The Paula Silver Case Award
The Paula Silver Case Award
The Paula Silver Case Award was instituted by UCEA in 1999 to memorialize the life and work of Paula Silver, a UCEA associate director and president-elect who made significant contributions to our program through excellence in scholarship, advocacy of women, and an inspired understanding of praxis. A sterling silver bowl is presented annually to the author(s) of the most outstanding case published during the last volume of the UCEA Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership.
Please email electronic copies of all nomination materials to ucea.org@gmail.com with the title of the award in the subject line.
The deadline for nominations for 2024 will be announced soon.
Paula Silver Case Award Recipients
2024
Shannon R. Waite, Howard University
Courtney Wilkerson, Howard University
2023
Seen Yet Unseen: A Case of Human Trafficking at Harris High School by Melinda Lemke & Erin Bascug, University of Buffalo & Ahlea Howard, International Institute of Buffalo
2022
Mehtap Akay, Montclair State University
Reva Jaffe-Walter, Montclair State University
Excavating the Layers of Trauma in Homelands and Hostlands: Supporting Political Refugees in U.S. Schools
2021
Josue Lopez, University of Pittsburgh
Erica Fernandez, Miami University
2020
Karen Stansberry Beard, Ohio State University
Stanley E. Gates, II, Columbus City Council
Providing a Passport to the Future for Foster Youth: A Case for Educational Leadership and Policy
2019
Jane Beese, Youngstown University
Jennifer Martin, University of Illinois at Springfield
The Bathroom Case: Creating a Supportive School Environment for Transgender and Gender Non-conforming Student
2018
Paula Magee, IUPUI
Samantha M. Scribner, IUPUI
Jada Phelps-Moultrie, Michigan State University
Talk About a Racial Eclipse: Narratives of Institutional Evasion in an Urban School-University Partnership
2017
David S. Knight, University of Texas at El Paso
Elena Izquierdo, University of Texas at El Paso
David, E. DeMatthews, University of Texas at El Paso
A Balancing act: School budgeting and resource allocation on a new dual language campus, Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, vol. 19, 4: pp. 32-46. , First Published November 3, 2016.
2016
Dorothy Hines-Datiri, University of Kansas
When Police Intervene: Race, Gender and Discipline of Black Male Students at an Urban High School
2015
Matthew M. Kaiser, Metropolitan School District of Washington Township, Indianapolis, IN
Keshia M. Seitz – Five-Star Technology Solutions, IN
Elizabeth A. Walters – Metropolitan School District of Perry Township, Indianapolis, IN
Citation:Kaiser, M. M., Seitz, K. M., & Walters, E. A. (2014). Transgender Policy: What is Fair for All Students? Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 17 (1), 3–16.
2014
Sally J. Zepeda, University of Georgia
R. Stewart Mayers of Southeastern Oklahoma State University
citation: Zepeda, S. J., & Mayers, R. S. (2013). Communication and trust: Change at the onset of appointment to the superintendency. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 16, 14-30, first published on December 17, 2013 doi:10.1177/1555458913515986
2013
Carol Karpinski, Fairleigh Dickinson University
2012
Lisa Bass, University of Oklahoma
Gregg Garn, University of Oklahoma
Lisa Monroe, University of Oklahoma
2011
Donald Peurach, Michigan State University
Gary E. Marx Eastern, Michigan University
2010
Enrique Aleman, University of Utah
2009
Catherine A. Lugg, Rutgers University
Autumn K. Tooms, Kent State University
Tooms, A., & Lugg, C. A. (2008). Oh, we’ve got trouble! right here in Ravenna city: It starts with G, and has an S, and ends in A(with apologies to Meredith Wilson). Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 11(1), 111-128.
2008
Kerry S. Kearney, Oklahoma State University
Judith K. Mathers, Oklahoma State University
2007
Lorraine Miller, Duval County Public Schools
David Strader, University of Texas-Arlington
2006
David Mayrowetz, University of Illinois at Chicago
John Preston Price, Chicago Public Schools
2005
Donald Leech, Valdostg State University
Lorraine Miller, Duval County Public School
2004
Duane Covrig, University of Akron
Louis Trenta, University of Akron
Sharon Kruse, University of Akron
2003
Sandra Lowrey, Stephen F. Austin State University
Sandra Harris, Stephen F. Austin State University
2002
George White, Lehigh University
Thomas Mayes, Lehigh University
2001
Stephen Davis, University of The Pacific
2000
Karen Seashore, University of Minnesota
BetsAnn Smith, Michigan State University
1999 James S. Rinehart, University of Kentucky