Dee received the AERA's Outstanding Public Communication of Education Research Award, which honors scholars who excel at conveying findings to wide audiences and demonstrate the capacity to communicate the importance of education research to the larger populace.
"I'm deeply grateful for this award and, more generally, for the AERA's recognition that the public communication of education research matters," Dee said. "I believe one of the most important challenges — and greatest opportunities — in education involves closing the often substantial gaps between what researchers have learned and what practitioners know and do. Broader communication and public engagement by researchers is a critical component of closing these research-practice gaps."
Dee's research focuses largely on the use of quantitative methods to inform contemporary issues of public policy and practice.