Constance McCullough Award

The Constance McCullough Award, which carries a monetary prize of US$5,000, is awarded annually to assist a member of the International Reading Association in the investigation of reading-related problems and to encourage international professional development activities that are carried out in countries outside North America. This award represents a specific means for working toward as many as three articulated goals of the Association: advocacy, professional development, and emerging global issues. Proposals must be postmarked by October 1 and received at Association Headquarters by October 10.

For additional information, contact the Executive Office.

Award Recipients

2008
Susan O’Riley
Project country: Guatemala
"Rural Literacy Project"

2007
Yvonne Mhone
Project country: South Africa
“The Acquisition of Special-Field Concepts Using Explanatory Dictionaries/Glossaries in a Bilingual/Multilingual Classroom”

2006
Margaret Makenzi
Project country: Kenya
“Use of Participatory Tools to Equip Lower Primary School Teachers in Nakuru District Kenya with Skills to Enhance Teaching of Reading”

2005
Diane F. Sharken Taboada
Project country: Mexico
“Professional Development Teacher-to-Teacher: Planning for a Bi-National Collaborative Inquiry Project”

2004
Obiajulu A. Emejulu
Project country: Nigeria
“Winning Back the Girl Child and Boy Child to Literacy and Literacy Empowerment”

2003
Jane Sullivan
Project country: Guatemala
“A Brighter Future Through Literacy: Teachers of New Jersey and Guatemala Working Together”

2002
Pamela Winsor
Project country: Maldives
“Support for Early Literacy Teacher Education in the Maldives”

2001
Patrick M. Samba
Project country: Cameroon
“Extending and Sustaining the ‘ACT Extensive Reading Project’ in the NW Province of Cameroon”

2000
Serah J. Nengel and Charity Andzayi
Project country: Nigeria
“A Training Programme for the Introduction of Whole Language Techniques with Deaf and Reading Disabled Pupils in Schools in Jos, Nigeria”

1999
Janet Leigh Towell
Project country: Jamaica
“Promoting Literacy in Jamaican Schools”

1998
Kathy E. Harris
Project country: Belize
“Emergent Literacy Training in Belize”

1997
Margaret L. Madison
Project country: Jamaica
“Outreach Jamaica”

1996
Marcia Mondschein
Project country: Guatemala
“Commitment + Collaboration = Literacy”

1995
Linda Orr Easthouse
Project country: Peru
“South Conchucos Bilingual Education Teacher Training Project”