The ASHA Journals Awards encompass two categories of publications-related awards: The Alfred K. Kawana Award for Lifetime Achievement in Publications and the Editor’s Awards. For information on the ASHA Journals Awards, including present and past recipients, see the ASHA Journals Awards page on ASHAWire.
The Alfred K. Kawana Award for Lifetime Achievement in Publications
This award, named in memory of the late Alfred K. Kawana, former director of ASHA publications, recognizes a sustained history of exemplary publications by a scholar whose journal contributions span a period of at least 10 years and are meritorious in their educational, scientific, or clinical value. For information on the Kawana Award, including present and past recipients, see the Kawana Award page on ASHAWire.
2022 Kawana Awardee: Julie A. Washington, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Dr. Julie Washington is a professor at the University of California Irvine (UCI) School of Education. She is a scholar in the field of language science. Her research focuses on literacy, language intervention, and poverty, including how cultural dialects affect assessment and identification of reading disabilities in African American children. Dr. Washington and her work have been profiled in The Atlantic, and her 2018 article, “The Impact of Dialect Density on the Growth of Language and Reading in African American children,” earned the 2019 Editor’s Award from LSHSS. Presently, she directs the Learning Disabilities Research Innovation Hub and also serves as director of the Dialect, Poverty and Academic Success Lab at UCI.
Dr. Washington is an ASHA Fellow (2004) and former member of the ASHA Publications Board. Her extensive publication history includes more than 25 contributions to the ASHA Journals since 1992. In January 2023, she will assume the role of editor-in-chief for the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research Language Section.
Editor’s Awards
An Editor’s Award is given by the editor-in-chief of AJA, AJSLP, LSHSS, JSLHR (Hearing section), JSLHR (Language section), and JSLHR (Speech section) and by each of the four editors-in-chief of Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups for the article that the editor-in-chief and editors feel meets the highest quality standards in research design, presentation, and impact for a given year.
2022 Editor’s Award Recipients (for articles published in 2021)
American Journal of Audiology
(Editor-in-Chief: Ryan McCreery)
Toward a New Evidence-Based Fitting Paradigm for Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids
Dana Urbanski, Helin Hernandez, Jacob Oleson, and Yu-Hsiang Wu
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
(Editors-in-Chief: Erinn Finke and Katherine C. Hustad)
Development and Validation of a Probe Word List to Assess Speech Motor Skills in Children
Aravind Kumar Namasivayam, Anna Huynh, Rohan Bali, Francesca Granata, Vina Law, Darshani Rampersaud, Jennifer Hard, Roslyn Ward, Rena Helms-Park, Pascal van Lieshout, and Deborah Hayden
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research – Speech Section
(Editor-in-Chief: Cara Stepp)
Speech Movement Variability in People Who Stutter: A Vocal Tract Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
Charlotte E. E. Wiltshire, Mark Chiew, Jennifer Chesters, Máiréad P. Healy, and Kate E. Watkins
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research – Language Section
(Editor-in-Chief: Stephen Camarata)
Assessing Language in Unstructured Conversation in People With Aphasia: Methods, Psychometric Integrity, Normative Data, and Comparison to a Structured Narrative Task
Marion C. Leaman and Lisa A. Edmonds
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research – Hearing Section
(Editor-in-Chief: Peggy Nelson)
Blast Exposure and Self-Reported Hearing Difficulty in Service Members and Veterans Who Have Normal Pure-Tone Hearing Sensitivity: The Mediating Role of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Kelly M. Reavis, Jonathan M. Snowden, James A. Henry, Frederick J. Gallun, M. Samantha Lewis, and Kathleen F. Carlson
Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools
(Editor-in-chief: Amanda Owen Van Horne)
Perceptions of Black Children’s Narrative Language: A Mixed-Methods Study
Monique T. Mills, Leslie C. Moore, Rong Chang, Somin Kim, and Bethany Frick
Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups
(Editor-in-Chief: Brenda Beverly)
Development and Resolution of Nasal Fricatives in a Child With Repaired Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate: A Case Report
David J. Zajac, Juliana Powell, and Margaret McQuillan
Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups
(Editor-in-Chief: Mary Sandage)
Alveolar Backing in 3-Year-Old Children With and Without Repaired Cleft Palate: Preliminary Findings Related to Cleft Type and History of Otitis Media
David J. Zajac, Hannah Whitt, Adriane Baylis, Maura Tourian, and Katie Garcia
Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups
(Editor-in-Chief: Dawn Konrad-Martin)
Designing and Implementing a Comprehensive Telehealth Aural Rehabilitation Program for Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients
Cornetta L. Mosley
Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups
(Editor-in-Chief: Celeste Domsch)
TeleCPT: Delivery of a Better Conversations Approach to Communication Partner Training During a Global Pandemic and Beyond
Suzanne Beeke, Anna Volkmer, and Claire Farrington-Douglas
Congratulations to all the winners, and thank you for your impactful contributions to CSD research.
