NARST congratulates our 2026 award recipients!
At the NARST 99th Annual International Conference in Seattle, WA, NARST honored the following members receiving awards.
Distinguished Contribution Through Research Award:
- Mei-Hung Chiu, National Taiwan Normal University
- Sibel Erduran, University of Oxford, UK
- Troy Sadler, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Early Career Research Award:
- Megan Ennes, Department of Natural History, University of Florida
- Li Ke, University of Washington
Outstanding Doctoral Research Award:
- Scott Cohen, Lamar University
- Dr. Sage Andersen, SUNY Cortland
NARST Fellows:
- Tali Tal, Technion
- Elizabeth Davis, University of Michigan
- Aslı Sezen-Barrie, University of California Irvine
- Mercy Ogunsola-Bandele, Athabasca University
- Umesh Ramnarain, University of Johannesburg
Excellence in Mentoring Award:
- Dr. Angela Chapman, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Research Worth Reading (RWR) Awards:
- Jessica L. Alzen, Jason Y. Buell, Kelsey Edwards, Brian J. Reiser, Cynthia Passmore, Chris D. Griesemer, Yang Zhang
- Characterizing variations in the figured worlds of teachers and students in science class
- Regina McCurdy
- The science relevancy bridge: Connecting intersectionality and science identity in science learning experiences
- Daniel Pimentel
- Learning to evaluate sources of science (mis) information on the internet: Assessing students' scientific online reasoning
Congratulations to these outstanding NARST members!
Read more about the awards online here.
