Richard C. Ohmann Outstanding Article in College English
2023 Award Recipient: Carmen Kynard
““Oh No She Did NOT Bring Her Ass Up in Here with That!” Racial Memory, Radical Reparative Justice, and Black Feminist Pedagogical Futures,” (Vol. 85, No. 4, March 2023) by Carmen Kynard
Carmen Kynard is the Lillian Radford Chair in Rhetoric and Composition and Professor of English at Texas Christian University. Her award-winning research, teaching, and scholarship interrogate antiracism, Black feminisms, AfroDigital/Black cultures and languages, and the politics of schooling with an emphasis on composition and literacies studies. She traces her research and teaching at her website “Education, Liberation, and Black Radical Traditions” (http://carmenkynard.org), which has garnered over 1.9 million hits since its 2012 inception.
The award presentation will be held at the College Section Get-Together during the NCTE Annual Convention
Award Details
Nominations are not accepted for this award.
Purpose:
The Richard Ohmann Award recognizes an outstanding refereed article in the journal College English that makes the most significant contribution to the field of English studies.
Eligibility:
Articles to be considered will be chosen from the College English volume year, September through July in the year prior to selection.
Award Criteria:
The award will recognize an outstanding refereed article in the past volume year of College English that makes the most significant contribution to scholarship or research, or theory or pedagogy, in English Studies.
Award Specifics:
The Ohmann Award Committee chair presents the award at the College Celebration during the NCTE Annual Convention. The winner receives complimentary registration, a plaque, and $200 honorarium.
Ohmann Award winning articles offer an innovative, well-researched inquiry regarding an exigent problem, issue, or debate in a manner that is relevant and accessible to a wide range of College English readers. The award is given in the name of Richard Ohmann, landmark editor of College English from 1966 to 1978. The first award was given for the 2000-2001 issues of the journal.
Judging:
The Ohmann Award Committee determines the winner based upon articles meeting the criteria by September 1. The editor(s) of the College English journal are a part of the award selection committee.
Richard C. Ohmann Outstanding Article in College English Winners
2022
Tom Hong Do “Knowing with Our Bodies: An Embodied and Racialized Approach to Translingualism,” (Vol. 84, No. 6, July 2022)
2021
Lauren Rosenberg and Stephanie L. Kerschbaum “Entanglements of Literacy Studies and Disability Studies” (Vol. 83, No. 4, March 2021)
2020
Rachael Lynn Shapiro “Transnational Networks of Literacy and Materiality: Coltan, Sexual Violence, and Digital Literacy” (Vol. 82, No. 2, November 2019) Rowan University
2019
David Fleming “Fear of Persuasion in the English Language Arts”
(Vol. 81, No. 6, July 2019) University of Massachusetts Amherst
2018
Laurie Grobman “’Engaging Race’: Teaching Critical Race Inquiry and Community-Engaged Projects” (80.2, November 2017) Penn State Berks, Reading, Pennsylvania
2017
Rachel C. Jackson, “Resisting Relocation: Placing Leadership on Decolonized Indigenous Landscapes,” College English 79.5 (May 2017)
2016
Steve Lamos, “Toward Job Security for Teaching-Track Composition Faculty: Recognizing and Rewarding Affective-Labor-in-Space,” College English 78.4 (March 2016)
2015
Steph Ceraso, “(Re)Educating the Senses: Multimodal Listening, Bodily Learning, and the Composition of Sonic Experiences,” College English 77.2 (November 2014)