Education professors Peter Smagorinsky and Elizabeth St. Pierre were named outstanding reviewers for the Educational Researcher, an academic journal produced by the American Educational Research Association.
They were honored for the number of timely reviews completed, depth of understanding of the field of research and a compassionate voice vital to mentoring new authors.
Smagorinsky, a professor in the department of language and literacy education, is chair of the research forum of the National Council of Teachers of English and a past president of the National Conference on Research in Language and Literacy.
St. Pierre, professor and graduate coordinator in the department of language and literacy education, is also an affiliated faculty member in the qualitative research program and in the Institute for Women’s Studies.