1997
Awarded $2,000
Kathy J. Jakielski, University of Texas at Austin
Mentor: Barbara L. Davis
“Motor Organization in the Acquisition of Consonant Clusters”
1996
Awarded $2,000
Shelley Gray, University of Arizona
Mentor: Linda Swisher
“Vocabulary Deficits in in Children With specific Language Impairment: The Identification Accuracy of Norm-Referenced Tests and a Language-Learning Task”
1995
Awarded $2,000
Linda J. Hesketh, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Mentor: Susan E. Weismer
“Toddlers’ Learning of Synonymous Verbs: Is There Evidence for a Mutual Exclusivity Bias?”
1994
No Award
1993
Awarded $1,000
Teresa Ukrainetz McFadden, University of Texas at Austin
“The Conceptual Basis of Emergent Literacy: Children Preserving Stories”
1992
Awarded $1,000
Catherine Laszlo, Portland State University
“Phonological Awareness Skills in Late Talkers”
1991
Awarded $1,000
Susan I. Kemp-Fincham, University of Illinois, Urbana-champaign
“Indices of Sensorimotor Processes in 20 34-Month-Old Toddlers' Phonological Development”
1990
Awarded $1,000
Rita L. Bauersmith, Portland State University
“Story Retelling Skills as an Indicator of Persistent Language Delays in Pre-school Children”
1989
Awarded $1,000
Barbara Byrd Fazio, Indiana University
“Conceptual and Linguistic Factors Associated With Young Language-Impaired Children's Counting Abilities”
1988
Awarded $1,000
Diane Frome Loeb, Purdue University
“The Development of Subject Roles in Normally Developing and Language‑Impaired Children”
1987
Awarded $1,000
Barbara J. Kiernan, University of Arizona
“Bilingual and Monolingual Vocabulary Learning by Predominantly Navajo‑Speaking, Preschool Children”
1986
Awarded $1,000
Kiyoshi Otomo, University of Washington
“Development of Certain Vowels in Early Meaningful Speech of Children 20 to 32 Months of Age”
1985
Awarded $1,000
Patricia Sorenson, University of Western Ontario
“Facilitating Vocabulary Acquisition in Preschool Language‑Impaired Children: An Evaluation of the Informativeness Principle as a Clinical Procedure”
1984
Awarded $1,000
Elizabeth Heublein, University of Colorado
“Analysis of Child Language Use in Natural Conversations”