![]() The Rhedding-Jones Outstanding Dissertation Award is awarded annually to a graduate doctoral student in recognition of a doctoral thesis that significantly contributes to Reconceptualising Early Childhood Education. The Redding-Jones Dissertation Award has been developed in honor of Jeanette Rhedding-Jones (1943-2013) who mentored doctoral students and early career researchers across many countries. She encouraged and inspired young academics to reimagine early childhood methodologies and practice and to push the boundaries of early childhood research, teaching, policy and pedagogy. To be considered for the award a dissertation will clearly demonstrate contributions to: • Introducing alternative theoretical and/or methodological approaches • Reconceptualising early childhood research and policy • Re-imagining and/or re-orienting pedagogical practices that directly support young children, their families, educators and/or communities |
Nominations for the 2025 Rhedding-Jones Outstanding Dissertation Award
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Eligibility
The nominee's dissertation research should demonstrate contributions to reconceptualizing early childhood education as described above.
The award will be considered for those graduates who have submitted their doctorate in the period between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024 (graduated). The nominee’s active engagement with both the Reconceptualising Early Childhood Education (RECE) Conference and the field of early childhood education will be taken into account.
Nominations are welcome for doctoral theses written in any language. However, in case the language of the doctoral thesis is not English, we require some of the supporting documents to be submitted in English. Please see overleaf for complete nomination instructions.
Application Material
Nomination packets should include:
A copy of the examiners' reports should be provided if applicable. If original reports are in a language other than English, a summary of the examiner's reports in English must be included.
3. The following parts of the actual dissertation:
4. A two-page extended summary of the dissertation written by the candidate that articulates the connection of the thesis to RECE. This must be written in English.
Timeline and Submission Instructions
Please send these parts as one combined file in PDF format. Only complete nominations will be considered. Nominations should be emailed to Margarita Ruiz Guerrero, Chair of the Rhedding-Jones Award Review Committee by August 15, 2025.
The decision will be made by an Award Review Committee comprised of current RECE members and approved by the RECE Steering Committee. The recipient of the award will be notified on November 1.
The award will be presented at the 31st Annual RECE Conference held from December 3rd to 6th, 2025 at Universidad Diego Portales and Universidad Alberto Hurtado in Santiago, Chile. Attendance is not required' however a $500 USD grant will be available to assist the awardee with travel costs.
Llamado a Nominaciones para el premio Rhedding Jones para la Excelencia en la Tesis de Doctorado Año 2025
El premio Rhedding Jones para la Excelencia en la Tesis de Doctorado se otorga anualmente a un/una estudiante de postgrado en reconocimiento s su tesis de doctorado que haya contribuido en forma significativa a la Reconceptualización de la Educación Temprana/Preescolar.
El premio Rhedding Jones para la Excelencia en la Tesis de Doctorado fue implementado en honor aJeanette Rhedding- Jones (1943‐2013) quien fue mentora de estudiantes de doctorado y de investigadores quienes iniciaban sus carreras en diversos países.
Ella animó e inspiró a jóvenes académicos a poder re-imaginar las metodologías y prácticas educativas relacionadas con la educación temprana/preescolar, y además a extender la investigación, la enseñanza, las políticas y la pedagogía más allá de los límites establecidos.
Para ser considerado(a) para este premio, la calidad de la tesis de doctorado claramente revelará contribuciones en las siguientes áreas:
Eligibilidad
Aquellos/aquellas estudiantes de postgrado quienes hayan completado su doctorado (y se hayan graduado) en el período comprendido entre el primero de enero del 2024 y el 31 de diciembre del 2024.
El hecho que la persona nominada haya mantenido du afiliación con la Conferencia de "Reconceptualising Early Childhood Education (RECE)" y con la disciplina de educación temprana/preescolar será tenido en consideración.
Son bienvenidas las nominaciones para tesis de doctorado escritas en cualquier idioma. Sin embargo, en el caso de que el idioma de la tesis doctoral no sea el inglés, se requerirá que algunos de los recaudos o documentos que apoyan la aplicación sean enviados en inglés. Por favor, vea(n) las instrucciones completas para la nominación en la página al dorso.
Recaudos para la Solicitud
Los sobres/paquetes para la nominación deberán incluir lo siguiente:
Instrucciones y Plazo para la Entrega
Por favor sírvase enviar estos componentes en un documento único combinado en formato PDF. Sólo se considerarán nominaciones que estén completas. Las nominaciones deberán ser enviadas a Margarita Ruiz Guerrero, Directora del Comité de Revisión del Premio Rhedding-Jones para el 15 de agosto del 2025.
La decisión final está en manos del Comité Encargado para las Revisiones del Premio, el cual incluye miembros vigentes de RECE, y será avalada por el Comité Directivo de RECE. Se le notificará a la persona que reciba el premio el 1ero de noviembre.
El premio se presentará en la 31ava Conferencia de RECE en Santiago de Chile, fechas 3 al 6 de diciembre, en la Universidad Diego Portales y en la Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Santiago de Chile.
No se requiere la presencia de la persona recipiente de tal premio. Sin embargo, la cantidad de $500 USD estarán disponible para el o la recipiente del premio para cubrir gastos de viaje.
Recipients of the Rhedding-Jones Outstanding Dissertation Award
2024
Lily Padía (New York University), Communicative justice: Bilingual nonspeaking children and families languaging beyond the spoken word.
2023
Dr Lindsay Schofield (Manchester Metropolitan University), Ecologies of touch.
2022
Dr. Müge Olğun-Baytaş (Penn State University), Everyday citizenship for young children at a faith-based school: An ethnographic study.
2020
Dr. Ayesha Rabadi-Raol (Teachers College, Columbia University), What if you just listened to the experience of an immigrant teacher?
Dr. Claudia Díaz-Díaz (University of British Columbia), Places that speak: Diversity and social responsibility in Canadian early childhood education.
Dr. Luz Marina Hoyos (Concordia University), Honouring cultural differences in early childhood education and care: A participatory research project with a Colombian Embera Chami Indigenous Community.
Dr. Yulida Pangastuti (University of Auckland), Expansion of early childhood education in Indonesia: Finding voices, telling stories.
2019
Dr. Margarita Ruiz-Guerrero (New Mexico State), Nutrition in early childhood: A Black feminist analysis of Head Start.
2018
Dr. Maria Persons (City University of New York), Critical play: Agency, interdependency, and intersectionality in an early childhood classroom.
2017
Dr. Emma Buchanan (Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne), From developing child to competent learner: A history of the kindergarten child and progressive reform in Aotearoa New Zealand.
2016
Dr. Sapna Thapa (University of Wisconsin-Stout), The elusive nature of equity and quality in early childhood education: Policy rhetoric, meanings and local perceptions in Nepal and Wisconsin, USA.
2015
Dr. Casey Y. Myers (Kent State University), Children, among other things: Entangled cartographies of the more-than-human kindergarten classroom.