ACTFL
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
Past Award Recipients
ACTFL-MLJ Emma Marie Birkmaier Award for Doctoral Dissertation Research in Foreign Language Education
2011: JIANLING LAO, University of Iowa
2010: JOSHUA J. THOMS
2009: MUHAMMAD MAHMOUD ABDEL LATIF
2008: SUSAN HILDEBRANDT; Longwood University, VA
2007: IDOIA ELOLA, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2006: SU-JA KANG, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY
2005: DR. ANNE D. CUMMINGS
2004: NAOKO TAGUCHI, Akita International University
2003: INSIL CHANG, Dongguk University, Republic of Korea
2002: JUNGMIN KO, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
2001: MARIA MANUELA D. GUILHERME, University of Durham, Durham, England, U. K.
2000: HIRAM H. MAXIM, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
1999: CHRISTIANE BONGARTZ, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
1997: H. JULIE CHEN, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
1996: SHARON WILKINSON, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
1994: JUDITH LISKIN-GASPARRO, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1993: BEVERLY MOSER, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
1992: TOVE I. DAHL, Norwegian Center for Research on Adult Education, Trondheim, Norway
1991: GAIL L. RILEY, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1989: JULIE ANN ARCHER-KATH, Columbia Heights Public Schools, Columbia Heights, MN
1988: ELAINE FULLER CARTER, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
1987: ROBERT MICHAEL DE KEYSER, Brugge, Belgium
1986: KATHLEEN MARSHALL PEDERSON, Buffalo Grove High School, Hoffman Estates, IL
1985: CHRISTOPHER M. ELY, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
1984: ELIZABETH BUCHTER BERNHARDT, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, and
JOYCE G. SAGER, The MacDuffie School, Springfield, MA
1981: CHARLES WILLIAM TWYFORD, Language Education Associates, Arlington, VA
ACTFL/Cengage Learning Faculty Development Programs Award for Excellence in Foreign Language Instruction Using Technology with IALLT
2011: MICHAEL SHAUGHNESSY, Washington & Jefferson College
2010: KEVIN M. GAUGLER
2009: DR. MARGARETE LAMB-FAFFELBERGER
2008: LARA LOMICKA ANDERSON, University of South Carolina
2007: GILBERTE FURSTENBERG, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA and LAURA FRANKLIN, Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA
2005: SUE BARRY, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
2005: DONNA VAN HANDLE
2004: TONY ERBEN, University of South Florida
2003: JAMES PUSACK and SUE OTTO, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2002: TERESA J. KENNEDY, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
2001: ANNE GREEN, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2000: JEAN LELOUP, State University of New York, Cortland
1999: MICHAEL D. BUSH, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and
FRANZISKA LYS, Northwestern University
ACTFL-MLJ Paul Pimsleur Award for Research in Foreign Language Education
2011: RACHEL L. SHIVELY, Illinois State University
2010: LAURA COLLINS, PAVEL TROFIMOVICH, JOANNA WHITE, WALCIR CARDOSO, and MARLISE HORST
2009: NINA VYATKINA AND JULIE A. BELZ
2008: MATTHEW E. POEHNER, Pennsylvania State University
2007: PAUL D. TOTH; University of Wisconsin-Madison
2006: RICHARD DONATO, University of Pittsburgh, PA and FRANK B. BROOKS, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
2005: JOANN HAMMADOU SULLIVAN
2004: HIRAM H. MAXIM, Georgetown University
2003: JUNKO MORI, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2002: PAUL TOTH, The University of Akron, Akron, OH
2001: JOHN NORRIS, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu;
LOURDES ORTEGA, Georgia State University, Atlanta
2000: BART BOSSERS, Department of Applied Linguistics, Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
JAN HULSTIJN, Department of Applied Linguistics, Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and
ROB SCHOONEN, SCO-Kohnstamm Institute for Educational Research, University of Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
1999: MATTHEW SAXTON, Royal Holloway University of London, Surrey, England
1998: ROY LYSTER, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada;
LEILA RANTA, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1997: RICHARD DONATO, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA;
JANIS L. ANTONEK, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC; and
G. RICHARD TUCKER, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
1996: TERESA CADIERNO, Odense University, Denmark
1995: SUSAN M. GASS, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI and
EVANGELINE MARLOS VARONIS, University of Akron, Akron, OH
1994: SUSAN BACON, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
1993: CATHERINE DOUGHTY, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
1992: GEORGE YULE, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, and
DORIS M. MacDonald, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
1991: MICHAEL D. FINNEMANN, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
1990: FRED GENESEE and WALLACE E. LAMBERT, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada,
with graduate students NAOMI E. HOLOBOW and LOUISE CHARTRAND
1989: RUSSELL N. CAMPBELL, University of California at Los Angeles
AMADO A. PADILLA, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA;
MARGUERITE ANN SNOW, California State University at Los Angeles
1988: TERESA PICA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1987: MARVA A. BARNETT, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
1986: HENRY EDWARDS, RICHARD CLEMENT, BASTIAN KRUIDENIER, and
MARJORIE WESCHE, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and
STEPHEN KRASHEN, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1985: PATRICIA L. CARRELL, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
1984: JACQUELINE ROSS, Boulder Public Schools, Boulder, CO, and
CHARLES STANSFIELD, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
1983: JOHN E. LALANDE II, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
1982: THOMAS C. COOPER and GENELLE G. MORAIN, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1981: ELLEN BIALYSTOK, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Ontario, Canada
1980: ALICE C. OMAGGIO, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; JANET KING SWAFFAR and
MARGARET S. WOODRUFF, University of Texas, Austin
1979: WILLIAM FLINT SMITH and LINDA L. NIEMAN, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN.
Nelson Brooks Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Culture
2011: PAULA HEUSINKVELD, Clemson University
2008: RENATE SCHULZ, University of Arizona
2007: DAVID ALLEY, Georgia Southern University
2006: JAYNE ABRATE, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
2005: LORI LANGER DE RAMIREZ
2004: HEIDI BYRNES, Georgetown University
2003: NANCY HUMBACH, Miami University, Oxford, OH
2002: VICKI GALLOWAY, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
2001: MARI HAAS, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
2000: MYRNA DELSON-KARAN, Quebec Government House, Delegation generale du Quebec, Roslyn Harbor, NY
1999: MARIE-CHRISTINE WEIDMANN KOOP, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
1998: URSULA MEYER, Goethe-Institut, New York, NY
1997: IRÈNE KRAEMER, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI
1996: OSCAR OZETE, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN
1995: ISABELLE KAPLAN, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
1994: THOMAS W. ALSOP, Ben Davis High School, Indianapolis, IN
1993: WENDY W. ALLEN, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
1992: BILL VANPATTEN, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL
1991: JEAN- PIERRE BERWALD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1990: TONI THEISEN, Thompson R2-5 School District, Loveland, CO
1989: MICHAEL D. OATES, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
1988: CLAIRE J. KRAMSCH, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
1987: GERHARD WEISS, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
1986: ALICE MANE WOLF, Ottawa High School, Ottawa, KS
1985: JOHN M. DARCEY, West Hartford Public Schools, West Hartford, CT
1984: ROBERT C. LAFAYETTE, Indiana University, Bloomington, IL
1983: BARBARA BROWN JOHNSON, Creighton Junior High School, Lakewood, CO
1982: ODELL M. BJERKNESS and ALVIN P. TRAASETH, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN
1981: JACQUELINE ELLIOTT, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
1980: HOWARD LEE NOSTRAND, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
LAURENCE WYLIE, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1979: GENELLE G. MORAIN, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Edwin Cudecki International Business Award
2011: CONGRESSMAN JARED POLIS, Colorado
2010: NEW JERSEY REPRESENTATIVE RUSH HOLT
2008: JOHN BRADEMAS, John Brademas Center for the Study of Congress, New York, NY
2007: TONY PLANA, Actor, Director, and Producer, Los Angeles, CA
2005: JIM ROGERS
2004: ROBERT M. HITT, BMW Manufacturing
2003: No Award
2002: CLAUS M. HALLE, The Halle Foundation, Atlanta, GA
2001: STEPHEN S. MELSHEIMER, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
2000: NORMAN BURKART, Language Link, Kansas City, MO
1999: ERIC W. DEHMEL, TRW Automotive, Aschaffenberg, Germany
1998: RALPH POHLMEIER, President, Educational Media, Edmond, OK
1996: GERHARD BESSERER, Senior Correspondent and
U.S. Representative, DEUTSCHE WELLE, Arlington, VA
1994: JEFFREY J. MUNKS, Director of Marketing and Sales, AT&T Language Line Services, Monterey, CA
1993: RICHARD LAMBERT, National Foreign Language Center, Washington, DC
1992: STEPHEN A. COBB, Partner, Waller Lansden Dortch and Davis, Nashville, TN
1991: SENATOR CHRISTOPHER DODD of Connecticut
1990: PAUL R. FOERSTER, South Carolina State Development Board
1989: LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR GEORGE H. RYAN of Illinois
1988: CHARLES A. GARCIA, Arthur Young & Company, Hartford, CT
ACTFL-National Textbook Company Award for Building Community Interest in Foreign Language Education
This award was suspended in 2001.
1998: JEAN TEEL, Shawnee Mission School District, Shawnee Mission, KS
1997: RUDOLF SCHONFELD, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Schools, Parsippany, NJ
1996: LORI WINNE, Toledo Public Schools,Toledo, OH
1995: MARTIE A. SEMMER, Summit School District, RE-1, Frisco, CO
1994: No recipient
1993: STEPHEN K. MITTELSTET, Dallas County Community College District, Dallas, TX
1992: ALAN GARFINKEL, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
1991: MARIA A. MONTALVO, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM
1990: RICHARD J. BEATON, Griffin High School, Griffin, GA
1989: ELLEN C. MERRILL, Dillard University, New Orleans, LA
1988: ROMA HOFF, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI
1987: GREGORY W. DUNCAN, Georgia Department of Education, Atlanta, GA
1986: LORENZO A. TRUJILLO, Jefferson County Public Schools, Golden, CO
1985: SALLY CULLEN, Marshall Junior High School, Janesville, WI
1984: JEAN S. HUGHES, Ordean Junior High School, Duluth, MN
1983: RENE L. LAVERGNEAU, Hackensack Public Schools, Hackensack, NJ
1982: JOHN D. DURDEN, Akron Public Schools, Akron, OH
ACTFL-NYSAFLT Anthony Papalia Award for Excellence in Teacher Education
2011: GREGORY W. DUNCAN, Interprep, Inc.
2010: JOHANNA WATZINGER-THARP, University of Utah
2009: ANNE NERENZ
2008: JUDITH SCHRUM, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, VA
2007: BILL VANPATTEN, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2006: KATHRYN CORL, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2005: MARY LYNN REDMOND
2004: HELENA CURTAIN: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2003: AUDREY HEINING-BOYNTON, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
2002: RENATE A. SCHULZ, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2001: MARCIA HARMON ROSENBUSCH, National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center
2000: ALEIDINE MOELLER, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
1999: MYRIAM MET, Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD
1998: CAROL ANN PESOLA Dahlberg, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN
1997: DAVID C. MCALPINE, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
1996: EILEEN W. GLISAN, Indiana University, Indiana, PA
1995: GAIL GUNTERMANN, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1994: LYNN A. SANDSTEDT, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
1993: ELEANOR JORDEN, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
1992: CHARLES R. HANCOCK, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1991: CONSTANCE K. KNOP, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1990: EDWARD D. ALLEN, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1989: ALICE OMAGGIO HADLEY, University of Illinois at Urbana, Urbana, IL
1988: WILGA M. RIVERS, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Florence Steiner Awards for Leadership in Foreign Language Education
Postsecondary:ALEIDINE J. MOELLER, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2005: K12: JO SANDERS
Postsecondary: SALLY MAGNAN
2004: K12: PEGGY BOYLES, Putnam City Schools, Oklahoma City, OK
Postsecondary: ROBERT TERRY, University of Richmond
2003: K12: MARTHA SINGER SEMMER, NNELL, Breckenridge, CO
Postsecondary: FRANK W. MEDLEY, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
2002: ANN TOLLEFSON, Language Associates International, Casper, WY
EMILY SPINELLI, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI
2001: MARIE TRAYER, IN-VISION, Omaha, NE
CARINE M. FEYTON, University of South Florida, Tampa
2000: DONNA L. CLEMENTI, Appleton West High School, Appleton
WIREBECCA M. VALETTE, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
1999: JOANNA BREEDLOVE CRANE, Alabama State Department of Education, Montgomery
ALJUDITH LISKIN-GASPARRO, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1998: MARTHA G. ABBOTT, Fairfax County Schools, Falls Church, VA
1997: KATHLEEN M. RIORDAN, Springfield Public Schools, Springfield, MA
JOANN P. THRUSH, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI
1996: O. LYNN BOLTON, Nathan Hale High School, West Allis, WI
MARCIA HARMON ROSENBUSCH, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
1995: ELIZABETH HOFFMAN, Nebraska Department of Education, Lincoln, NE
RAY VERZASCONI, Oregon State University, Corvallis
1994: GLADYS C. LIPTON, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
DIANE BIRCKBICHLER, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1993: HELENA CURTAIN, Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee, WI
RENATE SCHULZ, University of Arizona, Tucson
1992: CAROLYN L. ANDRADE, Cincinnati Public Schools, Cincinnati, OH
WILLIAM E. DE LORENZO, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
1991: CHRISTINE L. BROWN, Glastonbury Public Schools, Glastonbury, CT
ROBERT DI DONATO, Miami University, Oxford, OH
1990: DOROTHEA BRUSCHKE, Parkway School District, Chesterfield, MO
IRENE THOMPSON, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
1989: DORA R. KENNEDY, Prince George's County Public Schools, Upper Marlboro, MD
KENNETH D. CHASTAIN, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
1988: FRANK M. GRITTNER, Wisconsin Department of Education, Madison, WI
CAROL ANN PESOLA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
1987: KENNETH A. LESTER, Connecticut State Department of Education, Hartford, CT
PHILLIP J. CAMPANA, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN
1986: MARIA WILMETH, Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, VA
GERARD ERVIN, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, and (posthumous)
EDWIN CUDECKI, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, IL
1985: BARBARA ELLING, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
1984: CONSTANCE KAY KNOP, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
ELEANOR LIEN SANDSTROM, Greater Philadelphia Public Schools, Philadelphia, PA (retired)
1983: MYRIAM MET, Cincinnati Public Schools, Cincinnati, OH
LYNN A. SANDSTEDT, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
1982: KAY LYONS, Half Hollow Hills High School, Dix Hills, NY
ROBERT G. MEAD, JR., University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
1981: NANCY ANN HUMBACH, Cincinnati, OH
1980: ANTHONY J. MOLLICA, Wentworth County Board of Education, Ontario, Canada
CHARLES HANCOCK, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
1979: STEPHEN L. LEVY, Roslyn Public Schools, Roslyn, NY
EDWARD ALLEN, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1978: JOSEPH A. TURSI, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
1977: ROBERT J. LUDWIG, Mount Pleasant High School, Schenectady, NY
WILGA M. RIVERS, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
The ACTFL Melba D Woodruff Award for Exemplary Elementary Foreign Language Program
2011: WEST WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, Plainsboro, NJ
2010: HOLLISTON, MA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
2009: EAST GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Grand Rapids, MI
2008: RIVER OAKS BAPTIST SCHOOL, Houston, TX
2007: WINSTON-SALEM/FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS, Winston-Salem, NC
2006: St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, MN
2005: Eisenhower International School, Tulsa, OK
