The William J. Davis Award

The William J. Davis Award is given annually to the author(s) of the most outstanding article published in Educational Administration Quarterly (EAQ) during the preceding volume year. The article selection is made by a three-member panel chosen from the EAQ Editorial Board members who have not published in the volume being reviewed.

The Davis Award was established in 1979 with contributions in honor of the late William J. Davis, former Associate Director of UCEA and Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Contributions to the award fund are welcome and should be sent to UCEA, Michigan State University, College of Education, 620 Farm Lane, 431 Erickson Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824.

The deadline for nominations dues by August 25, 2023. Please email electronic copies of all nomination materials to ucea.org@gmail.com with the title of the award in the subject line.

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Davis Award Recipients

2022	Ann M. Ishimaru, University of Washington Mollie K. Galloway, Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling Hearts and Minds First: Institutional Logics in Pursuit of Educational Equity
2021	Madeline Mavrogordato, Michigan State University, Rachel Sue White, Old Dominion University
2020	Carrie Sampson, Arizona State University (Im)Possibilities of Latinx School Board Members’ Educational Leadership Toward Equity
2019	Melanie Bertrand, Arizona State University Youth Participatory Action Research and Possibilities for Students of Color in Educational Leadership
2018	Roderick L. Carey, University of Delaware David E. DeMatthews, University of Texas at El Paso Arturo Olivarez, University of Texas at El Paso Kevin Moussavi Saeedi, Horneo Middle School, El Paso Independent School District Guilty as Charged? Principals’ Perspectives on Disciplinary Practices and the Racial Discipline Gap
2017	Christopher Day, University of Nottingham Qing Gu, University of Nottingham Pam Sammons, University of Oxford The Impact of Leadership on Student Outcomes: How Successful School Leaders Use Transformational and Instructional Strategies to Make a Difference Educational Administration Quarterly, vol. 52, 2: pp. 221-258. , First Published February 9, 2016

2016	Terrance L. Green, The University of Texas at Austin Leading for Urban School Reform and Community Development Educational Administration Quarterly, December 2015; vol. 51, 5: pp. 679-711., first published on March 20, 2015
2015	Gerardo R. López, Loyola University New Orleans, LA Rebeca Burciaga, San José State University, San José, CA The troublesome legacy of Brown v. Board of Education. Educational Administration Quarterly 2014 50:796-811
2014	Anysia Peni Mayer, University of Connecticut Morgaen L. Donaldson, University of Connecticut Kimberly LeChasseur, University of Connecticut Anjalé D. Welton, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Casey D. Cob, University of Connecticut Negotiating Site-Based Management and Expanded Teacher Decision Making: A Case Study of Six Urban Schools Educational Administration Quarterly 2013 49:5, 695–731
2013	David Arsen, Michigan State University Yongmei Ni, The University of Utah The Effects of Charter School Competition on School District Resource Allocation Educational Administration Quarterly 2012 48:3-38 Rose M. Ylimaki, University of Arizona Curriculum Leadership in a Conservative Era Educational Administration Quarterly 2012 48:304-346
2012	Virginia Roach, George Washington University, Washington, DC L. Wes Smith, Early College High School, Currituck County, NC James Boutin, District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC School Leadership Policy Trends and Developments: Policy Expediency or Policy Excellence? Educational Administration Quarterly 2011 47:71-113
2011	Autumn K. Tooms, University of Tennessee – Knoxville Catherine Lugg, Rutgers University Ira E. Bogotch, Florida Atlantic University Rethinking the Politics of Fit and Educational Leadership Educational Administration Quarterly 2010 46:96-131
2010	Roger D. Goddard, Texas A&M University Serena J. Salloum, University of Michigan Dan Berebitsky, University of Michigan Trust as a Mediator of the Relationships Between Poverty, Racial Composition, and Academic Achievement: Evidence From Michigan’s Public Elementary Schools Educational Administration Quarterly 2009 45:292-311

2009	Viviane M.J. Robinson, University of Auckland, New Zealand Claire A. Lloyd, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana Kenneth J. Rowe, Australian Council for Educational Research The Impact of Leadership on Student Outcomes: An Analysis of the Differential Effects of Leadership Types Educational Administration Quarterly 2008 44:635-674

2008	Ronald H. Heck, University of Hawaii-Manoa Examining the Relationship Between Teacher Quality as an Organizational Property of Schools and Students’ Achievement and Growth Rates Educational Administration Quarterly 2007 43:399-432
2007	Audrey Addi-Raccah, Tel-Aviv University Accessing Internal Leadership Positions at School: Testing the Similarity-Attraction Approach Regarding Gender in Three Educational Systems in Israel Educational Administration Quarterly 2006 42:291-323
2006	Mengli Song, University of Michigan Cecil Miskel, University of Michigan Who Are the Influentials? A Cross-State Social Network Analysis of the Reading Policy Domain Educational Administration Quarterly 2005 41:7-48
2005	David Gruenewald, Washington State University Gail Furman, Washington State University Expanding the Landscape of Social Justice: A Critical Ecological Analysis Educational Administration Quarterly 2004 40:47-76 Marilyn Tallerico, Syracuse University Jackie Blount, Iowa State University Women and the Superintendency: Insights From Theory and History Educational Administration Quarterly 2004 40:633-662
2004	Susan Printy, Michigan State University Helen Marks, Ohio State University
2003	Philip Young, University of California-Davis
2003	Julie A. Fox, Ohio SchoolNet Commission

2002	Michelle D. Young, University of Missouri-Columbia, UCEA
2002	Scott McLeod, University of Minnesota

2001	Bets Ann Smith, Michigan State University

2000	Anthony Bryk, University of Chicago
	Eric Camburn, University of Michigan
	Karen Seashore Louis, University of Minnesota

1999	Gail Furman Brown, Washington State University

1998	Nona A. Prestine, Illinois State University
1998	Thomas L. McGreal, Illinois State University

1997	William A. Firestone, Rutgers University

1996	Diana G. Pounder, University of Utah
	Rodney T. Ogawa, University of California-Riverside
	E. Ann Adams, Granite School District, UT

1995	Mark A. Smylie, University of Illinois-Chicago
	Robert L. Crowson, Peabody College,Vanderbilt University
	Victoria Chou, University of Illinois-Chicago
	Rebekah A. Levin, University of Illinois-Chicago

1994	Brian Rowan, University of Michigan
	Stephen W. Raudenbush, Michigan State Univeristy
	Yuk Fai Cheong, Michigan State University

1993	Ulrich C. Reitzug, University of Wisconsin
1993	Jennifer Elser Reeves, University of Central Florida

1992	Robert J. Starratt, Fordham University

1991	Ronald H. Heck, University of Hawaii-Manoa
	Terry J. Larsen, Alhambra School District, CA
	George A. Marcoulides, California State University-Fullerton

1990	Mary Stager, University of Toronto
1990	Kenneth A. Leithwood, OISE

1989	Joseph J. Blase, University of Georgia

1988	James G. Cibulka, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

1987	David P. Crandall, NETWORK
	Karen Seashore Louis, University of Minnesota
	Jeffrey W. Eiseman, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

1986	Tim L. Mazzoni, Jr., University of Minnesota
1986	Betty Malen, University of Utah

1985	David L. Clark, Indiana University
	Lindo Lotto, University of Illinois
	Terry Astuto, Kansas State University

1984	Cecil Miskel, University of Utah
	David McDonald,Pomona Public Schools, KS
	Susan Bloom, Blue Valley Public Schools, KS

1983	Donald J. Willower, Pennsylvania State University

1982	Robert A. Cooke, Institute for Social Research
1982	Denise M. Rousseau, University of Michigan

1981	Cecil G. Miskel, University of Utah
	Jo Ann DeFrain, North Harris County College, Houston
	Kay Wilcox, Shawnee Mission Public Schools, KS

1980	Donald J. Willower, Pennsylvania State University

Opportunities

The William J. Davis Award

Davis Award Recipients