Advancing Academic-Research Careers (AARC) Award Recipients

2026 Recipients

Molly Beiting, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
Teaching Mentors: Jeff Mielke, North Carolina State University and Jessica Steinbrenner, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research Mentor: Jessica Steinbrenner, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kristina Bowdrie, Case Western Reserve University 
Teaching Mentor: Cornetta Mosley, The University of Texas at Dallas
Research Mentor: Monita Chatterjee, Northwestern University

Cody Dew, Binghamton University 
Teaching Mentor: Rodney Gabel, Binghamton University
Research Mentor: Farzan Irani, Texas State University

Miguel Garcia-Salas, University of Arkansas 
Teaching Mentor: Kimberly Highfill, University of Arkansas
Research Mentors: Danielle Brimo, Texas Christian University and Sonia Cabell, Florida State University and Florida Center for Reading Research

Imani R. Gilbert, North Carolina Central University 
Teaching Mentor: Jennifer Friberg-Fort, Illinois State University
Research Mentor: Katelyn Kotlarek, The University of Arizona

Juhi Kidwai, Southern Illinois University Carbondale 
Teaching Mentor: Valerie Boyer, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Research Mentor: Gayle DeDe, Temple University

Theodora Nestorova, Viterbo University 
Teaching Mentor: Eric Hunter, The University of Iowa
Research Mentor: Katherine (Kittie) Verdolini Abbott, University of Delaware

Yina M. Quique, The University of New Mexico 
Teaching Mentor: Stephanie Grasso, The University of Texas at Austin
Research Mentor: Natalie Douglas, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Anne C. Reed, Texas State University 
Teaching Mentor: Kerry Mandulak, Pacific University and Farzan Irani, Texas State University
Research Mentor: Danika Pfeiffer, Old Dominion University

Heather D. Salvo, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 
Teaching Mentor: Cody Busch, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Research Mentor: Edwin Maas, Temple University

Previous Recipients

2025

Grace T. Clark, Montclair State University
Cara Donohue, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Manaswita Dutta, Portland State University
Alicia Guadalupe Escobedo, California State University, San Bernardino
Imani Evans, Thomas Jefferson University
Leslie E. Kokotek, University of Louisville
Brittany Lee, Chapman University
Nancy C. Marencin, University of South Florida
Juliana Ronderos, Teachers College, Columbia University
Hannah P. Rowe, Northeastern University

2024

Christopher Apfelbach, University of Minnesota
Genesis D. Arizmendi, University of Arizona
Eleanor Gulick, University of Wyoming
Hana Kim, University of South Florida
Charlie Lunaris, University of Northern Colorado
Ting-fen Lin, California State University, Fresno
Jisook Park, University of South Florida
Yalian Pei, Syracuse University
Rebecca Summy, The University of Alabama
Si On Yoon, New York University