Congratulations Luis! This is both fantastic and well deserved!!!
From: Heriberto Godina <hgodina@unr.edu>
Subject: AERA Bilingual Education Research SIG Outstanding Dissertation Award
Date: March 20, 2015 at 2:32:25 PM EDTIt’s my privilege to announce the winners of the AERA Bilingual Education Research SIG Outstanding Dissertation Award.Please join me congratulating these two scholars on their joint first-place achievement:Luis PozaDoctoral granting institution: Stanford UniversityDissertation title: Flippin’ Scripts: Language Ideologies and Language Practices in a Dual Immersion Bilingual Program.Dissertation committee: Guadalupe Valdés (primary adviser), Francisco Ramírez, H. Samy Alim, Kenji Hakuta, and Paula Moya.Ilana UmanskyDoctoral granting institution: Stanford UniversityDissertation title: Peeling Back the Label:Studies of Educational Opportunity Among Students Learning English.Dissertation committee: Sean Reardon (primary adviser), Kenji Hakuta, Claude Goldenberg, Tomás Jimenez, and Martin Carnoy.The selection for these two winners could not have been accomplished without the thoughtful reviews by the review committee. The selection for these two winners was a very competitive process. This year a total of nine dissertations were submitted for consideration. These underwent two phases of blind review by nine distinguished scholars in the field of bilingual education. Careful attention was taken to ensure there was no conflict of interest for the review. Each submission was reviewed at least three times, and finalists underwent another set of three blind reviews, and two dissertations rose in tandem as top selections for first place. Interestingly, this is the first time that two selections from the same doctoral-granting institution have come out as winners. I hope you will make plans to attend the AERA Bilingual Education Research SIG Business Meeting, to be held on:AERA Bilingual Education Research SIG Business Meeting; Chicago, IllinoisSat, April 18, 6:30 to 8:30pm, Swissotel, Event Centre Second Level, Montreux 1&2At that time Dr. Luis Poza and Dr. Ilana Umansky will be officially recognized in front of the AERA Bilingual Education Research SIG constituency and presented with their awards. The winners will also present a brief overview of their research during the business meeting.The recognition is a testimony of their promising future as scholars who can make a difference for the education of children in our multilingual world, and is also a testimony to the great work being done at Stanford University.HeribertoHeriberto Godina, PhDAssociate Professor of Literacy StudiesProfessional Specialized StudiesCollege of Education, 3063University of Nevada, Reno775.682.7876 Office