Awards and Grants Recipients
WATESOL Travel Grant Established 1987 2024 – Eden Langston and Xiaowen Chen 2020 – April Salerno and Rebecca Sachs 2019 – Megan Fullerton and Greer Mancuso 2018 – Yulia Khoruzhaya 2017 – Kelly Hill Zirker 2016 – Betsy Wong (NOVA) and Silvia Hildesheim (Carlos Rosario) 2015 – Sarah Warfield (Virginia Commonwealth University) 2014 – Pei-Jie Chen (AAAL) 2013 – Kirsten Wittkowski (NCFL) 2010 – Christina Sfekas (TESOL) 2008 – Marietta Brandinova 2005 – Amber Gallup (United Association of Labor Education) 2004 – Francesca Reilly-McDonnell (DDEL Conference) 2003 – Diane Staehr 2002 – Holly Gray (TESOL Salt Lake City) 1999 – Martin Van Opdorp (TESOL New York) 1997 – Dana Frye (TESOL Orlando) 1996 – George Bunch (TESOL Chicago) 1996 – Genie Holmes (TESOL Chicago) 1995 – Henry Amador (TESOL Long Beach) 1993 – Patricia Johnson (TESOL Atlanta) 1993 – Lynn Poirier (TESOL Atlanta) 1992 – Janet Giannoti (TESOL Vancouver) 1992 – Janette Haynes (TESOL Vancouver) 1991 – Sharon McKay (TESOL New York) 1990 – Ellen Kohn (TESOL San Francisco) 1988 – Kay Scruggs (TESOL Chicago) TESOL Convention Travel Grant Established 2020 2024 –Sharon McKay and Jaye Arp 2023 – Anne Lomperis and Sierranicole Butler 2020 – Xuewei He J. Michael O’Malley Action Research Grant Established 1998 2020 - Greer Mancuso 2017 - Amy Melendez 2014 – Shelley Wong and Maryam Saroughi 2013 – Gena Bennett and Megan Siczek 2008 – Rashi Jain 2004 – Harvey Rosenbaum 2003 – Jane Kirsch ATES Travel Grant 2010 – Charlotte Van Londen 2009 – DeAnna Coon 2008 – Rae Roberts 2007 – Anita Bright Graduate Student Action Research Grant Established 2023
2024 – Heather Mehrtens | WATESOL Lifetime Service Award Established 1984 2014 – Brock Brady and JoAnn (Jodi) Crandall 2013 – Nina Liakos 1991 – Judy Paiva and G. Richard Tucker 1987 – Christine Meloni 1986 – Janet Giannoti 1984 – Susan Bayley 1983 – Mary Niebuhr 1982 – Patricia Miller
WATESOL Helping Hand Award Established 2013 (recipient receives 3 years of membership) 2022 - Tabitha Kidwell and Christopher Scott 2019 - Connie Lee 2018 - Heather Tatton-Harris 2017 - Sharla Rivera and Heather Weger 2016 - Masha Vassilieva 2015 - Jacqueline Gardy 2014 - Caralyn Bushey 2013 – Heather Ritchie
Jim Weaver Scholarship for Professional Development Established 1985 2024 - Julie Lake and Heather Weger 2023 - Krisztina Domjan 2020 - Elizabeth Pandya 2019 - Mark Sherman 2018 – Caroline Cherry 2017 – Tabitha Kidwell 2014 – Brian Adler 2013 – Heather Linville 2010 – Kumiko Akikawa 2008 – Patricia Bellman 2005 – Anita L. Bright 2004 – Molly P. McHarg 2003 – Sheila Weston 2002 – Amy Vernier 1996 – Shanna Grossman 1993 – Carolyn Vincent 1988 – Elle Kohn 1987 – Susan Joyner 1986 – Andrea Elfin WATESOL Excellence in ESOL Advocacy Award Established 2023 2024 – M.J. Park 2023 – John Simpson WATESOL Advocacy Award Established 2002 2002 – Maria Malagon |
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