AARC Journal Editor’s Research Awards

Award Details

Each year, the MECD Editor, CORE Editor, and the AARC Member-at-Large for Awards have the responsibility for selecting the Journal Editor’s Research Awards. These awards are given to the author or authors of the manuscripts deemed to have made the greatest contribution to the professional literature.

Authors are eligible for the AARC/MECD Patricia B. Elmore Award for Outstanding Research in Measurement and Evaluation if their manuscript was published in Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development from July 1 to June 30 of the previous year. Recipient(s) will receive a cash stipend of $500.00, a plaque commemorating the award, and acknowledgement at the AARC annual awards meeting.

Previous Award Recipients

2022

A. Stephen Lenz, Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Chi Li, University of Memphis

2019

Patrick R. Mullen, William & Mary
Allison Crowe, East Carolina University

2018

Kelly Emelianchik-Key, Florida Atlantic University
Danica Hays, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Tara Hill, Write State University

2017

Richard S. Balkin
Katelyn M. Richey Gosnell
Andrew Holmgren
Jason W. Osborne

2016

Cody Ding, University of Missouri-St. Louis

2015

Philip Gnilka, DePaul University
Aryn Karpinski, Kent State University
Heather Smith, Kent State University

2014

Larry Ludlow, Boston College
Christina Matz-Costa, Boston College
Clair Johnson, Boston College
Mellisa Brown, Boston College
Elyssa Besen, Literty Mutual Research Institute for Safety
Jacquelyn James, Boston College

2013

Brad Erford and Kate Gavin, Loyola University Maryland

2009

Walter Anderson Jr., Private Practice
Sandra Lopez-Baez, University of Virginia

AARC/CORE Outstanding Outcome Research Award

Authors are eligible for the AARC/CORE Outstanding Outcome Research Award if their manuscript was published in Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation from July 1 to June 30 of the previous year. Recipient(s) will receive a plaque commemorating the award and acknowledgement at the AARC annual awards meeting.

Previous Award Recipients

2023

Alexander M. Fields, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Kathryn P. Linich, Duquesne University
Cara M. Thompson, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Madeline Castle, University of South Carolina
Shelby K. Gonzales, Boise State University
Dodie Limberg, University of South Carolina

2022

Adriane Q. Cavallini, Brigham Young University
David M. Erekson, Brigham Young University
Paige N. Park, Brigham Young University
Gyuyi Kang, Brigham Young University

2020

Jill Schwarz, The College of New Jersy
Dana Baber, The College of New Jersy
Ariel Barter, The College of New Jersy
Katherine Dorfman, The College of New Jersy

2017

Randi Schietz, Florida Atlantic University
Elizabeth Villares, Florida Atlantic University

2016

Kelly Wester, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Holly Downs, Center for Creative Leadership
Heather Trepal, University of Texas at San Antonio

2015

Robert Smith, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
Brandé Flamez, Larmar University
Javier Cavazos Vela, The University of Texas at Brownsville
Stefani Schomaker, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
Mary Allice Fernadez, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
Shanice Armstrong, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi

2014

Shane Haberstroh, University of Texas at San Antonio
Thelma Duffey, University of Texas at San Antonio
Erin Marble, University of Texas at San Antonio
Nathaniel Ivers, Wake Forest University

2013

Stephen Lenz, University of Memphis
Michelle Perepiczka, New York Institute of Technology
Richard Balkin, Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi