SERA Linda Reichwein Zientek Outstanding Paper Award

Each year, SERA holds a contest for the SERA Linda Reichwein Zientek Outstanding Paper Award. In 2022, the SERA Board renamed the award in recognition of Linda’s long service to SERA, including service as the SERA Executive Director beginning 2014, and Deputy Executive Director 2011-2014. The recipient of this award is given the honor of presenting the winning paper at a special session of the American Educational Research Association’s annual meeting and is also presented with a $1,000 stipend. Past recipients of this award can be seen ***here***.  Complete rules for submitting to the SERA Linda Reichwein Zientek Outstanding Paper Award competition are found on the Call for Proposals.

SERA Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award

The SERA Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award is awarded to the best paper presented by a graduate student member at the annual meeting. Complete rules for submitting to the SERA Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award competition are located on the Call for Proposals.

SERA Deans’ Awards

The SERA Deans’ Awards are presented to students from universities that choose to participate. The respective Dean of the College of Education for each participating university sponsors the award.  Complete rules for submitting for the SERA Deans’ Awards competitions are located on the Call for Proposals.