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Compiled List of Previous
Winners of NAME Awards



G. Pritchy Smith Award: MC Educator of the Year

1994 – Geneva Gay
1995 – National Women’s History Project
1995 – Jill Christianson (Regional Award)
1996 – Rethinking Schools
1997 – Sonia Nieto
1998 – Nadine Cordova and Patsy Cordova
1999 – Deborah Batiste
1999 – Valerie Ooka Pang (Regional Award)
2000 – Mary Lou Fuller
2001 – Carl Grant (Higher Education)
2001 – Evelyn Kalibala (P-12 Education)
2002 – Josefina Villamil Tinajero
2003 – Joseph Walter Scott, University of Washington
2004 – Patricia Larke, Texas A & M University
2005 – Patty Bode, Amherst Public Schools
2006 – William A. Howe, Connecticut State Department of Education
2007 – Tchet Dereic Dorman, Temple University
2008 – Enid Lee, Enidlee Consultants, Inc.
2009 – J.Q. Adams, Western Illinois University
2010 – Martha Lue Stewart, University of Central Florida
2011 – Dannè Davis, Montclair State University (NJ)
2012 – Aukram Burton, Jefferson County (KY) Schools
2013 – Jioanna Carjuzaa, Montana State University
2014 – National Award: Christine Clark, UNLV. 
2014 – Local Award: Adelita Grijalva, Tucson United School District
2016 – Brandon Fox, Stephen F. Austin State University
2017 – National Award: John Raible 
2017 – Local Award/Utah: Forrest C. Crawford
2018 - Laura Pena, Georgia State University
2019 – Tchet Dereic Dorman (posthumously)
2019 – Rita Robinson (posthumously)
2022 – María Gabriel, Thompson (CO) School District

 
Rose Duhon-Sells, Founder’s Award for Outstanding Multicultural Program
1994 – Yakima Tribal School
1995 – Grow Your Own Teacher Project — Wichita Public Schools
1997 – Salem-Keizer Public Schools, Oregon
1998 – California State University, San Marcos — Middle Level Teacher Education Program
1999 – Multicultural Opportunities Branch — Kentucky Department of Education
2000 – Prince George’s County Maryland (School District)
2000 – Empire Consortium (Heritage College) (Higher Education)
2001 – The New Jersey Project
2002 – Rethinking Urban Poverty: A Philadelphia Field Project
2003 – Center for Multicultural Education, College of Education, University of Washington
2004 – University of Georgia and Clarke County School District, University of Georgia–Athens
2005 – White Bear Lake Area School District’s Diversity & Integration Program
2006 – PMAC – Principal’s Multicultural Advisory Committee Program, Pinellas Co. Schools, Largo, FL
2007 – English Acquisition National, Claflin University
2008 – Exploring the Indigenous Ways of Knowing of the Ojibwe, Bruce D. Martin, Penn State University
2009 – Lincoln (NE) Public School, Multicultural Office, Thomas Christie, Director
2010 – E3: Educational Excellence & Equity, San Rafael CA
2010 – Local Award: Center for Academic Enrichment & Outreach (CAEO), University of Nevada-Las Vegas, William Sullivan
2012 – Grow Your Own Teachers – Northeastern Illinois University, College of Education, Maureen D. Gillette, Dean
2013  – National award: Maryland Education That Is Multicultural and Achievement Network (ETMA)
2013 – Local Award: Teach Tomorrow in Oakland
2014 – The ELL Center Professional Development Program Claflin University, Nan Li Director
2016 – National Award: Vincent York’s JAZZistry
            Local Award: Muskingum University Summer TESOL Program, Joy Cowdery, Director
2017 – Utah Valley University Inclusion Initiative
2018 - Natalie King, I AM STEM, Gerogia State University
2018 - Beverly Cross, Urban Education Graduate Certificate Program, University of Memphis
2019 – Science Bound, Constance P. Hargraves and Anita Rollins. Flowers & Bullets, bu Tio Romero and Jacob Robles

Carl A. Grant Multicultural Research Award
1994 – Christine E. Sleeter
1995 – Gloria Ladson-Billings
1996 – American Association of University Women
1998 – Jeannie Oakes, UCLA
1999 – Luis Moll, University of Arizona
2001 – Robert Carter, Columbia University
2004 – Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Boston College
2005 – Lois Merriweather Moore, University of San Francisco
2007 – Aretha F. Marbley, Texas Tech University
2009 – James L. Moore III, Ohio State University
2010 – H. Richard Milner IV, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University
2011 – Cornel Pewewardy, Portland State University
2012 – Lamont A. Flowers, Clemson University
2013 – Thomas M. Philip, UCLA
2016 – Patricia L. Marshall, North Carolina State University
2017 – Rachel Endo, University of Washington
2018 - Celia Anderson, University of Memphis
2019 – Kevin Roxas, Western Washington University
2022 – Anna Lees, Western Washington University
 
Carter G. Woodson Service Award
2011 – Woodrow B. Grant, Maryland State Department (Retired)
2012 – Anaida Colón-Muñiz, Chapman University
2013 –  Celina Echols, Southeastern Louisiana University
2014 –  Lewis Diuguid, Kansas City Star
2016 – Rev. Frances A. Davis, University of Utah
2018 - Philip C. Chinn, UCLA (Retired)
 
Multicultural Film/Media Award
1996 – Different and the Same — Family Communications
1997 – The Puzzle Place — Lancit Media
1999 – It’s Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School — New Day Films, Debra Chasnoff and Helen Cohen, Producers
2000 – The Color of Fear — Lee Mun Wah
2001 – The Multicultural Pavilion — Paul Gorski
2002 – Oliver Button is a Star — Dan Hunt
2002 – Native Village — Valerie Crow and Gina Boltz
2003 – The Expanding Canon: Teaching Multicultural Literature In High School — WNET-13 and the National Council of Teachers of English
2004 – Picture Perfect, A documentary video (October 2002), Carol Tizzano, Author, Producer, Director
2005 – As I See It (Syndicated newspaper column in nearly 50 national newspapers) – Author:  Cynthia Tucker, editorial page editor
2007 – Echoes and Reflections: A Multimedia Curriculum on the Holocaust – Author: The Anti Defamation League, USC Shoah Foundation Institute, Yad Vashem
2008 – ww.EdChange.org. Paul Gorski, George Mason University
2009 – Vincent Who?, Curtis Chin, Producer
2010 –  eXtension Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Community of Practice, West Lafayette IN
2013 – 40 Years Later:  Can We Talk Now?  Lee Ann Bell and Markie Hancock, Teachers College Press
2016 – East LA Exchange. Producer/Director: Betsy Kalin
2017 – Never Give Up! Minori Yasui & the Fight for Justice. Director: Holly Yasui and William Doolittle
2018 - Memphis 13 Film, Daniel Kiel, Producer

Multicultural Children’s Publication Award
2016 –  Will I Ever Find A Best Friend? Author: Khampraseuth Fetters
2017 – The Peace Dragon Series. Author: Linda Ragsdale
2019 – Guess What? I was Adopted, Author: June P. Murray
2022 -  Lulu the One and Only. Author: Lynnette Mawhinney

Philip C. Chinn Multicultural Book Award
1994 – Ron Takaki, A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America
1995 – Russell M. Peters, Clambake
1996 – Stacey J. Lee, Unraveling the Model Minority Stereotype: Listening to Asian-American Youth
1997 – James and Cherry McGee Banks (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education
1998 – Beverly Daniel Tatum, Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria and Other Conversations About Race
2000 – Sarah Warshauer Freedman, Elizabeth Radin Simons, Julie Shalhope Kalnin, Alex Casareno and the M-Class Teams, Inside City     Schools: Investigating Literacy     in Multicultural Classrooms
2001 – Robert Moses and Charles E. Cobb, Jr., Radical Equations
2002 – Joy L. Lei, Global Constructions of Multicultural Education: Theories and Realities
2003 – Eileen Gale Kugler, Debunking The Middle-Class Myth: Why Diverse Schools Are Good For Kids
2004 – Putting the Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching: A Resource Guide For K-12 Classrooms, Editors: Deborah Menkart, Alana D.     Murray, Jenice L. View – A Publication of Teaching For Change and the Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) with     contributions from Rethinking Schools, 2004.
2005 – Rosa Hernandez Sheets, Diversity Pedagogy: Examining the Role of Culture in the Teaching-Learning Process
2006 – Community and Difference: Teaching Pluralism and Social Justice, Robert A. Pena, Kristen Guest & Lawrence Y. Matsuda, Eds. Peter     Lang Pub. Inc. (2005)
2007 – Double Happiness (dual winners)
    - New Roots in America’s Sacred Ground: Religion, Race and Ethnicity in Indian America, Khyati Joshi, Rutgers University Press, 2006
    - The Children Hurricane Katrina Left Behind: Schooling Context, Professional Preparation and Community Politics, Sharon P. Robinson     and M. Christopher Brown II, Peter Lang Publishing, 2006
2008 – Black Ants and Buddhists. Author: Mary Cowhey. Publisher: Reuters University Press, 2006.
2009 – Reel Diversity: A Teachers’ Sourcebook. Authors: C. Brian Johnson and  Skyra Blanchard. Publisher: Peter Lang, Inc. 2008.
2010 – Muslim Voices in School: Narratives of Identity & Pluralism. Öslem Sensoy and Christopher Stonebanks. Editors. Sense Publishers, 
2011 – Acting Out: Combating Homophobia Through Teacher Activism. Mollie V. Blackburn, Ohio State University.
2012 – The Latinization of U.S. Schools:  Successful Teaching and Learning
    in Shifting Cultural Contexts. Jason G. Irizarry. Publisher: Paradigm.
2013 – Becoming a Multicultural Educator:  Developing Awareness, Gaining Skills & Taking Action, William A. Howe and Penelope L. Lisi,     Sage Publications, Inc.
2014 – We Can’t Lead Where We Won’t Go: An Educator’s Guide to Equity. Gary Howard. Publisher: Corwin Press, 2014
2016:  Whiteness Is the New South Africa. Authors: Chris Knaus and M. Christopher Brown II
2017 – Our Fathers: Making Black Men. Author: Lewis Diuguid
2018 - The Brilliance of Black Boys: Cultivating Success in the Early Grades. Author: Bryan L. Wright
2019 – Wiley International Handbook of Service Learning and Social Justice. Author: Darren Lund
2019 - Ethnic Matching: Academic Success of Students of Color. Author: Donald Easton-Brooks
2022 – Civic Education in the Era of Mass Migration. Author: Angela Banks
 
Agency/Institution/Corporate Award
1994 - Silver Burdett & Ginn
1995 – Binney & Smith, Inc.
1996 – Southern Poverty Law Center
1997 – Institute of Texan Cultures
1998 – The Smithsonian Institution — Center for Folklife and Cultural Studies
1999 – Children’s Book Press
2002 – Eastern Educational Resource Collaborative
2004 – Teaching For Change, Washington DC
2005 – Purdue Cooperative Extension Service
2006 –  Texas Tech University, College of Education, Lubbock, TX
2011 – Jefferson CountySchools’ Office of Diversity & Inclusion, Golden, CO
2012 – Teaching Tolerance: A Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Maureen Costello
2014 – Knight Consulting, Rhonda Talford Knight, Director
2016 – Martinez Fellowship Program
2017 – Best Practices Working Group for Salt Lake County. Disproportionate Minority Contact Committee
2018 - School Seed, Vincent McCaskill (President & CEO) and Sam O'Bryant , Director of Equity and Partnerships
2019 – Barbara Williams Performance Company

Equity & Social Justice Advocacy Award
2010 – Mary Hollowell, Clayton State University (GA)
2011 – Omiunota Ukpokodu, University of Missouri–Kansas City
2012 – Linda Shevitz, Maryland State Department of Education
2013 – Robert Moses, The Algebra Project
2014 – Richard Elias, Tucson, Arizona
2018 - Commissioner Stephanie Love, Memphis TN
2018 - Debra Mesiag
2019 – Edith Sayre Auslander

Exceptional Service to NAME
2019 – Christine Sleeter

NAME Chapter Award:
2017 – Utah NAME Chapter
2018 - Tennessee NAME Chapter
2022 – Texas NAME Chapter