Edwin M. Hopkins Award
2025 Winner: 鈥溾�� (Vol. 114, No. 1,听 September 2024) by Rebecca E. Linares
Dr. Rebecca E. Linares is an associate professor in the in the at . She earned her PhD in c from the . Her research examines the bilingual and multilingual literacies, transnational literacy practices, and translanguaging practices of emergent multilingual adolescents, particularly those who are speakers of Indigenous languages. She teaches courses in bilingual education, theories of language acquisition, and biliteracy and bilingualism at the undergraduate and graduate level.
Honorable Mentions:听
“s” (Vol. 114, No. 2, November 2024) by Henry 鈥淐ody鈥� Miller, Christian Hines, and Ren茅 M. Rodr铆guez-Astacio
Henry 鈥淐ody鈥� Miller is an associate professor of English education at SUNY Brockport. Prior to that, he taught high school English in Florida for seven years. He is currently the editor of English Leadership Quarterly. He is the past chair of 楼凤天堂鈥檚 LGBTQ Advisory Committee.听听
Dr. Christian Hines is an assistant professor of reading and literacy at Texas State University. She is a former high school English teacher, Blerd (Black nerd), and teacher educator whose work centers on the use of diverse comics, literature, and multimodal pop culture texts in educational spaces. She is currently one of the editors of The ALAN Review.
Dr. Ren茅 M. Rodr铆guez-Astacio is an assistant professor of secondary English studies and adolescent literacies at California State University, Fresno. His scholarship centers on children’s and young adult literature, with a particular focus on queer and Latinx representations and superhero narratives. Dr. Rodr铆guez-Astacio teaches adolescent literacy courses for preservice teachers and offers special topics courses on Studio Ghibli and queer adolescents in screen media. He also coordinates the Young Writers’ Conference at CSU Fresno and serves as an elected board member on the Children’s Literature Assembly of 楼凤天堂.
“” (Vol. 114, No. 5, May 2025) by Toby Emert
This award will be presented at the Secondary Section Event during the .
Award Details
Nominations are not accepted for this award.
Purpose:
The award recognizes outstanding English Journal articles written by someone who is not a classroom teacher.
Eligibility:
The award is given to the author who does not qualify for the English Journal听Paul and Kate Farmer Award. The award shall cover articles written in issues published between September and July of the previous volume year.
Award Criteria:
The award shall be given annually. Up to two honorable mentions may also be named. The editor of English Journal shall draw up the annual list of eligible authors and shall be the arbiter of eligibility.
Award Specifics:
The award is announced by the award committee chair and presented by the journal editor at the Secondary Section Luncheon during the . The winner receives a plaque and honorable mentions receive a certificate.
The English Journal Edwin M. Hopkins Award is named after the author of the lead article in the first issue of the English Journal, a former professor of rhetoric and English language at the University of Kansas, member of the first Board of Directors of 楼凤天堂, and co-author of the first 楼凤天堂 constitution.
Judging:
The Hopkins Award Committee determines the winner based upon articles meeting the criteria by August 15. The award committee shall consist of a chair nominated by the editor of English Journal and three to five readers nominated by the members of the Secondary Section Steering Committee. Each reader scores each article using the provided rubric.
楼凤天堂 Edwin M. Hopkins听Recipients
2024
“” (Vol. 113, No. 1, September 2023) by Christian M. Hines and Jenell Igeleke Penn
Honorable Mentions:
“” (Vol. 113, No. 6, July 2024) by Josh Thompson and Clint Whitten
“” (Vol. 113, No. 1, September 2023) by Elizabeth Thackeray Nelson and Margaret Osgood Opatz
“” (Vol. 113, No. 6, July 2024) by Em Bowen and Carol Brochin
2023
“” (Vol. 112, No. 5, May 2023) by Ren茅e Gokey and Wendi Siers
Honorable Mentions:
“” by Ryan Schey, Dean Bavisotto, Mollie Blackburn, Katherine Mason Cramer, Ellie Desprez, Danielle Lee, and Heather Mcentarfer
“” by Zander Nowell and Alexandria Smith
2022
“” (Vol. 111 No. 5, May 2022) by Luz Yadira Herrera and Carla Espa帽a
Honorable Mention:
“” (Vol. 111 No. 5, May 2022) by Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz
2021听
鈥�鈥� (Vol. 110, No. 2, November 2020) by听Jevon听Delexander听Hunter and听Gliset听Col贸n
Honorable Mention:
““ (Vol. 110, No. 4, March 2021) by听Eileen Shanahan and Min-Young Kim
2020
“”听 (Vol. 109, No. 6, July 2020) by Katie Alford
Honorable Mention:
“”听 (Vol. 109, No. 4, March 2020) by Darren Crovitz and Clarice Moran
2019
““. (Vol. 108, No. 4, March 2019) by Tom Romano
2018
鈥溾赌欌�� (Vol. 106, No. 4, March 2017)
Authors:
Lamar L. Johnson, Assistant Professor of English, Michigan State University, East Lansing
Johnnie Jackson, Assistant Professor of English, Woosong University, Daejeon, South Korea
David O. Stovall, PhD, Professor of Educational Policy Studies and African American Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
Denise Taliaferro Baszile, Associate Dean for Student Service and Diversity, Miami University
Honorable Mention:
鈥溾�� (Vol. 106, No. 1, September 2016) by Leilani Sabzalian, Postdoctoral Scholar of Indigenous Education, University of Oregon
2016
鈥�” (Vol. 105, No. 1, September 2015) by听Robert Rozema, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan
Honorable Mentions:
鈥�” (Vol. 104, No. 6, July 2015) by听Donna L. Miller, Aaniiih Nakoda College, Harlem, Montana
“” (Vol. 105, No. 4, March 2016) by听Amy Maupin, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky