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Deborah D. Hatton Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award

The Deborah D. Hatton Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award is to recognize a DVIDB member who makes a significant contribution to the field through extensive study and research in their summative doctoral dissertation.

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October 31, 2025
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The Deborah D. Hatton Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award is to recognize a DVIDB member who makes a significant contribution to the field through extensive study and research in their summative doctoral dissertation.

The Deborah D. Hatton Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award is to recognize a DVIDB member who makes a significant contribution to the field through extensive study and research in their summative doctoral dissertation.

  1. Fill out the following form: https://forms.gle/H4ACuH1FSzxTkZBg6
  2. Provide at least 1 letter of support (no more than 2 pages) describing why you are nominating the person. Feel free to add any additional information that you feel will add to the description and qualifications of your nominee for the award.
  3. * For Dissertation of the Year: Please provide an abbreviated (No more than 25 pages) version of the dissertation for the committee. One letter of support MUST come from the advisor of the student.

*Please note that an individual may only be nominated for two consecutive years for this award.

2024Jessica Schultz
2023Adam Graves
2022Marina McCormick
2021Rachel Schles
2020L. Beth Brady
2019DeEtte Snyder
2018Karen Koehler
2017Kathleen Farrand
2016Ellen Bowman
2015Mackenzie Savaiano
2014Jane Brown
2013Vicki DePountis
2012Tiffany Wild
2011Tessa McCarthy
2010Sinnika Smothers
2009Stacy Kelley
2008Derrick Smith
2003Grace Lappin
2001Sheila Amato
2000Ellyn Ross
1998Linda Mamer
1997L. Penny Rosenblum
1996Carol Allman
1995Madeline Milian-Perrone
1994Stuart Wittenstein
1993KC Dignan
1992Elizabeth Erwin

 

Last Updated:  30 September, 2025

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