Awards

The International Society for Educational Planning recognizes outstanding dissertations related to all aspects of educational planning. The Society will consider dissertations that have been completed in 2020 or 2021 that resulted in the award of a terminal degree. We encourage the submission of dissertations on any aspect of educational planning.

Dissertations that deal with planning and program implementation on the international, state/provincial, regional, local and individual school or building levels are welcomed. Individuals who have recently been conferred their doctoral degree may individually submit their dissertation for consideration. The chairperson of the dissertation committee or any member of the committee also may recommend a dissertation for consideration.

Individuals who are chosen for recognition will be asked to make a presentation of their findings at the annual meeting. In addition, these individuals will be asked to submit a manuscript to the Society’s journal, Educational Planning. An electronic version of the dissertation should be emailed to facilitate distribution to the committee for a double-blind review, with all identifying information removed. Complete identification including name, address, phone number, and email address should accompany the dissertation on a separate page. Deadline for submission is August 1, 2021. Individuals to be recognized will be notified no later than September 15, 2021. Interested candidates or nominees are encouraged to submit documents to:

Robert C. Johnson, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

Ethnic, Gender and Women’s Studies

St. Cloud State University

St. Cloud, MN 56301 

USA

robjohn@stcloudstate.edu

Winners of the Outstanding Dissertation Award

2015:  Maartje Van den Bogaard,  “Towards an Action-Oriented Model for First Year Engineering Students Success: A Mixed-Methods Approach”

2016:  Maria Bacharel , “In-Between Formality and Informality: Learning Spaces in University Context”

2017: David Veres, “A phenomenological understanding of the experience of academic administrators motivation, satisfaction, retention, and succession planning”

2018: Chris D. Hewitt,  “An Analytic Synthesis of Research Studies Dealing with the Relationship between Building Condition and Student Academic Achievement”

2019: Carolina Coelho, “Life Within Architecture from Design Process to Space Use Adaptability in School Buildings Today – A Methodological Approach”

2020: Caitlin Riegel, “Preparing Teacher Candidates to effectively leverage educational technology is vital to preparing 21st Century students”