and the Virtual Stage
Department of Arts & Humanities
Thu Thu May Oo
Qualitative Study of Food & Nutrition Insecurity Among the Civil Disobedience Movement Participants in Myanmar due to the Effects of the Military Coup & the Covid-19 Pandemic
Department of Health Studies & Applied Educational Psychology (formerly HBS)
Kayla Parr
Parental Involvement in Adolescent Depression Treatment: A Mixed-methods Evaluation of BIPOC Adolescents and Parents/Caregivers' Preferences
Department of Health Studies & Applied Educational Psychology (formerly HBS)
Drishti Sanghvi
Psychopathology and Psychological Well-Being of Recently-Arrived Afghan Refugees
Department of Counseling & Clinical Psychology
Jessica Sperber
Detecting Behavioral and Physiological Markers of Early Exposure to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Infants
Department of Human Development
Zhuqian (Karen) Zhou
Category Learning in Education: How Should Chinese Characters Be Learned?
Department of Human Development