Distinguished Scholar Award

• 2021 – Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton
• 2019 – Michael D. Waggoner University of Northern Iowa
• 2017 – Zehavit Gross Bar-Ilan University, Israel
• 2015 – William H. Jeynes California State University, Long Beach
• 2013 – Nicholas Piediscalzi Wright State University

Emerging Scholar Award

• 2021 – Kate E. Soules, Religion & Education Collaborative
• 2019 – Kevin J. Burke University of Georgia
• 2017 – Matthew Mayhew New York University
• 2015 – Alyssa Bryant Rockenbach North Carolina State University

Dissertation-of-the-Year Award

• 2022 – Christopher Olshefski, University of Pittsburgh, “Functions of Religious Literacy in Literary Discussions of National Board-Certified English Teachers”
• 2020 –  W. Y. Alice Chan, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, “Exploring a Potential Connection between Religious Bullying and Religious Literacy in Modesto and Montreal Public Schools”
• 2018 – Kimberly Rebecca Logan, University of Georgia, “Unpacking Religious Understandings in Teachings: Christian Pre-Service Teachers’ Narratives of Calling, Love, and Relationships”
• 2014 – Tiffani A. Riggers-Piehl, University of California, Los Angeles, “Enhancing Classrooms and Conversations: How Interactions with Faculty Predict Change in Students’ Spirituality in College”
• 2012 – P. Jesse Rine, University of Virginia, “Pluralism, Provisionally, & Faith: Christian College Persistence in the Postmodern Turn”
• 2008 – Jason Eric Nelson-Brown, University of Washington, “The Key of the Kingdom: How teacher beliefs about religion impact their experiences teaching”
• 2006 – James M. M. Hartwick, University of Wisconsin-Madison, “An investigation into the spiritual, religious, and prayer lives of Wisconsin public school teachers: The inner life of the teacher”