The ALISE Board of Directors is pleased to announce the 2021 ALISE award winners. These individuals exemplify the excellence that ALISE encourages and represents in the LIS community. Congratulations to all of our award winners!
ALISE Awards
Service to ALISE Award
Heidi E. Julien, University at Buffalo
ALISE Excellence in Teaching Award
Beth Brendler, University of Missouri - Columbia
ALISE/Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award
Heather Moulaison-Sandy and Felicity Dykas, University of Missouri Organizing Information in Information Agencies
ALISE/Norman Horrocks Leadership Award
Michele Villagran, San Jose State University
ALISE Community conn@CT Mini-Grants
Travis Wagner and Vanessa Kitzie, University of South Carolina Creating Sustainable Digital Spaces for Sharing Health Information with South Carolina Transgender and Non-binary Communities
ALISE/Connie Van Fleet Award for Research Excellence in Public Library Services to Adults
Noah Lenstra, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Annual Conference Awards & Grants
ALISE Best Conference Paper Award
Melissa Gross, Florida State University, and Don Latham, Florida State University
Is There a Social Worker in Your Library
Joseph Winberry, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Student Perspectives of LIS Education in an Aging Society
Doctoral Student to ALISE Grant
Maria Ortiz-Myers, Rutgers University – New Brunswick
Jieun Yeon, Syracuse University
Diversity Travel Award to the ALISE Annual Conference
Shannon Williams, Florida State University
Jean Tague Sutcliffe Doctoral Student Research Poster Competition
1st Place - Schenita Floyd, University of North Texas
1st Place - Travis Wagner, University of South Carolina
2nd Place - Ly Dinh, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Honorable Mention - Amanda Hovious, University of North Texas
Honorable Mention - Stacie Milburn, University of North Texas
Honorable Mention - Alexis Rittenberger, Case Western Reserve University
ALISE/University of Washington Information School Youth Services Graduate Student Travel Award
Kerry Townsend, University of Missouri
ALISE Research Awards/Grants
ALISE Research Grant Competition
Michele Villagran and Darra Hofman, San Jose State University Educating for Equity?: Sexual and Gender Minority Privacy in Library and Information Studies Education
ALISE/Bohdan S. Wynar Research Paper Competition
Joseph Winberry and Devendra Potnis, University of Tennessee-Knoxville Social Innovations in Public Libraries: Types and Challenges
ALISE Best Conference Paper Award