Editors' Award
An Editors' Award is presented each year to each editor's choice of the most meritorious single article appearing in each journal (or section, in the case of JSLHR) during the preceding calendar year.
Criteria: Winning articles are selected based on experimental design, teaching-education value, scientific or clinical merit, contribution to the professions, theoretical impact, and/or other indices of merit.
Typical Process: At the beginning of the calendar year, the editors from the preceding year ask their associate editors from that year to nominate three or more articles for this award based on the criteria above. The AEs may be asked to provide rationale for their nominations. The editors are free to ask others to provide feedback as well. The input of the AEs and any other reviewers is advisory; the decision of the recipient of the award rests with the journal editor.
By March 31, the editors each notify the director of publications and the Publications Board chair of the winning article and the authors. If editors so wish, they also may contact the authors of the winning articles. The Manuscript Central administrator pulls the authors' contact information from the MC database.
In early April, the director of publications will relay the Editors' Awards information to the appropriate person in Conventions and Meetings so that the authors will receive information regarding the awards ceremony at Convention. The director of publications also sends congratulatory messages to the authors.
The director of publications relays the information to the Publications Board and makes arrangements for the publication of a booklet containing the winning articles, which is then distributed at the Awards Ceremony at the Annual Convention.
The editors and the chair of the Publications Board attend a short rehearsal for the Awards Ceremony at Convention.
Council of Editors Award/Alfred K. Kawana Award
The Alfred K. Kawana Council of Editors Award is reserved for outstanding researcher/scholars with a sustained history of exemplary publications in the ASHA journals. This award is named in memory of the late Alfred Kawana, former Director of ASHA's Publications Division, and is given occasionally, but not necessarily annually. Only one recipient is selected in a given year.
Criteria: Recipients shall have, over a period of at least 10 years, authored ASHA journal articles that are meritorious in terms of educational, scientific, or clinical value, and thus contributed significantly to the discipline.
Process: The Council of Editors should discuss annually whether there are currently appropriate candidates for this award. Any of the editors may nominate someone for this award. CVs, or some other record of publication, should be distributed to all members of the Council of Editors for discussion. A recipient shall be notified by the chair of the Publications Board.
2007 Alfred K. Kawana Award
The Alfred K. Kawana Council of Editors Award will be presented to Janis Costello Ingham at the 2007 ASHA Convention in Boston. This award is reserved for outstanding researchers/scholars with a sustained history of exemplary publications in the ASHA journals. The Council of Editors recognizes Dr. Ingham's outstanding contributions to the research literature in communication sciences and disorders, particularly in the area of stuttering, through more than 35 published refereed articles, 25 of which appeared in ASHA journals. An ASHA fellow, she also has received three ASHA Editor's Awards as well as an Editor's Award from NSSLHA's journal, Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders. In addition, she has given more than 100 presentations and workshops, authored several book chapters. She served as ASHA's vice president for research and technology (1998–2000) (and monitoring vice president for the ASHA Publications Board), editor for the Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders (1982–1985), associate editor for the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (2003–2005), and as reviewer for both the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research and the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology for the past 16 years.
Previous recipients of this award are Thomas Hixon, Mabel Rice, Lawrence Shriberg, Laurence Leonard, Raymond Kent, and Robert Bilger.
2006 Editors' Awards
Below are the 2006 winners of the Editors' Awards. A list of previous winners [PDF] is also available.
Journal: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
Editor: Katherine Verdolini
Article: "The Application of Tissue Engineering Procedures to Repair the Larynx"
Month: February
Authors: Robert L. Ringel, Joel C. Kahane, Peter J. Hillsamer, and Annie S. Lee
Journal: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
Editor: Alan Kamhi
Article: "Individual Differences in the Onset of Tense Marking: A Growth-Curve Analysis"
Month: October
Authors: Pamela A. Hadley and Jenet K. Holt
Journal: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
Editor: Craig Champlin
Article: "Speech Perception for Adults Who Use Hearing Aids in Conjunction With Cochlear Implants in Opposite Ears"
Month: April
Authors: Mansze Mok, David Grayden, Richard C. Dowell, and David Lawrence
Journal: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
Editor: Jeannette Hoit
Article: "Getting Started in Evidence-Based Practice for Childhood Speech-Language Disorders"
Month: February
Author: Carla J. Johnson
Journal: American Journal of Audiology
Editor: Anthony T. Cacace
Article: "Audibility and Speech Perception of Children Using Wide Dynamic Range Compression Hearing Aids"
Month: December
Authors: Lisa S. Davidson and Margaret W. Skinner
Journal: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools
Editor: Brian Goldstein
Article: "Eligibility Criteria for Language Impairment: Is the Low End of Normal Always Appropriate?"
Month: January
Authors: Tammie J.Spaulding, Elena Plante, and Kimberly A.Farinella
Journal: Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders
Editor: Dale Metz
Article: "Calculating and Synthesizing Effect Sizes"
Month: Spring 2006
Authors: Herbert M.Turner and Robert M.Bernard
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